This week has been super busy, but for all the right reasons. I returned back to work and my mom has regained enough of her health that she and my dad want to get back to their normal too.
Earlier this week, I went through my pantry and discarded items that were out of date or never used. Now posting my before pictures is a bit embarrassing but confession is good for the soul.
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| TOP SHELVES OF PANTRY |
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| MIDDLE SHELVES OF PANTRY |
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| BOTTOM SHELVES OF PANTRY |
Sometimes it is just easier to close the door and not look at all the clutter. But thanks to
Carla's De-cluttering challenge... I have been motivated to purge the unnecessary.
What follows is the purged items......
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| EXPIRED DATES.... |
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| JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THE WASTE |
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| COULD THE PILE GET ANY HIGHER?? |
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| EXPIRED IN 2008!!! SIGH...... |
Now that the truth is out there and the expired items and unused items are disposed of.... here is the result of the decluttering
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| BOTTOM OF CLEAN PANTRY |
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| TOP SHELVES OF PANTRY |
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| MIDDLE SHELVES OF PANTRY |
So there you go! My worst nightmare of de-cluttering so far. The pantry has never looked so good and it sure does feel great to be able to open the pantry door without stuff falling out!
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| linked to the Frugal Girl |
13 comments:
Wow! Good job. I found embarrassingly old dates when I cleaned out my pantry also. However, I just do it one shelf at a time.
Great job!!!!! It can be hard to do food rotation so nothing goes to waste, my biggest problem is salad dressing, they have such a short shelf life. I end up not remembering what I have in the ref and buy more, by the end of summer it all has to be thrown out
Notice it says 'better if used by'...not expiration date. Yes, I agree that 2008 is out of date but I wouldn't throw stuff away if it was a month or two past the expiration date. But then again, I try not to buy a ton of processed foods. I would also keep foods like yogurt and sour cream that past their date.
Good work. Did you keep the pasta though? I would imagine that wouldn't go "bad" by the expiration date.
Ugh, this reminds me that I need to clean out my cabinets in the worst way... I am constantly finding boxes of snack crackers that expired months ago. I think it's a sign that I need to quit buying them. Your pantry looks great!
That is a shame so much food was beyond the expiry date but at least now you can see what you have thereby eliminating future waste! You've reminded me that I need to place NEW purchases in behind the older stuff so the old gets used before the new. Great job Lisa!
It is a shame indeed! But, I am motivated to keep the shelves straight and the waste at a minimum.
I only cleaned it because I could not fit anything else into it! That is sad. :)
No.... the pasta went too!
Yes. I did notice that. If it close, I will use it.
Thanks! Yes, salad dressing does go quick!
I had to do the whole thing at once! It was driving me crazy.
Wow, looks terrific!!!! We found lots of expired stuff on our shelves back in January, too.
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