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© St. Petersburg Times, published January 10, 2002
With holiday decorations packed away and new bills coming due, now is a good time to get organized for the year ahead.
-- MARY JANE PARK, Times staff writer
Clear plastic liners in different sizes help arrange socks, T-shirts, shorts, lingerie and other lightweight items in dresser or closet. Martha Stewart Everyday drawer organizers. Large (12 inches long by 9 inches wide by 31/2 inches high), about $5; small (12 inches long by 4 inches wide by 31/2 inches high), about $4. Kmart.
Shoebox-size plastic containers, available in lots of colors and from various manufacturers, are ideal for storing photographs, fishing gear, sewing notions, cookie cutters, even footwear. These, by Sterilite, retail at about $1. Grocery, discount stores.
Instant photos are great for household inventory; tape them to opaque boxes as a clue to what's inside. Polaroid OneStep camera, about $20; Polaroid 600 instant film, about $10 for 10 photos. Camera, discount, department stores.
Start 2002 with a new expanding file to tuck away pay stubs, bank records, bills and receipts. Come tax time 2003, your financial records are in one place. Choose a brightly colored folder to make bill-paying less painful. 13-pocket letter-size expanding file. About $6. Office supply, discount, drug and grocery stores.
Cotton-lined baskets with handles have unlimited uses, for shopping, beach toys, towel storage, magazine organizing, needlework, clean diapers and more. Large (22 inches long by 61/2 inches wide by 13 inches high), $20; small (20 inches long by 5 inches by 10 inches high), $15. Pier 1 Imports.