This is making my morning at work…
Ice scraper, hanging on a string, round the car gearstic. It’s never lost any more. I used to be late for school, clawing at the ice with my bare hands whilst muttering expletives.
Other things on gearstick/ handbrake: Sellotape, Silver pound coin token thingy (for supermarket trolleys), hairbands
Living in car boot: Wellies, old mac, pocket kite, balls and bubbles.
Living in car door: Notebook and pen, Spare tangle teaser, for when we are late for school, or somewhere smart.
Camping: Having a ready packed plastic box, so I’m less likely to forget stuff. includes picnic plates, a pan and sharp knife, which aren’t used much at home, a travel size bottle or fairy liquid, sponge and tea towel.
Also big bag full of all the sleeping bags, camping mats etc.- easier to pack in a panic.
Infacol: having an upstairs and downstairs one, although those days are over now.
Laundry baskets: looping ribbon through them, so you can hang them on the back of a door, or whatever.
Timers on phone, for when I am to stop reading the internet and put children to bed. Oh god. This has helped so much.
OneNote as a dumping ground for things, eg addresses, book lists, xmas lists etc.
Those clothes labels you get printed: getting a phone number, as well as name, printed on them
Writing my mobile number on the label of my daughter’s favourite soft toy, so that if (when) we lost it, the finder could call us.
Frozen veg; broccoli, spinach, cauliflower