Useful crap!

[Clucket87]

I want to make my life easier.
So tell me all the stuff you’ve got that makes your life easier.
Things I’ve got so far:
Bag clips - Go on everything from frozen chips to bags of pasta.
Food Plan notebook - Because I get fed up of always trying to think of new and exciting things, I just go back in the book.
Extra phone chargers.
Pens - I have a tub full.
Please give me some inspiration. X

Hooks - inside cupboard doors, on walls etc so you can have things close to where they are used.
Subscriptions for things like pet food and loo rolls.
When you replace socks, buy packs of them all the same eg plain black so that you just have to pick up two and pair them.
Only have what you need - two sets of bed linen, two pairs of PJs etc. if you need more, keep them out of the way, so that what you need is to hand and not crammed in a drawer with what you don't need.

Who gives a crap subscription
Amazon prime subscribe and save for dishwasher and laundry tabs
Ikea bags to take to supermarket
Regular tesco delivery for heavy/ dried stuff
Draw dividers for folding cloths etc. for easy access

Sellotape on a dispenser.
Sharp scissors.
Duct tape.
Paperclips.
Cheap toothbrushes for awkward cleaning spots.
Bicarbonate of soda for cleaning..and indigestion!

I love some bicard!
Also Sterident! Fab for cleaning flasks, getting smells out of water bottles etc.
Duct tape is something I can never find! My Amazon basket is growing!

Sort of the opposite of the phone chargers - we checked through all our various charging cables and plugs and only kept the speediest ones, and we swapped a couple of our plug socket plates for ones that have USB sockets so we hardly need the plug adaptors anyway.

birthday cards and stamps, that live with the address book. Put birthdays into your phone calendar.

Label maker!

Having one type of Tupperware that nests or stacks, rather than a gazillion different shapes and sizes in a tottering pile.

Mostly, though, I'm with the Minimalist Mom in that everything you own is "inventory" that you have to manage, store and find so limit yourself to things that really count.