Organizing, Simplifying and... Purging

I hope everyone had a good weekend.
It was a childless weekend for me. Yes, the children slept over at their grandma's. Boy, were they ever excited to do so. All week long, it was, "Is it Saturday yet?". I think that they needed a change in pace as much as I did.

According to my husband, it was one of our anniversaries. I can never say that he doesn't pay attention, because he took me out to the Wellington Gastropub. We are foodies, and we are making it through the top 10 restaurants (according to some magazine) in town. The Gastropub is a well-deserved number 5. They change their menu every single day, according to the ingredients that they can source locally. My trout was great, but the lamb wonton was to die for. :) Enough about that.

I did make a nice dress to wear out for dinner, but in my rush to get out that evening, I forgot to take a picture for you. Next time.

Well, yesterday, I was in a strange purging mood. I felt the need to organize and purge, purge, purge. It's this need that grips me and I go into this cleaning frenzy. Very much like Beserker Mode, only I start cleaning and tossing out stuff.
My local thrift store and freecycle branch benefited from my efforts.

Hey, since getting rid of stuff means I have nothing to show for it, except how organized my junk drawer looks. Wonder how long it'll stay that way:
Oooh oooh, and my utensil drawer. Look, I even made my own drawer dividers.
Hah! I know I'm a little anal. I looked all over for drawer dividers, but couldn't find any. There were some at Ikea, but they made them specifically for their own cabinets. So, I made some out of pizza boxes and scrapbook paper. It'll do for now :)

And I was entertained by my daughter the whole time:
Chopsticks, containers, metal mixing bowls - a bit noisy, but fun.