Category Archives for organization

The Big Bedroom Makeover!

I’ve been itching for change lately, and now that I have all this spare time on my hands I’ve been working on some “projects” that I’ve wanted to do for a while.
My most recently completed one was the bedroom makeover!
My [...]

23. October 2011 by Ginger
Categories: Domestics, frugal, fun, Getting Crafty, organization, reno | 8 comments

Roommate-free Since 2011

It’s true! My roommate has moved out! Rejoice!
Lucky for me it was a somewhat-mutual decision, and also fairly amicable. There was only limited stealing of stuff this time, so I consider it a success.
Assuming everything goes well with my new [...]

28. February 2011 by Ginger
Categories: Hosting, organization, personal | 6 comments

DIY: Magnetic “spice rack” for the fridge

Lately I’ve been trying to learn how to cook more at home. What I’ve come to discover is that proper application of herbs and spices can make all the difference in a good meal!
As my cooking skill grows, my spice [...]

13. June 2010 by Ginger
Categories: food, frugal, organization, tips | 7 comments

Moving Day!

Well, today’s the big day!
My old, financially-unreliable roommate is moving out, and the new one is moving in!
What’s funny is that it seems everyone else had the same idea for this weekend! My street is positively filled with moving vans, [...]

01. May 2010 by Ginger
Categories: organization, random | 6 comments

The Purge Project: Bath & Body Products

This weekend while I was waiting for a friend to come over I took a moment to organize one of my drawers by my desk. It holds a myriad of items, including hand and face creams, prescription lotions and pills, [...]

03. August 2009 by Ginger
Categories: organization | 2 comments

The Purge Project: Makeup Drawer

This is the next installment in what I hope will be an ongoing series of decluttering, paring down and organizing my life and belongings.
Earlier this week I decluttered my purse (which was very much needed!) and took a load off [...]

23. July 2009 by Ginger
Categories: beauty, organization | 5 comments

The Purge Project

My good friend T came down and spent the weekend with me, in which we did all manner of girly things including home spa treatments, trying out new hairstyles, and of course, shopping!
During one of our down times at my [...]

19. July 2009 by Ginger
Categories: organization | 2 comments

Swag Alert: Teletoon Goodies

Yay! The drought may have finally ended!

Since the economy has been doing so poorly lately, the stream of events, parties and general free stuff in the ad world has all but dried up Since moving to my position [...]

28. April 2009 by Ginger
Categories: organization, swag | 1 comment

No Spend Days!

There is a PF blogger that I really admire, Canadian Saver over at Saving4Later. She’s really good at keeping track of her daily expenses, budgeting and instituting No Spend and No Driving days.
I’ve been trying to incorporate a few of [...]

27. March 2009 by Ginger
Categories: blog, budget, money, organization, travel | 3 comments

Bye bye, Christmas!

I finally got most of my Christmas stuff put away… with the renovations still not complete it’s hard to get organized, but I’m slowly getting there.
Tonight I skipped my kung fu (which I feel really guilty about since I haven’t [...]

15. January 2009 by Ginger
Categories: goals, organization, random | 1 comment

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