The.Pantry. (by the way -- click on the pictures to see them larger!)Yes, It's my pantry. Now, you may think I straightened everything to show it to my blog, but you are quite wrong my friend! This is how it looks every day of the week. I know it seems a (little) OCD ...but lets face it -- how awesome is it to open up a cabinet and know exactly where everything is? I also have a running log in my purse of items that I have, I'm running low on, and "in desperate need."
I buy a lot in bulk to avoid having a high bill every two weeks of groceries. Right now we are eating at right under 100 every two weeks, but I plan on cutting that -- by a lot. I have enough beef and chicken in the freezer to last two months. I purchase when it's on sale, costco, etc., ... cook it up, and freeze it. The best thing I got for Christmas was a foodsaver. It's more like a life saver -- and I highly recommend investing in one!
I have pictures of all of the pantry shelves, except for two... not sure why I missed two. I think I was just trying to get the gist of the pantry -- not overload you with crazy pictures. 
I'm also showing you my medicine shelf. (the baskets are from walmart -- $1 each and I can reach them!). I'm quite short and my eyeline is barely on the bottom of cabinets, much less to see whats in baskets ... so I purchased these small handled baskets that I can pull down when I need something. (if you notice in the main pantry picture you will see my coveted stool -- I use it daily!
One of my favorite cabinets is the corner cabinet: spices and baking items. I know it looks insanely straight -- but that's how I keep it. Otherwise I'll never know what I have. I also write the expiration date on EVERYTHING. If I'm feeling really OCD I'll also write it in my planner. I really do this for medicine, but occasionally you will find that my parsley will expire in November of this year.
Ok, well I think I've given a pretty descent tour of my kitchen storage areas...
Love to all!
Cyndie
