Today I decided to pick up some baskets to help with my ongoing efforts to get organized and de-clutter our space, so I headed toward the Maadi Grand Mall because that’s where the basket guy’s cart is usually parked.

Here it is.

Don’t you love it?  Car, car, car, car, basket wagon, car, car, car.  I love it.

This isn’t the big basket cart, so the selection wasn’t as great, but he had a lot of nice baskets.  I got over the fact that many were dragging on the ground.  Don’t worry, he hosed them off for me.

I need to figure out a use for some of the larger ones.  I think they look really nice and I am sure I will love having them someday.

Since I was on a mission though, I just got a few.  One for keys and change to de-clutter all the spaces near our front door.

One for cat toys.  I guess this officially makes us weird, childless, cat people.  But they love their toys, and I don’t love having them scattered all over the house.

One for receipts and business cards and all the other mystery paper that is everywhere that probably just needs to be shredded or thrown out or, at the very least, collected in one place.  Like a basket.  Ha.

Unfortunately, I’d forgotten how much Alie loves to sit on paper.  It’s really weird, but she can’t resist.  It gets particularly annoying when you’re trying to turn the page on a book, but unfortunately the inconvenience doesn’t stand up very well as an excuse for not finishing reading assignments.

Anyhow, here she is in her receipt nest.

She’s a freak.  I’m sorry.  But I love her. Look at her.  Settling in for the long haul.

Oh gosh.

And last but not least, the basket man threw in a free basket of his choosing as a gift.  Everyone is so nice here.  Or maybe I overpaid.  Anyhow, he took his time in selecting the right one, and here it is.

He informed me it was for water.  I am not sure how I feel about corn-husk beverage coozies.  I’m just not sure.

Anyhow, I better get back to cleaning and organizing.