no use crying over dried noodles

I was in DESPERATE need of a food pantry tackle, so for this week's Tackle it Tuesday at 5 Minutes for Mom, I concentrated on the ugliness of our pantry. I decided I should probably clean it out before I hit the grocery store, so I did a little re-organizing and purging first!

BEFORE
{the two worst shelves}

AFTER
{but before grocery shopping}

AFTER-AFTER
{ahh...nothing like an ORGANIZED pantry all stocked up!}

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BEFORE
{in all its glory...pre-grocery shopping trip!}

AFTER
{orderly and full of food = perfect for me!}

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BEFORE
{my poor canned food shelf pre-grocery shopping}

AFTER

{gotta love canned food prices at Winco!}
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During the tackle, there was a little spaghetti noodle mishap. My half-opened box of spaghetti noodles fell 3 shelves down to the ground. What a mess it was after I had already organized the lower half of the pantry!

I had to move all of my organized work just to get to the noodles...ugh!

Oh well, I had a couple of little cuties to help me and I paid each of them a quarter for them to put in their piggy banks. They ate that all up...guess it's time to start implementing chores and allowance!


Real exciting stuff here these days, but little by little I'm trying to get the house put back together to become more of a well-oiled machine after the holiday craziness. You have to start somewhere, I suppose! And for me it was the pantry! What about you? Is there a little nook or cranny you've been needing to clean out and organize?

Updated to add on 1-16-11:

After my pantry makeover, I discovered Toni at A Bowl Full of Lemons. She is hosting a 21 Day Organization Challenge. Day 7 was pantry organization.
My pantry is nowhere near hers...so inspiring! I'll most likely redo mine in the future. Yep. Never good enough.