Lunch at the Container Store
While on a trip to exchange a broken drill (don't ask), I decided to stop by the Container Store yesterday to look for lunch supplies. I had one lunchbox, but life would sure be easier if I didn't have to wash and dry it every night, and not all kinds of lunch are well suited to it.
Soon, I found myself standing around in the kitchen section contemplating the tupperware with Matt (who graciously agreed to come along, despite his suspicion of a store that purports to be the "Container" store and sells many things that aren't "containers").
See, Sheila and I suffer from the human condition...that is to say, a whole slew of mis-matched tupperware, missing tupperware lids, and a tupperware cabinet that spews plastic lids and boxes at us every time we peek in the door. I was examining a tupperware set at the Container Store that sits on a lazy susan, and all of the types of box take the same lid. Genius!
A Container Store employee approached us to talk about this set, and asked why I was so interested in it. I explained the missing lids, cascading tupperware dilemma to her, and we conferenced for a few minutes exploring several options. After much discussion of our problem, she suggested that we might be better off buying a basket to keep all the tupperware contained in one place, that we could easily pull off the shelf, select the needed items, and stick back on the shelf. Clearly, a woman who knows her job! I love going to stores, having them talk to me, and then talk me into buying a better, cheaper thing than I had originally intended to purchase rather than trying to get me to spend more money. (The original set I was looking at - $20. The box we ended up buying - $6.) As we left, Matt laughingly said, "I can't believe we got a consult at the Container Store!" I explained that it's just what they do...and part of why I love the store!
Of course, I was not content simply to buy a box to house my tupperware. We'd been in there to find new lunch-packing options, and that we did! I picked up a half dozen tiny tupperware-style boxes to package condiments, dips, desserts, etc. However, my favorite find of the day is a small lunchbox with a liquid-tight snap on lid. The lid is clear, so you can see the food presentation inside, and there's a movable divider inside so that you can keep your food from leaking into other food, but you can change the portion sizes.
So, now my renewed goal is to get back in the habit of packing cheap and healthy lunches in my nifty new container-organization system. Today's a good start!
Bag is an insulated lunch tote from The Paper Store.
Box is my new bento from The Container Store. (I apparently only shop at places with very obvious names.)
Lunch is a salad of mixed greens, Craisins, walnuts and cucumber with an oil and vinegar pig bottle, wheat thins, and a couple Japanese mochi candies.
Friendly neighborhood oil and vinegar pig:
Soon, I found myself standing around in the kitchen section contemplating the tupperware with Matt (who graciously agreed to come along, despite his suspicion of a store that purports to be the "Container" store and sells many things that aren't "containers").
See, Sheila and I suffer from the human condition...that is to say, a whole slew of mis-matched tupperware, missing tupperware lids, and a tupperware cabinet that spews plastic lids and boxes at us every time we peek in the door. I was examining a tupperware set at the Container Store that sits on a lazy susan, and all of the types of box take the same lid. Genius!
A Container Store employee approached us to talk about this set, and asked why I was so interested in it. I explained the missing lids, cascading tupperware dilemma to her, and we conferenced for a few minutes exploring several options. After much discussion of our problem, she suggested that we might be better off buying a basket to keep all the tupperware contained in one place, that we could easily pull off the shelf, select the needed items, and stick back on the shelf. Clearly, a woman who knows her job! I love going to stores, having them talk to me, and then talk me into buying a better, cheaper thing than I had originally intended to purchase rather than trying to get me to spend more money. (The original set I was looking at - $20. The box we ended up buying - $6.) As we left, Matt laughingly said, "I can't believe we got a consult at the Container Store!" I explained that it's just what they do...and part of why I love the store!
Of course, I was not content simply to buy a box to house my tupperware. We'd been in there to find new lunch-packing options, and that we did! I picked up a half dozen tiny tupperware-style boxes to package condiments, dips, desserts, etc. However, my favorite find of the day is a small lunchbox with a liquid-tight snap on lid. The lid is clear, so you can see the food presentation inside, and there's a movable divider inside so that you can keep your food from leaking into other food, but you can change the portion sizes.
So, now my renewed goal is to get back in the habit of packing cheap and healthy lunches in my nifty new container-organization system. Today's a good start!
Bag is an insulated lunch tote from The Paper Store.
Box is my new bento from The Container Store. (I apparently only shop at places with very obvious names.)
Lunch is a salad of mixed greens, Craisins, walnuts and cucumber with an oil and vinegar pig bottle, wheat thins, and a couple Japanese mochi candies.
Friendly neighborhood oil and vinegar pig:
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