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I spent my lunch time crossing off two more items from my To Do list! First, I printed, cut, and paste together my Mousekeeping envelopes. I believe I found these through Pinterest; however, you can Google "Mousekeeping Envelopes" and receive tons of results for styles that might interest you...they're everywhere!
Next, I made labels for my Tips/Gratuities sorter. It's a basic plastic file box that I am using to keep the tips and gratuities sorted. Fortunately, I was able to use the money we earned over the weekend by having a yard sale and I no longer need to withdraw money now! Thankfully, we even have a bit extra "just in case" someone might need an extra snack during the week.
Ahh...I love the feeling of crossing items off the To Do list!
Love the Magic Bands!
Great job on the Mousekeeping envelopes! I need to remember those for my own trip. And what a great way to keep the tips organized!
Love the Magic Bands!
Great job on the Mousekeeping envelopes! I need to remember those for my own trip. And what a great way to keep the tips organized!
Thanks! I can't wait to use them! I really liked these envelopes but it was hard to choose which ones were my favorite.
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The magic bands look so cool. Love the mousekeeping envelopes. The file folder is a great idea for keeping track of tips and other money.
I know, right?! I can't wait to try them out. I had fun picking out which envelopes to use and doing "arts and crafts" at lunch. I went with the file box to keep me from second guessing how much money I need to bring in total. I already calculated everything and know ahead of time what I need in each section; now that's it's done...I don't have to stress out about it anymore!
Doesn't it feel great to cross things off a todo list. I'm considering starting my trip todo list already because I like to cross to-done things off. Love your envelopes. I had every intention of making them for our last trip, but didn't get to them because I always had a helper. I ended up just putting a little note on a post-it and using a paper clip to attach it. Not very cute. I'm going to try this time to make it happen, but we shall see. I have 2 little helpers now.
Love the organizer for tips. Where did you find it? And how big is it? Is it like a little coupon organizer? I might need one.
Doesn't it feel great to cross things off a todo list. I'm considering starting my trip todo list already because I like to cross to-done things off. Love your envelopes. I had every intention of making them for our last trip, but didn't get to them because I always had a helper. I ended up just putting a little note on a post-it and using a paper clip to attach it. Not very cute. I'm going to try this time to make it happen, but we shall see. I have 2 little helpers now.
Love the organizer for tips. Where did you find it? And how big is it? Is it like a little coupon organizer? I might need one.
I LOVE crossing things off...I get such gratification in watching that list dwindle down. The envelopes are pretty easy and I was able to knock them out in about 10 minutes. It would be great scissor practice and glue practice for your little helpers! I found the organizer at Walmart; yes, it's like a little coupon organizer. The dollar bills just fit right in there. I guess you could call it the personal envelope size, not the business envelope size, if that makes any sense.
I LOVE crossing things off...I get such gratification in watching that list dwindle down. The envelopes are pretty easy and I was able to knock them out in about 10 minutes. It would be great scissor practice and glue practice for your little helpers! I found the organizer at Walmart; yes, it's like a little coupon organizer. The dollar bills just fit right in there. I guess you could call it the personal envelope size, not the business envelope size, if that makes any sense.
Except my little helpers are not of scissor using age. Mallory would just eat them and Cameron would cut right through the envalopes with his "kid safe" scissors. He can't even draw a straight line yet let alone cut one. I'll add it to my project list, but for now I've got the big "my baby is turning one" project list that is ever growing by the minute with all the fun Minnie Mouse stuff I'm finding online. And I've only got a little over a month to get that list taken care of!
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I love your tip organizer idea. I'm going to have to add that to my list of things for the next trip. We always have all of our cash in one spot. This has caused us to scramble to break larger bills on more than one occasion because we forgot we would need to tip someone.
Except my little helpers are not of scissor using age. Mallory would just eat them and Cameron would cut right through the envalopes with his "kid safe" scissors. He can't even draw a straight line yet let alone cut one. I'll add it to my project list, but for now I've got the big "my baby is turning one" project list that is ever growing by the minute with all the fun Minnie Mouse stuff I'm finding online. And I've only got a little over a month to get that list taken care of!
Yay for 1st birthdays! Ahhh...it was at DD's 1st birthday that we made the decision about when to take her to Disney World for the first time! And then, within hours of her party ending...the research began.
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I love your tip organizer idea. I'm going to have to add that to my list of things for the next trip. We always have all of our cash in one spot. This has caused us to scramble to break larger bills on more than one occasion because we forgot we would need to tip someone.
I read about almost the exact same experience in another trip report and the person said they wished they had a coupon sorter to avoid the issue the next time...so I took note. I later saw an example of how to set it up through a YouTube channel I subscribe too (At least I think it was that one...). It's amazing what you can learn when you search travel organization videos on YouTube!
Except my little helpers are not of scissor using age. Mallory would just eat them and Cameron would cut right through the envalopes with his "kid safe" scissors. He can't even draw a straight line yet let alone cut one. I'll add it to my project list, but for now I've got the big "my baby is turning one" project list that is ever growing by the minute with all the fun Minnie Mouse stuff I'm finding online. And I've only got a little over a month to get that list taken care of!
While not as fancy as Kristin's I just use the envelopes, write on them and have the boys decorate with stickers. I'm sure your little helpers could handle that.
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While not as fancy as Kristin's I just use the envelopes, write on them and have the boys decorate with stickers. I'm sure your little helpers could handle that.
Yes my little helpers could handle that one. If I don't have time to go the "crafty" route I'll just do that. It's at least cuter than just a post it on some cash.
I'm a little late to this party, but hey better late than never! Great PTR you've cooked up here. Can't wait to hear all about your fab trip with your crew when you get back...and hey, you've only got 2 weeks and some change ....lucky you! For those of us who have to live vicariously thru others trip reports at the present (dang upcoming deployment), I thank you!
Oh and I used the ziplock baggie packing trick on our 10 year old a few weeks ago when sending her off to camp. Clothes, undies, and socks in labeled by day baggie with some surprise notes tucked inside. Worked like a charm and she didn't run around this year mismatched!
I was pricing stuff for a yard sale that Luke's Mom is having in a couple of weeks when I realized that yard sale money makes good tip money as it's usually small bills. So I'm going to borrow your idea for the file box (I already have one) to sort out our tip money. And I checked on the mousekeeping envelopes as those are so cute. I can't wait to print some out.
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Love the mousekeeping envelopes. The file folder is a great idea for keeping track of tips and other money. 
Love your envelopes. I had every intention of making them for our last trip, but didn't get to them because I always had a helper. I ended up just putting a little note on a post-it and using a paper clip to attach it. Not very cute. I'm going to try this time to make it happen, but we shall see. I have 2 little helpers now.
And then, within hours of her party ending...the research began. 
And I checked on the mousekeeping envelopes as those are so cute. I can't wait to print some out. 
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