Things That I Found As I Cleaned Out The Basement Pantry, The List:

~ monicalists
  1. A huge box of plastic forks.
  2. A huge bag of plastic knives.
  3. Many half-used boxes of plastic spoons.
  4. A dozen quart-sized bags, each containing miscellaneous plastic forks, knives, and spoons, in seemingly every color that is available at the Dollar Tree (because I once was a fancy room mother and felt the need to color-coordinate every event at the school).
  5. Two packages of 100 tealight candles from IKEA (from my decorate-every-room-with-candles phase).
  6. Paper sno-cone cups (left over from when the kids were quite young–like twenty years ago).
  7. Red, white, and blue dessert plates (from an Eagle Scout ceremony a decade ago).
  8. Graduation-themed plates and napkins (probably only five years old).
  9. Bathroom mini-cups (a pandemic leftover).
  10. A sleeve of plastic cups (a post-pandemic leftover from my classroom for students who forgot water bottles).
  11. Red Solo cups.
  12. Off-brand black plastic cups.
  13. Candy canes.
  14. Popsicle sticks. (Should I put these in the craft box?)
  15. Lollipop sticks. (Could I use these to make cocktail garnishes?)
  16. Peanut butter.
  17. Almond butter.
  18. Sunflower butter.
  19. Apple butter.
  20. Peach butter.
  21. Plum butter. (Seriously, I have to stop going to Amish markets.)
  22. Orange marmalade.
  23. Red raspberry preserves.
  24. Mixed fruit jelly. (Or I need to have scones for breakfast every day.)
  25. Five different colors of sanding sugar.
  26. Christmas-themed sprinkles.
  27. Valentine-themed sprinkles.
  28. Mardi Gras-themed sprinkles.
  29. Easter-themed sprinkles.
  30. Halloween-themed sprinkles. (Gah! When’s the last time I made a cupcake?)
  31. Birthday-themed cupcake liner papers. (Yeah, OK, I haven’t baked cupcakes in years.)
  32. Christmas-themed cupcake liner papers. (Maybe this is the year to bake cupcakes for the holidays.)
  33. Christmas-themed MINI cupcake liner papers. (OMG, just OMG.)
  34. An open tube of blue Betty Crocker decorating icing. (When is blue food ever a good idea?)
  35. An open tube of red Betty Crocker decorating icing. (Red works for several holidays, right?)
  36. Two open tubes of yellow Betty Crocker decorating icing. (And I don’t even like yellow.)
  37. An open tube of green Betty Crocker decorating icing. (I can’t find expiration dates on any of these. Hmmm, chuck or keep?)
  38. An open tube of black Betty Crocker decorating icing. (I chucked them.)
  39. Five bottles of assorted whiskey. (Not chucking those.)

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