the creeps

there's a little something that occurs in our house, and i refer to it as

the creeping phenomenon.

first,

the counter creep.

there's a nice corner where i put a basket to collect things that need collecting.  you know, like a junk drawer.  but since we have a total of three drawers in our entire kitchen, our junk stays on top of the counter.  (this isn't our dream kitchen people, we're just glad to have one.)

anyway, things start out nicely.  an organized junk basket, a cute cake stand for tomatoes and such, and pretty soon, this happens . . .

things start creeping out of the basket, away from the corner, and head across the counter.

if i need counter space, i simply shove it back into the corner, which makes room for more creeping . . . and so it continues.  (this picture is actually a mild example of the counter creep.)

next,

the shoe creep.

what begins as a few nicely-organized pairs of shoes, spreads into an uncontrollable pile of shoes that want to take over the house.

see what i mean?  they are literally going to take over . . .

next,

the closet creep.

yes, i am going there.  inside our hall closet.  again, what started out organized (a section for towels, a section for sheets  . . . again, not our dream house . . . because in our dream house i will have rooms for my piles of luxury linens), creeps into this huge mess that i don't even have words for . . .

i mean, really?  headbands?  medicine?  the baby monitor? how did they get there?  

  real simple would be disgusted.

and that's it for now.  

that's enough of showing how my house really looks before i'm creeped out enough to clean up the creeps.

does your house get creepy?