Having a Hard Time Letting Go

Tupperware…until a few years ago it was THE thing to store your food in. I, personally, have my pantry cabinets completely fitted in the stuff. I carefully chose what size each item would need and thought out what dry goods I always stock my cabinets with. Then I chose my favorite lid color and when it came time to replace worn out lids and I found out that the company had discontinued my color, I stocked ebay sellers for what I needed. I even bought one particular size and color in bulk (seriously, I have 15 of the SAME lid…just in case!). I have bowls, round containers, square containers, rectangular containers and containers with odd names.

Recently one of my daughters took it upon herself to reorganize my cupboards that hold my containers that aren’t being used at the moment. She carefully stacked bowls together and found each lid. She then put the lids onto the same shelf as the bowls. She moved onto the next cabinet and stacked and sorted the square and rectangular containers and, likewise, put the lids, neatly, onto the shelf.

When she was done, she’d accumulated a pile of lids that, seemingly, no longer have a corresponding container. She showed me the lids and said she was going to through them away.

Throw them away?! You are surely NOT going to throw those lids away, young lady! Those are TUPPERWARE lids. TUPPERWARE LIDS! What if we’re cleaning out the garage and find the container? What if I look under a bed and find the container? What if we’re picking up the back yard and we FIND THE CONTAINER?! What then?!

So, that pile of lids has been sitting on top of my microwave for the last week. I can’t…CAN NOT bring myself to throw them into the recycling bin. I’m WAY TOO Tupperware aware!

What to do and how long to let them sit there before I can let go?

I’m really not sure.

Have a great day~

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