The Wilko Effect

I was sent some items* by Wilko to review.... some of them were toy boxes.

They arrived today, Thursday. It just so happened Aaron had an early night because he had nursery 9-1 and then in the afternoon we went swimming - he's used to an hour in the pool, but we were in the water for 90 minutes!

Suffice to say he was asleep by 19:45. As bedtime is normally 21:30 this was a welcome bonus.

Rather than put my feet up, I could not wait to tuck in and use the new toy boxes.

The robot is 3 boxes stacked together on top of each other and the blue empty box you see on the left, is tucked out of sight (right next to the sofa at the end of the arrow) in the picture on the right.

Aaron trashes my sitting room everyday, but now that I have toy boxes tidying up is easy.

Normally I put all his cars in rows etc... but now I can just box things away which is quicker. Setting up the system from scratch took me just 2 hours tonight and that was with a few wine and tea breaks.

Now I know how I want it, I reckon it will be a quick 15 minutes each night which I hope to involve him in before he goes to bed. Quite happy with the before and after effect :-)

Yes, I have cars under my coffee table. It is not a zen way to live. It is not minimalist but it works for me - they are just his large Lightning McQueen ones, all of the little ones are now in the Robot :-)

Saturday, the 1st day of March (the month that sees the clocks "spring forward") saw the sun and an incredibly deep blue sky. We were not going to waste it and headed off (by bus) to our favourite not so local park. Aaron would not be parted with his new lunch bag and carried it, man bag style everywhere he went, as below. What was incredibly cute was that he helped himself to drink from the bottle whenever he wanted and always slotted it back in correctly:

For the purposes of this honest review we were sent:

• The Robot fabric toy box which is made up of 3 stackable boxes and retails at fifteen pounds.
• Rocket Foldable Blue Storage Box, which has replaced our round metal Cars tin, which has a crack with sharp dangerous edges. I have found it hard putting it in recycling but it is an accident waiting to happen. What is superb though is the cars tin was full to bursting (hence the break in it) whereas the blue replacement from Wilko.com is only half to two-thirds full. As every declutterer knows, when setting up solutions, you ought to have room to grow...
• Rocket Storage Bag - which I have opted to use as a laundry bag for Aaron's dirty laundry. The cute rope handles make carrying it to the washing machine easy!
• Football lunch bag! Aaron simply adores this and currently will not be parted from it when out!
• Monster Wheels - Aaron has played with these non-stop since their arrival.  They don't look like on the web site but we both love them, as does his best mate. We had trouble getting them to share on Friday during a play date.
• And finally, Wilko.com were kind enough to throw something in for Mamma! It's a bargain at £1.27 and is Wilko's own Mango Body Butter which is indeed buttery and makes my skin feel GREAT!