I wish I could say that I was one of those people who, in times of stress or emotion, clean like crazy or don’t eat.  Nope.  Not me.

What do I do?

You guessed it, eat like crazy!  I have to say, it does help in the moment…

This is the note I wrote to myself the other day and posted it right by my fridge handle.

So… if I can’t eat crap, what is a girl to do?

You guessed it- shop!  Ikea happens to be right by the airport in Portland, so after dropping off my mom, you know where I headed!

A little retail therapy and voila!, new bathroom decor for me!

Cute right?

And the towels matched the elephants that we already had!

What I love about Ikea for stuff like this is that it is inexpensive, and although the quality isn’t the best out there, when they start to fall apart, I have already moved onto the next decor idea.

I was on a roll…

Our closet was in need of some serious help.

Warning… I am really going to show you the “before” of the closet.

I know…

This one is ALL Brent…

The clothes and shoe hording issues we can address in another post.  The problem really is that the closet is too small…. ( that’s what I tell myself).  Denial is another post as well…

Onto the organization!

Ta Da!  It was an issue of re-purposing.  I had these shelves on the floor intended for use as shoe racks.  As you could see, that wasn’t happening!

Gotta love Ikea for the $3 plastic shoe tubs!  Good stuff.

I have to say, all in all I found it to be a much more effective coping strategy!

Now if I could only fold my laundry and clean the bathrooms…

How do you cope with stress or emotion?  What is your therapy of choice?