this is my fantastic goodwill find of the week.... or month even. I have never been so jazzed about a find. This little rolling cart cost a whopping $4 and is adorable as all get out. It seems quite red-ish in the photos but it real-life it's a wonderful dark melon-ish color. which is a double score since that has been a hot color for a while now - seriously - when have you EVER seen a melon little old lady cart?
We call it the little old lady cart because Kate immediately asked me why I bought a "little old lady cart" when I pulled it out of my trunk. I found it amusing since Kate is all of 5 years old and live in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. When & where she would have been to form that stero-type - is beyond me. But regardless it is appropriate and fitting.
I knew it was meant for me when I saw it across the cluttered aisles. I have been trying to devise the perfect Library book bag/box/system at the house ....and I was failing miserably. bags are heavy hard to carry and do not look great plopped around. Books are forgotten about and never read if said bag is stored out of sight in closet. The family is too busy to be putting books from bag to box or other storage area.... and when they are put near the reading chair in a nice looking well organized manner.... well they never get returned on time.
The little old lady cart is going solve it. the books get put in the cart at the library and rolled to the car - saving everyones back and shoulders - then wheeled from the car to the reading nook. When it's time to head back to the library ... just grab the handle and go.
Seriously, it's a lifesaver. With the our school year fast approaching and our current checkout averaging at 22 books....it's going to be used ALOT.
*PS it folds flat too - oh my love only grows for my little old lady cart.
