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I will have to disclose at the outset that my car can stay pretty messy. But these are the tricks I use to keep it manageable. If I did all of them at once, I would have a beautiful car all the time. So here are my top 10 ways to keep your car clean and organized.

1. Keep a trash bag hooked somewhere in the front of your car for trash. I keep mine hooked to the drink holder.
2. I love keeping a swiffer in my car. when you are stopped at a red light or waiting on the kids, just whip it out and dust.
3. Keep those traveling Armor-All wipes under the seat or in the glove box so you can take a quick swipe when you are sitting still.
4. Keep a small bag or box for the toys. There is nothing more irritable than a toy rattling around under a seat. then you have to get that wide load (oh wait, that would be my butt in the air) visible to ge tit out.
5. Keep a small tote or egg crate in your trunk or back seat for all the incidentals that find their way into your car. Shoes, dipaers, toys, sippy cups…
6. Use that same container for groceries. I hate it when I go to make something only to find that it fell out of the bag and is under a seat.
7. Spoil yourself with a touchless car wash every once in a while. This will help the outside stay clean and encourage you to keep the inside even cleaner.
8. Have one bag for nothing but mail. I am infamous for lugging the kids in with their individual bags plus my purse plus a cup or 2 and leaving the mail in the seat on accident. Put it in one place, like the center console, so that you won’t have it laying around everywhere.
9. If you have a spare minute, go to a car wash only to throw out the trash. You know you have that coupon sitting there that you never got around to using. What about the McDonald’s cup you finished yesterday?
10. Find a CD holder for all those CD’s rolling around.
11. Do your 27 fling car boogy! (this was just a bonus)

I just find that none of these take a lot of time individually and they can add up to a great little car for you if you manage it on a regular basis.

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