Apparently I have a houdini on my hands....

I currently have the lid of her 27qt sterlite secured with 6 binder clips (well, not anymore at least). There are three clips on the front, three on the back placed one middle and one by each corner. Last night she not only managed to escape, but escape without detaching any of the binder clips *and* with the sides of the tub both still locked down into place. Now, granted it was a fantastic escape job and all, but I doubt she had the afterthought to reclose her lid as well as get out without removing any clips. Actually, after removing all the clips, unlatching each side I actually stood there thinking maybe she'd learned how to make herself invisible because I was completely baffled at the mastery of her escape.

She wasn't hard to find, it took approximately 5 minutes, which I must add was the longest 5 minutes of my life... I kept envisioning her either not being found or found hurt in some way.. Instead she was curled up nice and content in a cast iron frying pan with another pan over top in the drawer of the oven... Well, content until I picked her up and holy cow can she HISS....

She's now got a french english dictionary on top, two psych text books which I finally found a use for, a regular dictionary (all big hardcover books), a skateboard and big piece of driftwood on top (The boyfriend thinks this is a bit excessive). Any suggestions on something else I can use to secure the lid? Obviously she's figured out the trick to binder clips, and I can't keep having 30lbs of stuff piled on top because then it just looks like a junk corner.

I think it's about time I just buy some lumber and build a rack with some pegs so that it can't slide out... But man she has some skills!