Lydia, a successful professional organizer, meets Robert - an overwhelmed and frazzled Chicago toy inventor with two young kids. When his small company is asked to present their new Christmas toy line to a big superstore, he has 12 days to get his life and his business in order before the big pitch, which will land just a couple of days before Christmas. Lydia immediately sets him straight, showing him that this task encompasses every aspect of his life - 12 of them, to be exact - and that Robert must be part of each clean up step. At the same time, he shows buttoned-up Lydia that messiness is a part of life. In the end, they find that opposites attract and that love can overcome any obstacle.