Dog beds I love my dogs. However, they rarely (if ever) sleep in the bed with us. So of course they have to have their own beds. We've had a series of ugly, annoying, and/or bulky dog beds in our seven years of dog ownership. My mom made us some really fantastic "dog sofas" a few years ago. They were attractive and easy to vacuum but couldn't be deep cleaned easily and were quite large. We couldn't take them with us anywhere and once Dane was born we just didn't have the room to keep them. Not to mention the smell that just wouldn't go away after a while. We replaced them with some fluffy, tufted little numbers that our dogs loved. Unfortunately, they proved not to be very durable, could be washed but not dried, and impossible to vacuum all the little aggravating crevices. I started researching all the options to replace our dogs' beds. Being 7 and 9 years old, they needed something other than a pile of blankets, especially on our tile floors. The best option for us looked to be a cot-style bed for dogs that ran about $70. Jonathan and I talked about it and decided we would purchase some when the old ones gave out. While in the baby/toddler section of Wal-Mart, I noticed that toddler cots are $25. I looked at the weight limit -- 75 pounds. It was perfect! The dogs LOVE them. They were cheap, come with a fitted sheet that can be machine washed and dried, and they fold up for travel! Perfection. (Cleveland agrees!)
Equate brand Proactiv When I was pregnant my skin was perfect. I am not even kidding. I didn't have to wear foundation. After pregnancy? Holy hormones! My skin was looking rough. I have used Proactiv in the past and had good results, but it's expensive and you can't just buy it in any ol' store. While looking for something to combat my "welcome to motherhood" gift from mother nature herself, I stumbled across Wal-Mart's version of Proactiv. (What is UP with me and Wal-Mart lately? I swear I only go once every other month, but I guess there are just some things you can only find there!) Anyway, it's insanely cheap and my skin is looking much healthier. My wallet is happy and so are my pores.
Moroccan oil knockoff My hairdresser (back before I became too cheap and began cutting my own hair) uses Moroccan Oil treatments on my hair. It smells like heaven and it does wonders for my hair. It ought to at around $40 a bottle. Although I love the results, I was unable to convince myself to spend that kind of money on hair oil. Thankfully, I like the results of Garnier's Moroccan Sleek just as much. You can find it at Target for $5. It smells great and has made growing out my very dry hair more pleasant. I use it before drying my hair and after styling. My only complaint is that the packaging is poorly designed and it's easy to get way more than you wanted. "Hello. My name is Melissa and I did brush my hair with a pork chop this morning. Thanks for noticing!" Anyhow, just keep this in mind and you'll love it as much as I do.
Dry erase marker Ok, you're right. I didn't discover the dry erase marker. But my husband did come up with a brilliant new way to use it, especially if you're a parent. Our son has asthma. When it flares up, we have trouble remembering what time we gave him allergy medicine and breathing treatments. So we write it on the mirror in his bathroom where we already keep all his medications. Everyone who has ever had a sick child knows how difficult it can be to remember when you last gave him ibuprofen. Sleep deprivation from aforementioned sick child being up all.night.long doesn't help matters. Thanks, brilliant hubby! Parents everywhere (especially me) will thank you!
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I hope you can find at least one thing that would be useful to you in this post. If not, maybe What's Up My Sleeve 3.0 won't take six more months! :)
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