Goodwill and Staying Hydrated

I hate sweeping this house!  We have two dogs, two cats, and we live in a place called the "sandhills".  I never knew such a place existed, or what it was like until I moved here.  You know what it's like?!?  It's like living at the beach, without the ocean.  It's like living in the desert with 500% humidity.  There is sand EVERYWHERE!  Sorry about that... sometimes I let my frustration get the better of me.

Anyway, we were at Goodwill the other day, and my husband surprised me with the best find ever!  A robot vacuum!  Unfortunately, it was not the super pricey one shown on the box (they had put their old vac in the box they got their new vac in) and it didn't have it's remote, but it did work, it was only $30 ($129 new) and was able to operate on a couple of settings using the buttons on the base.
It does take a bit longer to do the job than I expect it normally would as I am not able to set any new patterns without the remote, but for my purpose, it works and it's a great help when it comes to keeping sand and pet hair off my floors.

A friend of mine posted about this on Instagram the other day, and after a week of using this app, I just wanted to post my own review for those who may need some help staying on track with their water intake.

Plant Nanny is an app that I have found works great to help me keep track of my water intake, especially during these hot summer months.  Not only is Plant Nanny helpful, but it's fun too!  You start out by inputting your weight and your activity level, and it will tell you what your water goal is.  You then choose a cute little plant, like this Devil's Ivy, to grow.  Each time you drink a glass of water, you hold down the blue button to give your plant a drink as well.  Once your plant is fully grown you can move it to your greenhouse and start again.  Remember, if you forget to drink water, your plant goes thirsty too!

Nichole

Weekly Finds!

I almost always go to Goodwill and Dollar Tree on Sundays.  I think most Dollar Trees get their shipments on Saturdays, so I find that this is the best day to find new items and full shelves.

At Dollar Tree, I was able to find these boxes of Duncan Hines Perfect for 1 brownie 10-packs, normally over $5, and these one-pound bags of Salt 84 Himalayan pink salt, normally they sell for $3.50 apiece on Amazon.
I also found cans of Progresso organic tomato-basil soup.  This was a great find as it is my favorite kind of tomato soup.  In a pinch, I also used it as a substitute for sauce on last night's homemade meatball pizza!

Having three daughters, we are always on the lookout for cheap and easy skincare products.  When it first came out, we used the Micellar Water by Simple Skincare, since I was able to find sales and coupons often.  Without a coupon, the Micellar Water is normally between $6-7 dollars, pretty expensive.  However, this week Dollar Tree had 8 oz bottles of their own brand of the Micellar Water, with comparable ingredients, both original and sensitive.  I picked up all they had in stock, along with a couple of packages of the cotton rounds.

It was a good day for shoe shopping at Goodwill yesterday.  My youngest is nearly eight, and is definitely my fashionista!  Unfortunately for her, she normally gets a lot of hand-me-downs, and her older sisters aren't nearly as fashion-forward as she is.  Shoes are her love, but I have a hard time justifying the cost for anything other than sneakers when she has no one to pass them down to.

She was so tickled with herself yesterday!  She came up to me with a pair of the cute wedge hightops from Target, a pair that look similar to Chucks (she's been wanting a pair like her older sister), and her best find, a pair of black leather slip-ons by Steve Madden that normally retail for $50.  Altogether, she was able to find three styles of shoes she had been wanting for $11.25.

The Chuck lookalikes were new with tags, the Steve Maddens had nothing more than some smudges on the soles, but the wedge hightops did have a scuff on the toe.  What I have found works well, also on those tall boots that girls love to wear, is nail polish.  We use the shiny finish for patent leather and the matte for things like tennis shoe material.  The nail polish not only covers the scuff but provides a bit of a seal to keep the scuff from becoming bigger.

What great deals did you find?

Nichole