Archives for October 2011

Quick Tip: Labels for Leftovers

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How often do you pull leftovers out of the back of the fridge that you fully intended to eat and they have a layer of new green growth on them?  It can be so frustrating to waste food because you forget about it.

I discovered a very simple way to help with this problem.  I take brightly colored labels and write the name of the leftover item on them and then stick them where I can see it clearly on the side of the container.  This way you know what is in each container in the refrigerator and you won’t forget that you put it in there.  So when you ask yourself what you can eat for lunch and think you have to make something new you will see that there is leftover lasagna that you can eat. Now, if I can only get the kids to remember to use the labels when they put leftovers away…

Do you have a trick for identifying and remembering leftovers?

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My New Favorite Clothing Store: Lands’ End Canvas

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Several months back I somehow stumbled across Lands’ End Canvas.  I cannot tell you the excitment I felt as I clicked through pages and pages of clothing that I loved!  The colors, the styles, the fashion, oh my!  I could hardly contain myself.  Fortunately my budget lent itself to a shopping spree at the moment and I ordered some of my favorites.

 I was thrilled to receive them and try everything on.  I half expected that the clothes would have looked great online but that I would have to return half of them because of the way that they fit.  Can you believe that every single item fit great?!  It really helps that on the site there are reviews from real people that talk about the fit of each item. 

A few weeks later I was shocked (jaw on the floor) to get a handwritten note in my mail box thanking me for my purchase and letting me know that they were there for any questions I had or anything I needed!  Really?!  Who does that?  That is amazing customer service and I knew I had stumbled on something great.

Since that time I have placed a couple more orders with Lands’ End Canvas.  Each time I get quality clothing for myself and/or my husband and I have not had to return anything yet.  If I ever found myself needing to make a return I am convinced that it would be an easy process.

The items I have purchased have held up beautifully through washing and are my favorite pieces in my wardrobe right now.  Each one is comforable and classy at the same time.

I must also share that Lands’ End Canvas has great sales too! The only problem with the sales is that I have found that some of the cutest stuff sells out very quickly when it is put up on the site. So don’t wait to get what you love or it may be gone. 

Do you love Lands’ End Canvas too?  What’s your favorite look from this this Fall?

Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post.  I just love Lands’ End Canvas that much!

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Pretty Pushers: The Birthing Gown You’ll Be Happy to Put On

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When you first arrive to the hospital to have a baby the first thing they do is tell you to change into a gown.  Whoever designed those hospital gowns must have had the goal of making them the most unattractive, unflattering, blandest form of clothing {if you can even call it that} ever.  As ugly as they are though, they serve a purpose.

I have given birth 6 times both in a hospital and a birth center. When I gave birth in a birthing center I honestly missed having a gown to put on.  After all, they have holes in all the right places and do make it easy to be poked, prodded and, well, give birth.

I Just recently came across Pretty Pushers.  No one was in the room but I actually found myself saying out loud “What a brilliant idea!”  I absolutely would have had one of these when I was pregnant to use in place of a hospital gown or the t-shirt I used at the birthing center.

 These beautiful gowns {I feel weird using the word beautiful when describing a birthing gown} have a frontal opening to allow for fetal monitors, a low-cut back to allow for epidural access if necessary and adjustable tie closures.  You can wear it and then dispose of it.  Read about why they recommend disposing of the gown after giving birth here.
 These gowns are 100% cotton and they even have an organic cotton version.  They start at $24 and go up to $44.  Check out Pretty Pushers to see all of the designs and to order.  Happy Pushing!
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