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Friday, November 02, 2007

mid-morning

For the Toothpaste Connoisseur In Your Home

We’re pretty picky about the toothpaste flavors in our domicile, and we’re always looking for something new and tasty.  Generally, we lean toward cinnamon, but when we saw the Crest Nature’s Expressions Mint + Green Tea Extract, we couldn’t resist.  Even though I’m not crazy about green tea itself (except Green Tea Frappuccinos & Green Tea Frappuccino Chicks…hee! - what, you don’t name your favorite bloggers so your partners will know who you’re talking about?), Leigh-Ann likes it, and since I like green mixed with lots of sugar and I love to try new things, we brought it home.  It’s definitely a keeper.  It’s the most unusual good toothpaste we’ve ever tried.  (this was one of the nasty ones) If they’re on sale someday, we’ll have to try the other Nature’s Expressions (Citrus Clean Mint w/ a twist of lemon extract and Pure Peppermint Fresh w/ peppermint oil), but in the meantime, we’re on our second tube of the green tea one and haven’t tired of it yet.  I think they need to add at least one more, a version with cinnamon extract.

the wee hours

The Cheap Underwear Solution to Over-priced Jockey French Cuts

Oh, you know you come here for all the best advice.  This is for people who love French Cut Jockey undies, but don’t want to pay for the Jockey name.  I was going to say “last month, I discovered…”, but I realized that last month was October, and since I was shopping for new undies for my birthday, that would’ve been August.  Just where does time go, I say, where?  Anyway, back to underwear.  I love new underwear, but I don’t like frilly Victoria’s Secret stuff because I’m not a perfect size 3, and I don’t find it the slightest bit comfortable.  Pretty, yes.  But now that I’m not showing off my underwear to every passing boy or girl (like I ever did), I’m all about the comfort.  For years, the most comfortable and durable underwear has been Jockey French Cut.  I’m tired of paying $6.00 for a single pair.  So, I saw some Fruit of the Loom undies with the low low price of $4.50+ (can’t remember the exact price), and you get eight pairs!  Eight!  It’s the regular ol’ pack of six, but with two extras jammed into the package.  They’re not nearly as sturdy as Jockey, but they fit exactly the same (some of the patterned ones are a little snugger for some reason), and at less than a dollar each, they’re almost disposable.  So, those of us who don’t have Helly’s mom to buy us dozens of pairs of undies (size 7, French Cut, thanks) and you’re looking for cheap comfy undies, try the Fruit of the Loom Hi-Cuts at Target.  And if I’m wrong, well, you have some underwear that you can wear on wash day.