Money can't buy happiness or better weather, but it can buy stuff and sometimes stuff gives us a little life lift.
For about $8, you could lift your life with all three of today's products.
Life Lift #1: Smartly All Purpose Cleaner Smells Like A Meadow
Buying cleaning products that smell good is a priority for me. For years, I've kept Mrs. Meyers stocked at home with the occasional sub in of a Method or J.R. Watkins product. I didn't expect much when I saw this large bottle of cleaner on the shelf at Target but was pleasantly surprised when I screwed off the lid to take a sniff. I don't know if it smells exactly like a meadow, but the scent is clean, fresh, springy ... a reminder that spring will come, all the dirty snow will melt. Let's call it "hope in a spray bottle." Best part? I think this huge bottle was either $1.67 or $1.76. There are two other scents, but they didn't do it for me.
Life Lift #2: Trader Joe's Rose Oil Ultra Moisturizing Hand Cream
The nearest Trader Joe's is about a twenty minute drive for me. That's far enough that I don't go regularly. I had an Aha! moment two weeks ago at my WW meeting (see what I did there with Aha! & WW -- Oprah, people, Oprah!!) when it struck me that I was halfway to Trader Joe's and could just scoot over there after my meeting. Twas a delight to be back at TJ's and I secured some WW-friendly options as well as some cheap fresh flowers and the meringues, full-fat fruit and cream yogurts, and pretzel bagels that my kids love. I stopped in after today's meeting for more of the same-ish and left with this Rose Oil Ultra Moisurizing Hand Cream. Let me tell you ... it's plenty of life lift for $4.99. It's a big tube of cream that is hydrating without being greasy. I know rose is a scent that some people detest, but I am not one of them. The cream smells fresh and rosy without being cloying or old-ladyish.
Life Lift #3: Great Value Chicken Dipping Sauce
Conservative estimate is that I visit the Chick-fil-A drive-thru three times per week. Once or twice on my own (it is two minutes from the place where I play tennis) and probably once a week on behalf of my family. I'm there enough to be known by name ("Miss Megan") by multiple employees. I've achieved Red Status via my Chick-fil-A One app, which means, NTMFB, that I am invited to visit the Chick-fil-A Home Office for a "complimentary backstage tour" for myself and up to five guests and can also enjoy two free tickets to the Chick-fil-A College Footbal Hall of Fame. All of this is just to prove that I know the restaurant and its menu options, including condiments, quite well. So when my friend Mina shared on Facebook that she had secured this Chicken Dipping Sauce from Wal-Mart and confirmed via family taste test that it mirrored that of the famous Chick-fil-A sauce, I knew I better get my grubby paws on some. Before I could even say, "Don't change out of your PJs, kids, we're going to Wal-Mart," Mina had dropped off a bottle for me. And guess what? It tastes remarkably similar to the delicious and famous CFA sauce. The Great Value sauce may have a slight smoky flavor that the CFA sauce doesn't, but all in all, they are very similar. As a Chick-fil-A loyalist, I want to point out that they are very generous with sauce packets at the restaurant and they do sell larger tubs of their sauces as well. But, they don't offer a squeeze bottle. Can you believe that you can secure this delicious sauce in a conveniently squeezable vessel for a mere $1.62? This product seems ideal for anyone who loves CFA and its sauce, especially if one loves CFA and its sauce but does not live near a Chick-fil-A.
There you have it, three little life lifts for less than 10 bucks ... what's giving you a lift this winter?
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