J. Crew hair accessories

In my opinion, J. Crew has become too luxe (aka expensive) for general shopping lately, unless you head to their outlets. However, I do still enjoy their hair accessories. They seem to hold up far longer than other hair doodads, and I was once told by a J. Crew employee that they give a lifelong guarantee on their hair accessories. If it snaps, just bring it back in for another. Unfortunately, they don't have an image online of my fave - a hairband with tortoise-shell balls, though they do sell them in the stores.

HE laundry detergent

Maybe the Tide pen thing got me thinking, but I have two favorite HE laundry products to share. For baby clothes - Method Lullaby scent. Mmmm, makes me think of Adelaide.


For regular clothes, don't spend crazy money for the big grand HE detergents. All's HE detergent works great and smells great, and it is almost half the cost as the others.

Now don't get me started on dryer sheets...! (I like Method brand - so thick and un-dryer-sheet-like...)

Tide-To-Go in a mini pen!

I have been a a fan of the Tide-To-Go pen for quite a while now, as someone who seemed to always spill coffee on white shirts, and then as a mom with sticky handprints all over her shoulders. I have kept the Tide pens in the cars, in laptop bags, and around the house, and then, of course, in the diaper bag. My last trip to Target revealed something even better - the mini pen! Perfect for smaller spaces, like a purse, or smaller diaper bag :-)