Deciding to live on the edge, with the help of at tax refund check, I actually bought a couple of products that I’ve always wondered about. (the rest of the mula went for dull and boring things.)
Crystal Stick Deoderant. You know what I’m talking about. The little purple deoderant thing with a crystal in it that you wet and rub under your arm pits. You see it on the deoderant shelf at your store, covered in dust, looking neglected. No one I know has ever tried this. It’s the $7.99 price tag for pit juice that may or may not work that is so prohibitive. Then one day you decide to read it: Can be used on under arms and feet (Not that my pits stink like my feet. * Lasts over one year.* ( Doesn’t specify if it means being used daily or has a shelf life of 10,000 years.) * No Aluminum Chlorohydrate *dunno what that does, but I’m sure its bad for my brian cells.
Hubby and I have used it for over a week and it is really too early to tell if we like it or not. ( IE - Haven’t done much yard work yet.)
The other product that I bought that is loads of domestic fun is a (brace yourselves)a * EuroSealer *. (yeah, Yeah, I know I’m so cutting edge.) It it a hand held heat sealing device thing that you can use to close up chip bags or whatever. ( If you are like me, and I bet you are! You have a lot of whatevers laying around your house!) It even has it’s own cheezy commerical on TV every now and then. I finally caved in and had to get it. I love it. ( I better, I lost the receipt to it.) Plus , it’s a hangs neatly on the frig with the 10,000 other magnets I own.
Have any of you finally bought something that you couldn’t get out of your mind of “I wonder what it would be like to own a ronco stud buster…”
My husband keeps saying he wants a Ronco food dehydrator. For years this has been going on. I keep offering to get one for him, but he keeps saying “not yet”…I think he’s afraid of commitment.
I have one of those crystal stick deodorants (only paid $4.99 :p). It works pretty well if you use it just after you get out of the shower, but it does nothing to correct the situation if your pits are smelly already. I have been doing yard work, you see.
Yup got one of those, I too wanted one for a while, now it sits neglected on my shelf with the other rarely used tools I thought I could not live without: The Pasta maker, The big meat slicing machine (I became a vegetarian a week after I purchased it)and other assorted gadgets.
I love my Swiffer – there is nothing better for getting up cat hair. I have only a single, short-haired cat, and yet the place is frequently awash in cat hair. She may be inviting friends in when I’m at work. It’s a great dust mop, too.
Right now I want is that Black & Decker steam cleaner thingie. I’m allergic to most cleaning products, so it seems like it’d be a nice option. But it’s just too expensive to buy just to see if it works.
But the stupid commissary is always out of them. They have the refills, but no starter sets. Grrrr…and I have long, dark hair that constantly sheds and very light colored floors, so lord knows I need one. I guess my dustmop works okay for that, but I hate picking the hair out of it.
Yesterday, I indulged myself and bought a package of those new Clorox wipes. Kind of like baby wipes for my kitchen counter. I don’t know why I bought them, they just sort of seemed neat at the time.
Probably the best appliance I have is my Braun Multimix. It has attachments for beating, kneading, blending, and chopping, all for only $40! I use it every day, it does 90% of the work a food processor would, for about 1/4 the cost.
I was at the swap-meet when I saw the portable fabric steamer ‘as seen on TV’. Didn’t buy it that day but I really wanted one. (I hate both ironing and wrinkled shirts)
Bought one a couple of weeks later. Piece o’ crap. But I still hope for one that works.
The Pluto-in-laws bought us a George Foreman Mean Lean Grilling Machine a couple of weeks ago. It’s kinda fun. Works real well on the boneless skinless frozen chicken breasts that Mrs. Pluto likes. And it’s fast!
The downside is that it is a little hard to clean. (You have to actually use a washcloth – not just throw it in the dishwasher.) And it clutters up the countertop.
