Favorite Finds for March and April

It's been a couple of months since my last Favorite Finds post.  I have a few items I'd like to share with you.

 Fridge drawer liners.

I picked mine up at Aldi and I admit they were totally an impulse buy.  I'd checked them simply because I was curious but when I read that they were washable and reusable, I was eager to give them a try.   I love them.  I cut them to fit my drawers and they have stayed put which is something nothing else I've lined the drawers with have done.  The ones I've linked to look very similar to the ones I grabbed at Aldi but mine are not adhesive.  It's just a nice thick layer of material.  They absorb really well.  I'd buy a second set of these just to have as spares.

Special K Honey Almond Ancient Grains cereal.

 I eat the bulk of my carbs in the early part of the day but I decided after one too many episodes of  higher blood sugars to try going the route of adding protein to my breakfast choices.  I can only eat so many eggs... I want cereal now and then.  I recalled that we'd eaten the Protein Special K when we did Atkins a few years ago and that my blood sugars had remained fairly stable after eating, so at the first of the year I bought several boxes of the cereal on sale.  I found they had a nice variety of flavors.   This Honey Almond Ancient Grain variety is new to me.   It has 15 g of protein per serving.  I found this last month at Publix during a buy one get one sale.  This cereal has a nice toasty (reminiscent of granola) flavor, is barely sweet and  very satisfying.  No link since you should be able to find this both online and in store without a problem.

White chocolate M&Ms

You know I don't often share  a candy item but this was a happy find.  More and more of late I find that I don't want chocolate.  I do want something sweet.  I generally will reach for peanut butter M&Ms for myself and Peanut for John but this was something that caught my eye the other day and appealed to me.  I like white chocolate.  I find a little satisfies my sweet tooth and I'm done.  This was a nice change and appealed far more than caramel or coffee or coconut flavors.

Bras:  About three years ago I won a giveaway for a Warner No Side Effects Bra from Bridgette Rae's blog. The one I ended up with in my size was an underwire.  I'm not terribly fond of underwire bras though I must say this one was quite comfortable.  I wore it only occasionally so it held up for quite a long while.  I loved the way it corralled that underarm bulge.

This year I needed to get a fresh lot of bras.   I confess to avoiding shopping but eventually I had no choice.   I could clearly see the lack of support I was getting and feeling it as well.  So I measured myself and off I went.  I started at Walmart which is my least favorite place to purchase bras.  I just hated to spend a great load of money on two or three and didn't feel up to a trip to Macon, which is where I'd shopped in the past.  So Walmart it was...

Finding my size is a pain in the glutinous maximus.  I finally found three options in my size.  I was not at all surprised to find that 2 out of 3,  though good name brands, were total failures.  The price of both those options was average.  But one bra surprised me Warner's Blissful Benefits bra


Forget the cup size ladies.  Forget band measurement.  These bras are sized as S M L XL and XXL.  I was completely doubtful until I tried on the one I brought home.  Truth told this is the one bra I expected to be a total fail.  It was not.  I opted for XXL because I felt it was likely closer to my size 44 measurement.  The bra is supportive.  I can tell you assuredly that it can handle a far larger cup size than mine (D).     It does have a slightly padded cup which I don't mind at all.  The sides are high enough to corral in those underarms that often want to bulge. I often forget I have my bra on and we all know that is saying something!  I was so pleased with the one I purchased in store, I went online and ordered five more.  Yes, I ordered five.  I like to rotate my bras and I find it especially necessary to allow my bras to air in summer.     The cost is extremely reasonable.

Finally, this method of regenerating an old African Violet...



Both my African violets had gotten long ungainly trunks.  I had no clue what to do with them.  Then I read this method of regenerating growth.  I was worried about doing this and afraid I was going to lose the violets but truth told they were dying as it was.  So I used this method of essentially beheading them both, took the crowns and  repotted them as per instructions.  I  was dubious but I noted that the leaves slowly stopped dying and this past week I had buds come up on one of them, so it does work, scary as it seems to do this.

I'm sure I've left off something but these things were the ones that came to mind when I sat down to write out this post...I'm going to try and keep better track of what I consider outstanding in the next couple of months.   I sincerely hope that some of you find one or more of these items helpful.