I consider myself a budget shopper and my guilty habit is that I can sometimes get so obsessive about it. Take for instance something as trivial as dishwashing detergent. There was a time when I bought only Smart dishwashing paste because it was the cheapest in the grocery aisle …

I usually use Members Mark Laundry Detergent (from Sams Club) because it is one of the only detergents that my daughter is not allergic to. But I was at the store and they were having a sale on the 100 oz. Bottle of Gain 2X Ultra Gain Liquid …

I sometimes have to eat on the go more often than I’d like. I work a full time job doing a lot of overtime, and I just don’t always feel like I have the time or even want to take the time in the morning to get a good …

If there are two rooms in my house that I’m most concerned about keeping clean, it would be the bathroom and the kitchen. I am a neat freak in that sense, which is what drives my husband crazy because normally I am so not a neat freak with anything …

When I moved from the south to the dry heat of Nevada, the first thing I noticed was that the water here was much harder than in the south. I used to love the natural water where I used to live, and could drink it straight out of the …

From loitering in Our Home, I have come across the candles lane. And since I was so bored, I looked through the best smelling candle in the different displayed candles there. There were different brands but I only opted for the one that has overwhelming scents. I bought the …

I am now addicted to scented candles. I love putting scented candles anywhere in the house. My room on the end table, my bathroom , the office, anywhere! I love that the wax really leaves a scent even after I put off the flame.
I went to Our Home to …

Since moving to a new house, I wanted to see if I can get a good rice dispenser that does not eat up a lot of space. I was searching through the home depot shops and I have noticed this Kyowa Rice Dispenser in White.
This can stock up …

I was at a mall hours away from home when I first spotted this coffee mug. If you know anything about me, you know I love coffee. I also really like cool coffee mugs. I really like dogs, too. I have four of them! …

It has been so hot around here lately. The temperatures have been almost unbearable. When I couldn’t stand the heat any longer, I went searching through my house to find a fan that wasn’t in use so I could put it next to my desk. I …

When cleaning my kitchen and dishes, I look for a reliable dish soap. I’ve always been the one to absolutely loathe watery dish soaps. I like to make sure my dishes end up clean and disinfected when I’m done doing them. Because I’m such a stickler when it comes …

I had this really nasty clog in my apartment sink. I tried using some of the more inexpensive unclogging agents, because I’ve never been the one to spend over 5 dollars for something like that. After trying multiple products I decided to just plunge the sink. I wanted to …

Soap has always been an important part of my life. I guess it is important to everyone because you can’t really clean anything without it. I love to use Ajax to clean my dishes, and have done so for the past couple of years. Every now in then I …

Bleach has always been a huge part of cleaning my home. The smell of bleach means cleanliness to a lot of folks, like my husband. The best thin about bleach is that I not only use it for household cleaning, but also for laundry. This gives me a dual …

I am not the one to use liquid fabric softeners often. I like to use the sheets with my laundry when I do use fabric softener. I went out to do my shopping and was purchasing everything I needed to do laundry. They didn’t have the regular sheet softener …

When we were all sick in my house with colds I picked up a canister of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes to clean and disinfect the hard surfaces in my home. I will say the wipes were easy to use, very moist, and cleaned up wonderfully. I even like the fact …

Okay so I had these black dirty scruffs all over my white wall and I needed to get them off so I gave the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser a try and I it worked like magic and really got rid of the scruff on my wall. My walls were …

So the other day I was in the Yankee Candle Shop looking for a lovely fruity scented candle tart to help lightly fragrance the air in my home. My boyfriend ended up finding a wonderful smelling one called Yankee Candle Cranberry Chutney. I must say the smell was fruity, …

I’ve been using this corkscrew for few years already and so far, I have no problem with this product. Pedrini Corkscrew has good quality. As you can see from the name, this corkscrew is coming from Italian company. They produced special corkscrew which has good quality of product. With …

This is a great cooking pan that I ever have so far. There is no other pan has similar function like Presto Cooker. Especially when you want to cook meat.Actually it can be used for cooking vegetables and poultry as well, but I normally use it to cook meat …

I purchased these dry-bags for use while camping, backpacking, and boating. The first thing that stood out to me about these bags was the bright colors. Each bag is a different size, and each on comes in a bright neon color. The largest bag was neon …

I have had this water carrier for a long time and I have gotten a lot of use out of it. The water carrier has many great features, the best of which is its shape. Although the water carrier holds 2 gallons of liquid, it’s compact enough …

A friend of mine brought me Sunlight Dish Detergent as well as a few other odds and ends from Canada. She is one of those people who likes to bring various household needs as a gift for letting her stay with us when she visits the US. I always …

I have always loved Studio G products because they are so inexpensive, and craft supplies can get so ridiculous. I purchase many of their clear stamps, ink pads, and now I am in love with their glitter glue. But, I never liked it before because back when it first …

One of the kitchen equipments that I had to replace was our bread toaster, which before Ondoy/Ketsana, served us in good stead for several years. I thought it was easy to just go to the mall and pick out a replacement.
There were not a lot of toasters to choose from …

As I live in a third world country, clean drinking water is an issue. Buying bottled water becomes too expensive in the long run and so we use Brita Water Filtration Pitcher to ensure that the water we drank is clean without spending a lot.
The Brita Water Filtration Pitcher …

Because most of our kitchen appliances were destroyed by typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana, we had to replace most of them. My family consumes a lot of hot water in the morning for coffee and so we decided on getting Carribean Air Pot as this was cheap, a little over US$20 for a …

The Ninja Master Prep-Professional does an incredible job making snow out of ice. The primary reason I bought the machine was to make Collatas and Frappuccinos and Smoothies. The machine acts as both a blender and a food processor and I am quite impressed with its power. …

These are about the cutest paper bowls I’ve seen in a long time. I like that it’s a nice festive overall dot design, rather than a wimpy pastel floral or something. Something about the orange, red and pink dots together says party to me and puts me in the …

I have the largest collection of frying pans and cook wear of everyone that I know. I can’t help myself. If I had to sit down and tell you my favourite frying pan that would be touch. I have two very favorite ones. One of them is a Wear/ever …

My dad gave me his Poppery II Corn Popper when he bought himself a new one. Now I have seen this popper around his house for a long time and this is a man who eats popcorn all the time so I know this had a lot of use …

I have always been the one to try almost everything once. I was shopping at the store and saw the most inexpensive bathroom tissue ever. It was a whole four pack for under a dollar. A dollar is usually the cheapest I can find, so this was a shocker. …

I have purchased and used so many wine aerators in the past year that my wife is ready to kill me. I own the Vinturi (both red and white), Rabbit, Vinoair, Soiree, Menu, Decantus, Respirer, Spin Wine, Final Touch and a few others whose names I can’t even …

This past Saturday, my wife and I really wanted to make chicken on our grill. But, the weather refused to cooperate and I ended up having to make dinner indoors instead.
I was just going to bake the chicken in the oven. But, my wife reminded me of the Hamilton …

Now that we once again have a baby (excuse me, soon-to-be toddler) in our house, we are re-learning just how much of a major pain in the butt carpeting can be. After all, our daughter can’t seem to go a day without spilling something on the floor. And, usually, …

I bought this sheet set mainly because it was the color I wanted. They’re calling it khaki, but to me khaki has a greenish tinge to it which this does not. To me it’s closer to taupe or a caramel sort of color. It’s a nice medium neutral that …

I purchased the Allsop Wheel Easy Wheelbarrow a couple years ago for a couple of reasons. First, I needed some way of hauling my leaves and grass clippings to the curb without a lot of backbreaking work. And, I have a limited amount of space in my shed so …

Bold 2 in 1 Gel is absolutely brilliant at cleaning and it leaves my clothes looking really bright and clean. This is one of the best clothes washing liquids/gels I have used as it even gets my whites so white that I often do not bother using the …

Cutlery is something that every home needs, but it can be surprisingly expensive and replacing it can blow a fairly large hole in your budget. This is even more the case if you want to have a spare set as well as the utensils you use on most occasions, …

I have been using the DeLough Portable Heater for the past six years. It is a very durable portable heater. However it does have some drawbacks to it. This is the kind of portable heater that works of radiator type technology and looks like radiator but it is portable. …

I recently purchased Vanish toilet drop ins to try in our basement bathroom. It is not the bathroom that is used most often, so I figured I would have to go in there and clean less often if I used this product. I was absolutely right and I really …

The Swiffer Wet Jet is a product that I purchased as a replacement for my standard mop, with the hope that it would work as well and I was pleasantly surprised through my weekly use of the Wet Jet. I should also say …

I’ve been looking for a good knife for my kitchen. Sometimes, when I need to cut some meats, it’s a kind of hard since I didn’t really have good and sharp knife. But after I got my Victorinox Knife Sets few weeks ago, I could solve my problem.
I bought …

Thanks to my husband that gave this juicer as my birthday gift. Now I can make fresh fruit juice for my kids every day. And I know for sure that it’s the best thing that they can drink in the morning. Fresh fruit juice that I make with this …

Grills are one of the most important things in life. They bring harmony to a man’s life and I mean they are just amazing. The make a man feel like a man. I bought the Brinkman burner Gas bill about a year ago and I have still found it …

I was in the mood to get rid of my college frappe maker so I went shopping with my wife to see what I could I waned something cheap and reasonable in price. I also wanted one that was going to make great frappes for me. I figured if I …

I picked up this burger press while browsing World Market’s grill accessories section. I have never owned a burger press before. I was always under the impression that it didn’t make a difference. But, I have to admit that I always get unpredictable results when I form my own …

I bought this pillow because I had returned to World Market to buy a second seahorse toss pillow and found they had none left.
I was sad about that at first. But, as it turns out I love this pillow as much as the other one. It’s got the same …

Even in these days when so many people, including me, watch a lot of their movies online or via their PCs, a lot of us still have a fairly sizeable pile of DVDs that need storing, and simply piling them up on tables does tend to lead to disaster …

I got this as a housewarming gift and I will be honest I had many reservations when I got it out of the box. First of all Panasonic makes TV’s and other electronics. I was skeptical that they had anyplace making a microwave. Secondly, at first glance, this microwave …