HOME GOODS: Unexpected Treasures

The other day I walked into a HomeGoods store, and WOW, it was the holy grail of treasures. Wall to wall covered in beautiful decor organized for every room of the house. I remained in the store for a couple of hours to look at everything. Every item my eyes laid upon gave me an idea of where it would fit perfect in the house. 


Eventually, I came across a couple of things that just stuck out to me such as the Roman female statue. I've always been a sucker for Roman and Greek sculpture, and this particular statue was one of two that I now owned. Unfortunately, I can't figure out who is the lady in the work of art, but I'm researching deep to find out. 

HomeGoods is connected to a chain link of stores including TJ Maxx and Marshalls. One credit card is useful at all three. The perks of the card allow you attend members-only shopping sprees where you can be the first to shop on items brand new to the store. 

My favorite part of each of these stores would be the home decor aisles where you can find cute authentic-looking items that seem to set your decorative home apart from the norms. The clearance is also a treasure worth looking into. In fact, I found most of the items I bought straight from the discounted rack. 

HomeGoods is a store that knows treasure and their items are unique, stylish, and appealing. Next time you're out and about, take a look inside. You just might discover something quite unexpected. 

BABY WIPES: Redefining Make Up Remover

Baby wipes... the best thing since the invention of the wheel, right? I'm not a mother, but I am an aunt of about ten nieces and nephews (with a new one on the way), and I have to say, if it weren't for baby wipes, those "messy" clean-ups would be impossible to tolerate.

A year ago I bought a pack of baby wipes to replace using those house cleaner wipes like Clorox and Lysol make for quick picker-uppers. The chemicals made my fingers pruney and itchy.  Baby wipes didn't leave behind residue or wreaked of heavy chemicals, AND they were much cheaper for much more wipes. I don't know about anyone else, but that's a win-win in my book to pay less for more.

Just recently, I was in my room trying to remove stubborn fingernail polish. I nearly went through a whole pack of cotton balls and a roll of paper towels. Since I was out of puffies and paper towels, I gave a baby wipe a shot. I knew because the wipe was wet it was going to be useless because it didn't have the dry surface needed to scrub the polish off. I dipped part of the wipe in the polish remover and to my surprise, it removed the polish perfectly. Not only did it remove the polish, it prevented the polish from smearing and staining my nail. How awesome, right?


I had a similar situation with my mascara and eye shadow. Granted, the baby wipe alone can't remove the heavy eye shadow and mascara but, pour just a little micellar water on a baby wipe and watch the magic happen. The micellar water removes the actual make up while the baby wipe's lubrication cleanses the left over residue, like a 2-in-1.

Honestly, is there anything that baby wipes can't do? It's the holy grail for cleaning and removing anything. It's by far the best investment I've made as a part of everyday used items. On top of that, Coupons.com gives me coupons so I can get the name brand kind even cheaper. That makes it a win-win-win situation!