So the other day I was looking at sheets on Amazon, and I found not sheets, but these pillows. I’ve always wanted to try gel pillows, but didn’t want to pay eleventy-two dollars for them, so it was super exciting to realize that these were only $25.
I bought them (and had free two-day shipping thanks to a trial of Amazon Prime) and guys, these pillows are awesome. If you like down pillows but don’t like pokey feather bits, you totally want to buy these. They’re fairly soft, but substantial, and they more or less stay where you put them–it’s not the sort of thing where you put your head down, and then all the feathers navigate away from your head, and then ten minutes later you’re resting your head on two layers of fabric and have giant feather-piles on either side of your head. (It’s not just me who has that happen, right?)
Anyhow, if you are looking for pillows, you could do worse than buying those ones.
Also, I didn’t technically buy this, but maple sugar from Marx Foods is totally my new favorite thing. The nice people at Marx Foods sent my friend Livia a box of exciting samples of things from their store, and because she is lovely, she passed some of those things on to me. Maple sugar is, so far, the only one I’ve used, but holy crap, it’s delicious. Maple toast? Yes, please. It’s also delicious on pancakes, which is nice, because I don’t really like soggy pancakes, so syrup is sometimes an issue for me. I will also admit to eating it directly out of the packet, because it’s just that tasty. I suspect I’m going to have to order some of it when my packet runs out, because yum.
Who else has recently bought stuff that turned out to be somewhat unexpectedly awesome?
I used to hate honey. And now I don’t anymore – at least in beverages like tea and coffee. Also – not a new thing – Tom’s of Maine toothpaste. And smoked oysters that would kill your whole family. Delicious!
You hated honey? Man. I love honey. I especially love it over Greek yogurt. Nom.
Oh those pillows sound delightful! And yes I totally sink into the feather cleavage and it’s completely uncomfortable unless you keep waking to fluff it and who wants that?
Something unexpectedly awesome…hmmm…I think 90% of things I buy at Aldi are unexpectedly awesome. Their stuff is SO cheap, and it’s such fantastic quality. Plus you can get some foods there you can’t find many other places in the US. It makes my Danish hubby quite happy.
The pillows are awesome and totally worth the $25. We actually decided we like ours so much that we’ve sent them to both sets of parents (both of our fathers have March birthdays–happy early birthday, dads!) and to my little sister, who just got married. (Happy wedding, kid!) Now, of course, I’m hoping that they wear well…it’d sort of suck if our well-intentioned gifts turned out to fall apart after a few months.
I used to live right by an Aldi and loved it. There’s one by us now, too, but it’s not a very nice one–it’s a little scary, to be honest. I wish we still lived by the fantastic one!
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