Spend Less Money and Time on Nylons and Pantyhose

It never fails.  I put on a pair of pantyhose while getting ready to go to work and before I’m out the door (hopefully not after I’m at work) I spot a run or hole.  This is so frustrating! 

Nylons are not cheap and for many professional women, they are essential to a work wardrobe.  Personally, I hate having to throw out anything that can be reused.  For many years now, I have kept pantyhose around that have only slight runs that can be hidden by certain clothes or shoes.  That is great except for the fact that I spent too much time in the morning trying to figure out which pair would work with which outfit.  Now I have a solution.  I write notes to myself on the labels so that I can easily distinguish the bad pairs from the good pairs.  This allows me to wear pairs with small ankle runs with boots and slight thigh runs with longer skirts and dresses.  I simply stop the run with clear nail polish and then label the nylons for future reference.  No more searching for holes or runs, I just look at the label.  I even put the ones with more noticeable runs in a plastic bag to keep separate from the others.  I use these under slacks when I want to add a little warmth in the winter or when I want to give my legs and behind a more firm appearance under my pants.  Hope this tip helps you save money, reduce your waste, and most important of all, save time during your morning rush.

This note: "Run in ankle" lets me know that I can wear this pair of nylons with a pair of boots but not a pair of slingback heels.

Save A Bag, Save Time

It never fails.  You end up stopping at the store when it seems to be the busiest and have to fight the crowd.  For me, the crowd seems to be the thickest in the produce section, or maybe that is because I seem to spend a lot of time there.  I used to find this frustrating about a year ago, before I had a wonderful revelation.

I always seemed to struggle the most with those little plastic bags for fruits and vegetables.  I had trouble finding them, I had trouble getting a roll that had any left, I had trouble pulling one free, or the worst of all, someone would be blocking them with their cart.  I spent too much time fighting with those plastic bags.  Then I realized something when I got home one night.  What if I just reused some of those pesky little bags?  My bananas, onions, peppers, and apples didn't dirty them; I could just reuse them the next time I went shopping.  And that is what I did. 

Like many of you, I already was bringing my own reusable shopping bags, why not reuse the plastic produce bags?  I have never been happier.  I stroll up to the onions and pull a bag out of my grocery sack and breeze on to the bananas.  If you struggle with produce bags, give this a try.  You might find yourself completing your shopping a little faster.

Oh, and if you aren't using reusable grocery bags already, give those a try, too.  Many are larger and stronger than typical one-time use grocery sacks and they can hold a lot more, which means I make fewer trips when unloading my car.  And can't we all use a little more of that?