First, is this Hot & Sweet Pepper Jelly from Trader Joe’s that I’ve been digging.  Digging into, literally.

It reminds me a bit of their Mango Ginger Chutney

The pepper jelly is less chunky than the mango chutney (below) is because there are no big mango chunks and it’s much smoother are more jelly-like but still has a nice kick, no garlic, no onions, and very little added sodium.  All great in my book.

I’ve been dipping veggies into it, putting it on crackers, and want to use it as a tofu marinade.

Same concept as Mango Ginger Maple Tofu, just use Pepper Jelly. I know Pepper Jelly Tofu will be good when I get around to making it.  But I need to pick up another jar because I have already gone through the first jar.  Whoops. Next up is this cleanser.

I love Lancome, but I don’t love the price. So far, the TJ’s product is fine.  No breakouts and nothing horrible happening with my skin after just a couple uses, so that’s good. However, it’s not as luxurious feeling, not as foamy and just nice as Lancome, but for 1/10th of the price of Lancome ($2.99 vs. $29.99 give or take), I can deal with this deal$.

I can alternate between the two to stretch the Foam from the Gods my Lancome a bit farther. I also ordered this card reader.  My other card reader was on it’s last leg and it was slow.  Like molasses.  So hopefully this new-to-me find will speed things up.

I shoot all my photos in RAW file format and the files are pretty huge and so anything to speed up the transfer from memory card to computer is a beautiful thing.  I decided to give this new card reader a try.  It’s USB 3.0 compatible and backwards compatible to USB 2.0 so when things change and we’re all using 3.0, my cardreader is ready for action. One thing that’s not new to me are Nutter Butter Special K Bars (No Bake)

Familiar is good sometimes Questions:

  1. What new-to-you products have you tried lately? 
  2. Are you a creature of habit or do you like to try new items? I am mostly a creature of habit. Yes, variety is the spice of life and it’s fun to try new things but I also like my old standby’s: My Drugstore Top 10 Products Hair & Beauty Products I am loyal to And there are foods I am loyal to and buy over and over and over. But there are also foods I have bought solely because of the ‘sphere and have been happy to try those, too. Thanks for the Not Nuts! Giveaway entries and have a great day!  

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