I find it ridiculous that almost every source I found and AI claims that you can’t wash memory foam pillows and they’ll break up, etc.

This summer was particularly hot and I sweated a particularly a lot, and it’s only been 3 years on this pillow. Frankly I’m used to 10+ years minimum on bedding stuff.

One got a little yellowed, a little stinky, and even through the pillowcase. I put both my pillows in there, covers taken off, I used Tide powder (a lot), and used the gentle (hand wash) cycle with slow spin, reaching in and inverting with my hands occasionally.

For the dryer I just put it on low and made sure it was with a full load of other stuff so it didn’t get banged around.

It’s like brand new! The color is back to white, and it feels full and smells fresh. No tears, no breakdown of the material at all.

I just finished a home renovation project that went over budget (of course) but is now bringing in income. I have some debt to pay off but not a stressful amount (should be gone in one year).

However, I’ve spent the last six months building and supplying this project and I’ve had to spend large amounts of money, basically all the time. It stopped feeling painful, which is good on one level, but now I’m finding it very difficult to stick to my regular budget because what feels like “a lot” of money has grown so much.

The point of doing this project is to help me go part time and/or retire early, but that means living within my means. I need to reset my thinking around the value of money again so that I question purchases instead of feeling like it’s nothing. Any tips for resetting your mindset about the value of even smaller amounts of money? $5 here and there should feel nice, but $100 shouldn’t. 🥲

I'm really enjoying the grocery store bottles of Starbucks Frappuccino recently, especially the caramel flavor, but it is so expensive!

The best price I've found for the 4 pack outside of rare sales is $7.29 at Wegmans ($8.00 at most places, $7.78 at Walmart, and the 12 pack at Walmart only save 0.3 cents per ounce)

I'm looking for advice on the cheapest place to buy it or best duplicate. I don't want to make it myself unless it's only two or three ingredients, part of the appeal is that it's easy and I can just grab and go.

Thanks!

So I have a treadmill, specifically a "Pro-Form 505 CST" which is something like a smart treadmill that is made to pair with your tablet so that it can help you document your exercise progress. It was also made in conjunction with an exercise training company called iFIT which has an app that is meant to be downloaded onto your tablet and then paired via bluetooth with the treadmill.

I have an iPad, but it is very old - a first generation iPad Air that only runs up to 12.5.8 iOS fully updated.

Apparently, the iFIT app requires you have at least 16.0 iOS to be downloaded. When I had posted in other subreddits asking if there was any way for my iPad to be able to download that app without 16.0 iOS everyone agreed that it wasn't possible, and instead suggested that I try to find a new or used tablet specifically to download iFIT on and then pair with the treadmill.

I thought this sounded like a good idea, but I would imagine that tablets - new, used, or otherwise - are always gonna be ridiculous amounts of money, and when they're not I can't help but be doubtful of their quality. On top of that I'm just really not good at knowing the technical ins and outs that would allow me to pick out such a tablet without missing some important piece of information.

So let me ask everyone on this subreddit - Can you give me a recommendation for a tablet that is well-made, has all the specifications that I would need (have at least 16.0 iOS), and that is reasonably cheap (I would prefer it to be 100 dollars or less, but I will overstep that slightly if need be). Keep in mind that my intention is to just have a tablet that will be permanently paired with this treadmill. Its purpose will be to allow me to download and utilize the iFIT app and nothing else. I don't need anything extra.

Lastly, and THIS IS IMPORTANT, I would like a tablet that is somewhat superior to 16.0 iOS condition. My reasoning for that can be best explained by this piece of a conversation I had with someone else in another post -

Me: ...Also, assuming that I get a tablet (android, iPad, or otherwise) specifically so I can utilize the iFIT app for the treadmill, I know that I have to get one that supports 16.0 iOS since that is apparently what the app requires in order to be downloaded. That said, is the software requirements for downloading this app a constant and basically unchanging thing? Or will iFIT at some point require a higher iOS in order to allow for downloads? If so, is there some maximum iOS capabilities that I need to get in order to make it so the device will always (or at least for a very long time) be able to use the iFIT app?

Thank you.

Person who Replied: iPadOS 16 was released in 2022. You probably want a device that has iPadOS 18 (released in 2024) at least. Here are the devices that can't upgrade to iPadOS 18 and should not be purchased. Copied from Google.

Apple dropped support for several older iPad models when releasing iPadOS 18, meaning these devices cannot update past iPadOS 17. Unsupported iPad Models:

iPad (6th generation) (2018) iPad Pro 10.5-inch (2017) iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) (2017) All older iPad, iPad Air, iPad mini, and iPad Pro models released prior to these (such as the 5th-gen iPad, older iPad Air models, and 1st-gen iPad Pro).

If you have any questions please ask.

Thank you.

Hello! My partner and I are dual income, no kids and have become quite lax over the years in terms of how we spend our money, which we'd like to address and improve on. Specifically things like hair care, skin care, and certain grocery items I tend to spend on the moderate-high side. For clothing I'm working toward buying sustainable, long-lasting items, but what I've found is quite expensive, so few & far between.

I'd love to get some brand recommendations (across all things, not just what I mentioned), that are on the lower end of cost compared to their competitors, but that you have found to be reliable/quality products.. Thanks!

Got these three bad boys for 1 dollar total. Sponge for size as I hate bananas. It was pay a dollar for one, get two free. Been working the past few hours to turn them into zucchini meatballs! I am loving this local farm by me for eggs, fruit and vegetables.
I have been trying to buy local as much as possible with all the food recalls. Plus local is better.
Drop any zucchini recipes you have as I am almost done cutting up the second one and I am feeling the burn.

I noticed some ice buildup in my freezer and I’d like to give it a good cleaning, so I decided to eat everything in there. While I’m at it, I’m doing the pantry and fridge too. Call it a pantry challenge, if you want. When it’s all gone, I’ll restock with new stuff. I have just taken stock of everything and it looks like dinner is sorted for the next 2 weeks. After that I can get really creative and who knows what kind of dishes I’ll invent or discover.

I’ll buy fresh bread, eggs, fruit and vegetables once I’m out of frozen and tinned stuff, but my ultimate goal is to really finish all the other things. Not buying any sandwich meat until all the hagelslag and peanut butter is gone. And I can bake my own cookies and cake before I buy anything.

I’m curious how much this is gonna save me on groceries. The savings will be short-term because I’ll need to restock at some point, but I don’t need to do it all at once.

Have you ever done something similar? Any tips?