Jul 01 2008
Frugal Tip - Pillows!
After a short hiatus while I attended to some personal business (okay, so I was living the life of luxury and relaxing by the pool), I felt that it was high time I got back to frugal living!
I’m hopelessly obsessed with pillows. I sleep on two (though not always the same two), I have a body pillow and always have an extra for the periodic time when the two under my head just don’t fit right in the middle of the night. Yeah I know, I’m high maintenance.
I’m also decidedly un-frugal when it comes to bed pillows, because I have some rather serious back and neck problems and cheap pillows are literally a pain. I have however discovered a way to increase the overall lifespan of my non frugal pillow investments, and I want to share that with you today.
Every time I change the sheets on my bed - which incidentally is not as often as I change my underwear, in case you wondered - I take my pillows outdoors (if weather permits, of course) for a few hours of fun in the sun.
The fresh air gives the pillows a chance to air out and believe it or not that helps to keep them fresher, cleaner and keeps the fibers from going flat on me quite as quickly.
Air your pillows, not your dirty laundry!
Isn’t it interesting how people used to do these kinds of thing as a matter of course, but our generation doesn’t? I remember matresses, pillows and duvets would all get aired on some kind of a regular basis by my parents and grandparents, but none of my friends do anything of the sort. Heck, they don’t even turn their matresses! Disposable culture has a lot to answer for.
Derek.