What one item makes your life a bit nicer?

[SheUltra]

I have just read a thread about making life easier. It's always meal planning and household appliances.

Anyway it got me thinking whilst having a shower... I love my Bluetooth shower speaker. Being able to listen to my own music in the shower is great.

I don't need it. I can obviously live without it but I really love that little thing!

I also have dogs. I think it's a given that animals and children bring joy.

You have to recommend something to make life nicer.

What are you choosing?

Can I ask all the Kindle lovers how they find the quality of the downloads? I love my Kindle too, but find the classics (Brontes, Austen, Dickens etc.) read like bad translations and definitely getting worse. I used to like to alternate between new books and classics but have now pretty much given up on classics on my Kindle and back to Oxfam book shop.

I was going to say my car
i do a lot of miles on dual carriageway/motorway and recently upgraded from a little under powered Yaris to a mid size Skoda. It’s just so much more comfortable and makes my life a lot nicer because of the amount of journeys I do

Robot hoover - game changer

Well,I've just ordered a kindle clicker, I never knew they were a thing! Thanks!

Cheeky panda toilet roll subscription

My byoma skincare products. First time I've ever stuck to a skincare routine

Frozen chopped onions, garlic and ginger

Clipper decaf teabags - best decaf I've found

My bath pillow - though I can't actually remember the last time I managed a bath! Must remedy that

My thermomix, and a subscription to the stupidly named ‘cookedo’ so it guides me through things. our holiday in 2020 was cancelled and the insurance payout paid for it.

i used to have a cold water dispenser and drank so much more water. It broke and we can’t afford to replace it but, in some distant future when we re-do our kitchen it will definitely be incorporated!

Good quality bed & bed linen. Diptyque soap - it just smells and feels so good! My little vintage caravan - I feel happy just looking at her. My Swatch Pay - people always look at me like I’m nuts when I tap a giant plastic watch to pay for things 😂 Manicures.

Tumble dryer - very boring, but means no clothes drying all over the house when it’s raining or when there is a very high pollen count (bad hay fever so can’t dry outside when it’s very high). Don’t know how I used to manage..

For me it’s silk sheets and pillow cases. It feels wonderful. Especially against your face.

It’s the Nespresso Aeroccino (sp?) one. Can be a bit tricky with the whisk part but I use a washing up brush which seems to work!

1. My absolutely gorgeous Suzuki Vitara. I never thought there'd be a good replacement for my ancient 4x4 Honda (I hate the new version), but my Vitara makes me swoon as I ogle it on my drive.
2. My electric blanket
3. My log burner on cold nights. Our sitting room was always freezing in the winter as it has suspended wooden flooring and narrow cavities in the 3 outside walls (our house is a weird shape). Now we light the stove and the room is actually warm.

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chronic migraine sufferer here - always keen to try new things! Any particular brand of acupressure mat please?

Apologies I’ve just seen the original Shakti mat was recommended, many thanks I am going to order one! 😊

Thank you for that. They sound incredible! I'm surprised you say that they are quite easy to look after, I always assumed that seahorses would be really difficult to keep. What a wonderful way to enjoy your morning coffee 🤗

Yes me too! I've got an amazon order arriving today 😂

My latest car. It has all the bits and bobs I thought I didn't need - heated seats, heated steering wheel, in built sat nav, reversing cameras - but make driving so much nicer!

Dishwasher.

Coffee machine.

My one thing is Ancient and Brave collagen powder. It’s changed my life, I’ve been taking it for just over a year and my hair is now long and thick (it was thinning and wouldn’t grow past my shoulders and had never recovered after my last DC 7 years ago) and my joints feel 10 years younger :)

Thank you. I paid over £200 to have mine done at Toni & Guy and I did think my technician wasn't doing anything clever! Just a lot of rinsing and drying etc.

But do you have the super hot straighteners?

My velvetiser broke recently so I got a new one that makes the hot choc much hotter than my previous one, so maybe the machine has been tweaked for the newer version.

You need to preheat the mug with boiling water from the kettle while the hot chocolate is being made. Keeps it warm whilst sipping. Otherwise comes out at drinkable temperature.

Mine are my Kindle, my Aeropress, my Smeg coffee maker, my special bowl that I bought from a potter in Iltaly and my American diner mug that I picked up from Chicago airport https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/diner-mug-chicago-flag I’ve since tried to order one for DH but the shipping is extortionate.

I have a 2021 Mazda 3. Amazing!!

I love my view too, not as wonderful as yours I think but I live by the Thames and have reflections from the river and the sight and sounds of birds and waterfowl all the time. Opposite we have a tree lined towpath and Kew Gardens, so changing colours through the years. So soothing.

To be fair, I didn’t know that. As it’s heavily green washed that I thought they were better for the environment. I haven’t bought them though.

I love mine too, but don't find that the air fryer works as well as my old one so use both.