surprise, surprise, surprise!

Why do I never have a camera when I need one? Oh why oh why? What, do you ask, did I need a camera for? Well, just to take some snappy shots of all the method mentionables that popped up at one of my local Habitat for Humanity's this week! I'll be checking this weekend at another one, just to see if it's Habitat wide, or just the luck of the draw for one store!

No matter, I'd suggest you run over to your local Habitat this weekend (eh, you know you ain't got anything better to do. It's method, after all! The dog can get washed later! The dishes have been in the sink for a week! And date night is overrated!) and see if you find anything! Cause I found a whole slew of old and new stuff! We're talking new lavender + cedar laundry detergent, fresh air fabric softener, lemongrass and clementine kitchen hand wash; along with squeaky green sweet water laundry detergent (remember that?), and lavender lemongrass aroma sticks (wha?!), lavender dish soap (please, method, bring that back! Why did it go away?!), and some foaming hand wash in eucalyptus mint and two other scents that have left me as of this moment! Oh, and the entire line of method cleaning cloths! And even more! More! More!

Prices weren't too bad (though not great for a thrift store. But then again, thrift stores have discovered people love them in this economy, and their prices have gotten ridiculous. Goodwill, I'm lookin' at you! Oh wait, sorry, wrong post for that rant!) The laundry detergent was $7.00, hand washes were $2.00, dish soap was $2.50, aroma sticks $4.50, etc. so around half price for most items. (but hello, you can get dish soap for $2.99 at Target, so some of the pricing was just silly.)

So head on out, and let me know if you find anything! It's been a long while since we found a good supply of old school method products at "second go around" stores, so let the lusting (and hunting) begin!

clean sweeps

+ This is so cool! (I wish I lived in New York! Oh wait, I wish that whether method's there or not! But alas...) Via method's people against dirty blog:

"exciting news! we’re teaming up with Goodwill Industries to offer new yorkers an easy way to spring clean their closets for a good cause with our ‘wash smart, give smart’ clothing donation truck in nyc from may 13 – 15. we don't have any pictures yet, but there will be a mobile laundry room housed in a glass truck that will appear at specific locations, allowing people to drop off new and gently worn clothing. we’ll take care of washing all items before delivering them to several Goodwill locations in new york to be resold.

thursday, may 13
10 AM – 6 PM
soho-- broadway between houston + prince

friday, may 14
10 AM – 6 PM
union square

saturday, may 15
11 AM – 7 PM
herald square -- 35th st. between 6th + broadway

passers-by are encouraged to spontaneously donate an item of clothing off their bodies, and the first 200 people who donate items each day will receive a free 25-load bottle of method laundry detergent. there will also be a photo station, samples, games and prizes, plus a few special guest appearances.

this is part of a bigger ‘laundry smarts’ movement we’re launching to encourage people to re-think and improve the way they do laundry. stay tuned, more to come!"

Ohh, it sounds so awesome! And I'm lovin' the "part of a bigger laundry smart' movement" with even more surprises on the way! And uh, yeah, a glass truck! I repeat, a glass truck!

+ I headed on over to Babys R' Us this weekend (or rather the small section in my local Toys R' Us) and found the new baby products in sweet pea and crisp apple. Here's hoping they make the crisp apple in "adult" scent, cause it was YUMMY! As for the sweet pea, it was as others have described it, a very light rice milk + mallow scent. I personally could smell more baby powder in this variation (but then again I can smell a light baby powder fragrance in the almond wood for good, so either I've got a very nifty nose, or I'm insane. Who knows?)

But I found another product that isn't even listed on the Babys R' Us site! It's a spray cleaner for your baby/kids room, called Play Clean, and is also in the sweet pea scent (though the bottle doesn't mention it as such, it has no fragrance listed, but you can tell it's the same.)

Has anyone tried these new scents? Thoughts?

+ Missing your favorite aircare products? Well, right now (not sure for how long, I'm guessing it depends on the amount of their remaining supply) you can still find the aroma pills (and I think the rings, I can't guarantee that at the moment) at your local Lowe's Hardware! Unfortunately they aren't refills, but rather the starter kits (pill with refill, etc.) but no matter, if you're already going into aircare withdrawal, this might help tide you over! Lowe's hasn't discontinued the line within their stores as of yet, so they're still full price. But as Lowe's supply dwindles, they'll start running out, so snatch some up while you still can!

(And while you're there, don't forget they're one of the only retail stores that still carries eucalyptus mint foaming hand wash!)

clean sweeps!

+ As a couple lust readers have mentioned, method is currently on sale at Target! And this time around it's like, a whole slew of stuff! From hand wash, cleaning sprays and wipes at 3 for $8.; to the aircare line (including $6.99 candles, and $2.99 aroma sprays, and on and on!) Check it all out, and stock up!

+ I got actual, honest to goodness, up front knowledge that Target does indeed give it's left over clearance items to Goodwill to sell! I was returning a pair of shoes the other day, and mentioned I needed a different size. (Which I'd already purchased, but the cashier didn't know.) And she said "well, they're already zeroed out of the system." Which I hate, cause they do that so quickly, like with holiday! Do you know there is a winterberry AND a toasted hazelnut candle sitting in the regular method candle section, still! And every time I see them, I want to buy them, but the toasted hazelnut has lost it's paper wrapper; and the winterberry still has a price of $6.98. AND since they went down to $3.98, but are zeroed out of the system, well, it'd be a miracle to get those candles. At least that's my thought. Alas, whew, off track...

And I said "Yes, you do zero out stuff quickly here!" reusing her "terms" so I sounded über smart, don't you know! Ok, well, not really, but whatev' ok? and she said yes, they did. But it was at least good, because Target always sends a huge chunk of the clearance stuff to Goodwill! Which we'd figured, but weren't sure just how it made it there! So now we know! Next time you're hunting some leftover holiday method item, check Goodwill, and you just might find it! (BUT, unfortunately, after my winterberry aroma ring find at my local Goodwill, I've found nothing else. Anyone out there found anything from the holiday line at their Goodwill? Let us know!)

we'll looky here...

...And, just as I thought. It appears the method holiday line has landed (if you're lucky) at your local Goodwill (and possibly other, thrift stores.) I took a quick roam today (upon realizing Target pulled the remaining holiday method line from their shelves; and the bloq line ended up appearing at random Goodwill stores last summer; AND (whew, I know, just follow with me for a moment) Target products show up at Goodwill stores all the time now; it appears they have some "deal" going on. In fact, many of their Christmas prepackaged gifts (you know, beard trimmers, or stress balls, etc.) were also at the local Goodwill store I patroned today.)

SO, anyway, I only stumbled upon ONE method holiday item, a winter berry bamboo aroma ring for a mere .69 cents! Can you believe that? .69 cents! Crazy! Unfortunately, that was the only item I found (at three Goodwill stores!) But, it does show that the leftover method holiday line did make it there, as we'd guessed was going to happen. So, run to your local Goodwill, and see if you were lucky to get some sent to your nearest store! I'm heading to the one near work tomorrow to see if they have anything (since that happens to be the store that had the HUGE quantity of bloq body items! WHY I literally didn't buy up every single container of bloq green mint body wash, I STILL don't know. All that "let's be frugal and only get what we really need" crap. Man, I gotta get over that...)

Let me know if you find something!

well, well, wash!

Guess what I found today? (I bet the pic to the right sort of gives it away a bit, doesn't it?) I was roaming my friendly Ross today (a store in the same retail vein asTJMaxx, and Marshalls ) and, while realizing they NEVER have any good finds in the body department (seriously, they've always lacked badly in that dept.) I decided to stumble over there anyway. You know, a good five minutes still to waste before I had to head back to work.

And what do I see, sitting there all alone? One little bottle of method green mint bloq body wash! Can you believe it?! I've never seen method at Ross (or TJMaxx, or Marshalls, for that matter!) I was so surprised! I ALMOST bought it. But you know, it was $2.99, still a great price; but after my .69 cents per bottle craziness at Goodwill while it lasted, $2.99 seemed downright insane! Oh, plus I have like seven bottles still in the ole' method vault. THOUGH I'm tempted to go back, mind you. I'm going to head out to the Ross near my house and see if they happen to have any method hiding in the shadows! I'll let you know if I spy any!

How about you? Seen any method in weird places lately?

goodwill-ed out!

Alright, so I made my final method bloq Goodwill trip today. I'm done! (I'm actually just cutting myself off, cause it's really just ridiculous, ok? HOW obsessed am I? No, but seriously...) as you'll recall, I found a big bunch of method bloq body washes and shaving creams a while back at my sorta local Goodwill, and purchased some up. And then went back. And went back again. And one more time. But that was it. Until today, when I went back again.

In all honesty, I've purchased quite a few for my friends and family. In fact I just purchased friend'o Sam some method bloq green mint body bars during this latest trip. He'll like those! I've already gotten him into the wash. (Gotta transition him over to the marine naturals refresh mint when it debuts!)

But I now have enough bloq body wash and shaving cream (all green mint here people! LUST it!) to last me... one year. Groan! That's just sad! But I couldn't help it, it's an addiction (and a GREAT price!) So today I went to purchase four more bottles of the wash, to make it last a year; and I said I was done! The end. No more.

Cause you know, no matter how many bottles of my green mint bloq I buy, I'll still run out one day. It's real sad to say, but oh so true. So stop hoarding, Nathan. Be brave. Hold your head up high! And move confidently into your body wash future, knowing that method has it well in hand! (And leg, and arm, and face, and... get it? Har.)

While making my purchase, and sliding them into my reusable tote, the cashier admitted she loves the stuff as well, and even though it says "body wash" when they run out of hand wash in the Goodwill bathrooms, they just grab a bottle and place it in the bathroom to wash your hands! She said it does just as good a job on your hands, as your body. Imagine that!

That'll do, method bloq, that'll do.

found it, sort of...

So I stepped into Goodwill this past Saturday, looking around as I usually do (I'm sorta addicted. Oh there's a surprise, Nathan's addicted to something. Or rather, a lot of somethings.) And JUST as I'm about finished, I start to leave the "housewares section" and laying on it's side, on top of an organ (no joke!) with a couple other oddities that looked like someone was considering purchasing them at one time (but hopefully left them behind, cause uh, I done took it!) was ONE method green mint (how coincidental!) bloq body wash! ONE! Only one in the entire store! How weird.

I went up to purchase it (oh and for some freakin' reason here in ole' North Carolina, at least Greensboro, Goodwill thinks it's some TJMaxx or something, the prices they have are usually crazy. And not in a good way. I'm like, $10. for bowl?! What the crap? Cause another method lust reader found hers for a mere .99 cents! But mine was $1.99. Either I'm cheap, or Goodwill has gotten greedy. Cause the Salvation Army down the street is usually rolling in really great "yard sale" prices!) Anyway, I asked the lady at the counter if she'd seen these here, or knew of any more, and she had no clue. So perhaps they'll get more in, or this was just my lucky find.

And I hope this doesn't come out wrong, but uh, does anyone else here feel weird about buying body care products at a Goodwill? Just curious...

thrifty finds!

Rebecca over at Know-It-All-Mama let's method lust know:

"Hey Nate!
...Just wanted to tell your readers to check their local thrift stores sometimes - my local Goodwill gets a lot of overstock from the local Target, and yesterday they had a bunch of Bloq products for...wait for it... 99 cents!!! They had the soaps and the bodywashes. Just in Beach Sage and oooh, whatever the pink one is (Citron Leaf). I did check for you, no mint, sorry."

I've also noticed a couple Goodwills carrying Target products from time to time (I actually found two method cinnamon bark aroma rings post-Christmas at Goodwill) and I shall be running over there after work today! Yay! Thanks Rebecca for the heads-up! Hopefully they will have some green mint (as there was a ton of it left over at Target, before it all got pulled.) Go, run, Goodwill, now! (Why are you still at work? Oh oh, right, that whole not wanting to get fired thing. I know, I know. Shh, I won't tell them you read method lust during work. It's our little secret.)