sneak peek - spring goodies

blue poppy foaming and fig + rhubarb gel hand washes

 

 

+ Update! method has just announced the additional Orla Kiely scents will be white nectarine, honeysuckle and cloudburst!

 

Orla Kiely tomato vine in gel hand wash, dish soap and spray cleaner

 

+ Extra Update! Yay! It looks like (no, it doesn't look like, it is!) the new Orla Kiely tomato vine scent is also available in dish soap and spray cleaner, in the same manner as the pear ginger. I found these at a local Target this weekend (and promptly snatched them up!)

 

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Long time no method dish n' dirt, right? Please forgive me, for I know not what I do. (Oh, if you only knew how true that statement was...) method's been kinda quiet since the holiday 2012 line hit shelves, but look who's waking up just in time for some early spring fun! First up we have blue poppy foaming hand wash (obviously another addition to their floral scented hand washes), as well as what I'm sure will be a new favorite of mine, fig + rhubarb. Whoa, boy! Fig is back, baby! And I can't wait!

pure naked surfside body wash
 

Not wanting to be left out, a new member of the body wash family is also coming along for the ride! And you can call it "surfside". Mostly, because that's what method has called it. So that's kinda it's name, and it's always nice to call things by their actual names, right? Well, unless you wanted to give it a cute nickname, like soapy sally, or the sudsinator, or something like that? But why don't we just stick with surfside, ok? Anywho... (and I've got no actual proof of this, but I'd place a bet this new scent will be replacing magnolia. So just in case, you might want to stock up on some magnolia! And if I'm wrong, well, really, does that ever happen? Shhh, don't ask my boyfriend, he doesn't know nothin'!...)

orla kiely tomato vine gel hand wash

Finally, look what I spied along with the now-on-clearance Orla Kiely fall line? A brand new spring line about to hit shelves! I'm not sure what other scents will obviously follow along, but there were three bottles of a new gel hand wash scent, tomato vine, sitting in front of me! And let me tell you the scent is ah-mazing! It was so fresh, and green and wow! I can't wait to see what other scents are included in the line up!

So there you have it! More items may be tagging along (and if I find out I'll let you know!), but you can purchase most of these online now (and I'm sure they'll be hitting Target stores soon!) Let method lust know if you eye anything new while you're out on a method hunt!

one + two + three = free!

Here's a great deal happening on method products at your local Target store right this very minute! (No really, right now! Not tomorrow, not next week, but now! Now, now! So read, and go! To Target, silly!) Right now (until October 27th!) if you purchase three method items, you can get a fourth one free! F.R.E.E. Wow! All the items must be of $2.99 value. So here's your chance to stock up on those Orla Kiely hand washes, dish soaps, and spray cleaners before they're gone! Or even your favorite other hand wash, dish soap and spray cleaner scents! Supplies are limited (so save me some!)

brightly colored hello-agains!

Update + method lust was wrong! No, say it isn't so! No, no, no! Ok, well let's just live in Delusionville (cause Nathan ain't never wrong (cough), and you better bet that's right, peaches pants!) Looks like Target has been updating all my nearby stores to larger versions with fresh produce and groceries. And in true "WTH?!" Target mentality, they went ahead and clearanced out the spring limited edition hand wash line... just so they could then build an entirely new hand wash area a few shelves down, and reintroduce the spring limited edition hand wash line in a bigger display! That makes sense, right? Right... so they haven't been discontinued, as you've probably already figured out. Coconut grove, watermelon patch, daffodil bouqet, I knew we were still friends! I just knew it! (Sorry for the confusion. Blame Target! - wink.)

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Spring may have just sprung, but method's now in season spring limited edition line seems to have already hopped away like the Easter bunny! I just noticed today at my local Target that the hand washes have gone on clearance (in fact, they only have three bottles left! Ahh!) I'm sure you'll still be able to purchase these favorites (especially the coconut grove, which seemed to garner lots of fans) over on method's website, but I'd stock up while I could (online, or off) before they've all sproinged out of here! Hey, I ran out of spring quips, ok? So long watermelon patch (you were the Jolly Rancher-iest!) See ya later coconut grove (you made us all think of jellyfish and suntans!) Away you go, daffodil bouqet (you made the bees bumble! Cause you're a flower. Get it? ok.)


Is a now in season summer limited edition line on the way?... (I'll let you know more, when I know more!)

sneak peek - wood for good

method's wood for good polish in old (left) and new (right) bottles

Check out wood for good's spiffy new bottle redesign! I noticed these the other day during my usual obsessive run to Target (really, I want to know if they have a file on me at this point. Cause they should. No, but seriously. - They should...) The new bottle is taller, thinner and flat-ish. It has squared sides, which I think is awfully cute! You can view the old, rounded bottle in the above photo (left) for comparison! I also found these at Lowes Hardware (which is where this photo was taken. Hence the woodland shelves!)

sneak peek - trial size laundry

Do not adjust your screen resolution! This photo is not stretched out. It's just a little "hi, how are you?" from method's brand new trial size laundry detergent bottle! This cute little package packs 8 loads of laundry detergent washing power! I kinda wish they had multiple scent options (which might happen down the line) as fresh air has always been a yawn for me (it's a very "we're competing with the Big Brand scents" type of scent, IMHO.) But isn't it just adorable? Don't you wanna just squeeze and pinch it's lil' cheeks! Yes, you do, you know you do. But you can't, so don't. (I'm sorry.) Coming soon to a Target near you!

clean sweeps

Update + More items discovered! the method anti-bac wipes are also clearance priced! Not sure if this means they're going away, or it's simply a package redesign...

+ Be sure to head on over to your local Target to check out their latest method clearance markdowns! While I was there yesterday I noticed the lemon mint dish soap is on clearance (and they had a lot of it, must have just gotten in a shipment), as well as the smarty dish cubes (...which is odd. But I think they might simply be clearancing out the old packaging to make room for the new packaging!)

Also clearanced was the lavender floor + surface cleaner. What was weird was they had some in a cart with clearance tags on it, and then the rest on the shelf was still normal price. Perhaps they simply hadn't gotten to marking it down yet. It kind of irritates me (and by kind of I mean lots and lots!), because as usual Target clearances out the lavender (which I lust, lust, lust!) and keeps the clementine (which bores me silly.) Target loves to get rid of my favorite method scents. Bad Target, bad!

So be sure to head on over and pick up some clearance method goodies while the gettin' is good!

+ I also noticed a few more new method products popping up at my local TJ Maxx stores. The latest is method's hand sanitizers. So far I've only seen it at TJ Maxx in sweet water, but who knows! So keep checking that store out, as well, since they had even more stuff recently!

+ Have you noticed any method lovelies showing up at places they wouldn't normally be showing up at? (Big Lots, Marshalls, Ross, etc.) If so, let method lust know!

first shots - lime + sea salt

method's new limited edition lime + sea salt line!

Wow! method luster Gary (who might be giving me a run for my money! Alright, dueling spray bottles at 12 noon, Gary! Cue the rolling dust bunnies across the wooden floor!) has found the new limited edition lime + sea salt method goodies at his local Target!

...well, found might be a tad incorrect. Rather, he didn't find them at the two Targets he visited, so he asked customer service, called the third Target, they went into the warehouse of the store and brought them out to him! They hadn't even hit store shelves yet! Wow, I might need to try that trick next time I head to Target!

So while you're waiting for the lime + sea salt fun to begin at your local store, check out the pics he took of his finds (thanks, Gary!) and you can read all the cute blurbs method put on the back of each bottle. Enjoy!

all-purpose spray cleaner

gel hand wash

dish soap

doublin' the deals!

method luster Gary sent in some great pics of Target's new Bodega section (it's their miniature Costco style area of the store that's replaced the Christmas/Holiday department. And it'll only be around for a limited time.) Target has done this in the past, and once again method has some great bundled deals available here! Check out the clementine dish soap (with refill package), bathroom set (eucalyptus mint tub and tile and daily shower spray), and the anti-bac set (spearmint bathroom and lemon verbena kitchen cleaners.)

It looks like someone found these special bundled deals and left behind their original selections (see photo below!) So be sure to run on over to your local Target and pick up these bundled deals before they're gone, yo! (Thanks for the pics, Gary!)

sneak peek - 'for the season' hand washes

UPDATE +  Some people (including myself) seem to be having problems finding the new 'for the season' line of method hand washes. Well, method said yesterday on their Facebook page "...they will be available in most Target stores with expanded food selections (not necessarily 'Super' Targets). we'll have them online soon in case you can't find them in stores." Hmm... I don't know enough about how Target stores are set up, but I've always only noticed the regular stores (and we have three around me) and then the Super stores (with the really large grocery section.) Is there an "in-between" that might have an expanded food section? No clue. At any rate, I'm kinda disappointed with this, as these might be more difficult to find than I had thought. Good luck!

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You know, I've said it before (and probably before that, but hey, I enjoy repeating myself. Do people enjoy listening to me repeat myself? Well, that's a whole other story...) But the thing is, no matter how much snooping and scooping and hunting and pecking and bribing and begging I do, there's always something method is gonna sneak past me! And so, here's a perfect example. Apparently people have just started finding new 'for the season' hand washes popping up on store shelves, with not a mention of such things on method lust?! For shame, Nathan, for shame. But honestly, I had no clue! - For reals!

The new hand washes are interesting. They aren't holiday/Christmas. But they don't really say they're a limited edition line, either. They definitely look holiday to me - bottles in bright reds, iridescent purples, a little berry twig on the packaging. But they're not. So let's just call them fall/winter limited edition and be done with it! They come in baked apple (which I hear has a kind of cidery apple scent to it, that could be amazing!), winter oak (some people say it's wow! Others say it smells like men's cologne, but I'm really excited to check this one out!) and toasted vanilla bean (which probably smells like it sounds. Possibly the least exciting of the three, but hey, everyone has a black sheep in the family, right? Joking, toasted vanilla bean, joking of course. You're special, too!) They are gel hand washes, though from the photo below it also looks like the toasted vanilla bean comes in foaming!

method luster Gary was ever so nice enough to send along some pics of the new bottles sitting on his Target store shelves! (I haven't found them yet at any of the three Targets near me, therefore I hope they realize I'll be stalking Target for a couple weeks until they appear! :) He also sent along a shot of some of method's new in-store displays (see above.) Have you seen these near you? Picked any of them up? Thoughts? And be sure to look for method's holiday line of hand wash and dish soap hitting shelves near the end of November!

ring up the savings!

$1 off a method cleaning or personal care item at Target - get it while the gettin' is good! (Coupon expires 11/19 - not sure how long it'll be on Target's website!)

Also, Target has a bunch of method deals going on this week in their stores. Buy a bottle of method spray cleaner, get $2 off method laundry detergent. Buy method dish soap, get $1 off smarty dish cubes, etc. etc.! So many deals, so little time!

new suprises!

Photo: (left to right) Fresh currant limited edition dish soap, wood for good daily clean spray, and floor + surface dilutable cleaner in clementine and french lavender

UPDATE Just found the pink grapefruit limited edition dish soap at my local Target! It was not in the method section, but rather in the Target dish soap aisle section. Just an FYI for all you lusters!

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Oh, child! Have I got nifty news for you! While roaming into my nearby Target today, and of course stalking the method aisles (what else would I do at Target?) What did I stumble upon but some shiny new method friends sitting up on the shelves!

We've gotten ourselves some new wood for good daily clean spray cleaner! It comes in the exact same size spray bottle as method's other surface cleaners! It's a bit pricy at $5.99 right now, and I'm not really sure where it fits product wise in the wood for good scheme of things (as they still have their wood for good cleaner polish, and this spray is not a polish, but more so just a daily cleaner. Hey, I bet that's why method named it daily clean! (Sarcasm, people, sarcasm.) I'll let you know more as I get info. on this new family member!

Next up, apparently along with the just announced return of pink grapefruit (limited edition) comes red fresh currant dish soap, also limited edition (and apparently replacing out the limited edition lemon mint dish soap (should I say limited edition just one more time? Ok!I just did!) Lemon mint dish soap seems to have now gone to method Heaven. So if you lust that scent, you might wanna stock up on some of the dish soap before it's gone! The fresh currant dish soap is $2.99.

And lastly, but not leastly, we have two new floor + surface dilutable cleaners! I believe these will replace out the previous citrus leaf dilutable cleaner (but don't take my word for that. I just know Target has clearanced that product out, so that's where my guess is coming from) and they've replaced it with new french lavender (Yes! They used to have lavender floor cleaner oh so long ago, and I'm so very excited it's back!) and clementine dilutable cleaners! How awesome is that! (And the bottles are cute, too!) These dilutable cleaners are $4.99 for a whole lotta ounces! And remember it's dilutable, so that makes it an even greater deal!)

So to wrap it up, new method products just hitting Target store shelves include:

+ wood for good daily clean surface spray
+ fresh currant (and pink grapefruit, which will be hitting in August) limited edition dish soap
+ and new dilutable floor + surface cleaner in french lavender and clementine

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Also something to keep in mind, Target appears to be sprinkling method products more than they've done in the past, into specific areas of the store. You of course still have your usual method section, but for example, mine only contains the pink grapefruit dish cubes, but Target still carries the free + clear dish cubes, only now they're in the dish cube section with other brands. Same goes for the dish soap, some in the method section, and now some in the dish soap section of the store (same with hand wash, laundry detergent, etc.) So if you think something you lust is missing from the method area of your local Target, be sure to check that particular area of the cleaning aisles to see if it's been moved there, before you get frustrated!

So, who's gonna be picking up all the new goodies? What will you be buying?

big deal!

Do you like a deal? Cause I like a deal! And have I got a deal for you! Right now (only until June 25th! My birthday! They knew. They really knew! I knew they knew!) for every three method products you purchase (and this includes hand wash, dish soap, spray cleaner, and other products) you get one method product free (most of the selected deal items in the stores are around $2.99 each!) That's right, by three, get one free! It sounds like right now is the perfect time to stock up on your favorite method goodies!

And if that wasn't enough, Target also has a really weird "deal" going on with method's body wash at the moment. Many advocates have mentioned that their local Targets have clearanced out the method body wash; and it appears, at least from what I've been told, even method isn't entirely sure what's going on, but there are still around 800 Target stores that carry the body wash. My local Targets still have them on their shelves, and this past week they did something that even made me do a double take. They changed the refresh mint and sea minerals body wash to a new permanent price of $3.48! - Not on clearance, not temporary. But what's even more out there, the waterflower body wash still has the old $4.99 price. So don't even ask, I have no clue, but if you still see method body wash on your Target shelves, it might be a great time to also snatch some up to stash away for a showery day!

lemony mint and friends!

I found some surprise goodie joys at my local Target yesterday! I knew method already had a slew of new hand washes that have hit our happy shelves (of course I knew, this is method lust yo!), but the poo-poo problem was two hand washes, lemon mint and hibiscus flower in gel, were only available in Target stores that also carried a large grocery store section (Target, you don't ever make no sense to me, alright?)

Well, luckily for me (and therefore, you too! Cause we're all friends here, really now) I stumbled upon an end cap near the hand wash at my Target, with a title card hanging above the shelves that said "special purchase" and low and, the second half of that phrase is, behold I found the lemon mint and hibiscus flower gel hand washes! But obviously as the sign says, they're a special purchase, so I'd run on out and pick up a few while the pick'en'of'em up is good!

sneak peek - new hand washes

UPDATE Stopped by my local Targets tonight (of course I did!) and one of the three has started getting some of the new products in. Yay! They had the limited edition clementine hand wash, clementine all-purpose spray cleaner, dish soap refill pouches in clementine and cucumber, orange zest antibac kitchen spray cleaner, orange zest antibac wipes, and a surprise (method lusts surprising even me at times, when I see a product I had no clue was actually debuting!) - limited edition lemon mint dish soap! I immediately snatched up the dish soap, and will be on the lookout for the remaining limited edition hand washes! Have you found any of the new goodies? What are you looking forward to most?

PS - While the orange zest antibac still has that trademark Thymol scent, I think they might have hit on something great here. You can honestly smell the orange in there, and it really helps brighten up the total scent! I think it smells pretty great!

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How about a little hand wash sneak peek? I knew you'd say yes! So check out our newest limited edition method friends about to hit Target shelves (start checking next week!) Above is new foaming hand wash in lemon mint, and gel hand washes in juicy pear, hibiscus flower and clementine! You can also check out the foaming hand wash in hibiscus flower and waterfall here! - These two scents in foaming are permanent!

One bit of curiousity is the fact that lemon mint is coming in foaming hand wash (I had heard it was going to be gel.) While hibiscus is also coming in gel (which I'd heard was only going to be foaming. Whew!) So who knows, maybe each of these scents will be appearing in both versions! (Which would be great, as I'm so excited for lemon mint, but personally not a foaming hand wash fan.) I guess we'll just have to wait til they hit shelves! Let method lust know via comments or email if you start seeing them at your local stores!

clean sweeps

+ People! I know many of you who read this blog! And I know you are not doing your method lust duty! Shame, shame, on you! Don't make me plead and beg, please! Or, ok, I will, if you want! On my knees! Whatever it will take for you to snatch up a mere ten seconds of your day and go here! It's the "official bring back method aircare" petition! And I need YOUR help with this! I want as many signatures as I can get on this sucker! Do it for me! Or your dog, or your mother, or your favorite tv show, or for Oreos! But purty please, just do it. So simple, so quick. Sign your name (with a "please give us aircare back, yo!") and you're done! Thank you from the very bottom of my big ole' heart! (But do it already! Don't make me come to your house! You know I will. And I know where you live. Oh yes, yes, I do. Don't test that, you might be surprised...)

+ Be on the lookout for select method all purpose spray cleaners which are sporting nifty .75 cents off coupons good for any method item of your choosing! Coupons are always a good thing! method coupons are like, doubley good! I'd even yell out a tripley good, but my therapist tells me I tend to over exaggerate. So let's all just keep it real, and stick with doubley, ok? Alright.

clean sweeps

Ah, spring time! What? It's still winter and frosty and cold and there are snowmen frolicking in your yard? Well, here in North Carolina it's a very springy week (so far!) And spring leads one to day dream about new method products! Really, it does. No, I'm being serious. Whatever, so I day dream about new method products all the time. I even come up with my own sometimes. And then I forget which are the real products, and which are the fake products, and then sometimes I'll have to go cry in a corner for a little bit because I need to mourn the product that I thought was real real but was really just fake real. You know what I mean? But don't worry, it's not a really bad crying jag. More of a whimper with some tears. Maybe the occassional wail, but nothing more. I promise...

So yeah, new products! Well, if you follow method over on their Facebook page, you notice every once in a while they'll pop something big in over there, just to see if people are paying attention. And trust me, I am. I am! How about these two goodies!

+ Looks like we'll be seeing new limited edition hand washes this April! So use up what you have left from the holiday line, and get ready for some delicious scented newbies to fill Target shelves! (And psst - just between you and me, we're talking not just one, but four new scents! 2 + 2 = four new scents! But that's all I can tell you now. More news the closer it gets to April... is it April yet? Oh, ok. Man, I got a while... argh.)

+ method also announced on their Facebook page that we should be seeing new dish soap refills hitting shelves this Spring! How cool is that! Hey, they might even have a new lemongrass dish soap refill out then, too! Wait, what? That's one of my pretend real products? Well, I refuse. method, get on it! (But uhm yay, dish soap refills!)

and lastly (not new product related, but still cool method product related)

+ method luster Jamison has let me know he's just found a new shipment of method candles showing up at his Big Lots store! Frosted fir, fig, cut grass, peppermint vanilla and more! So of course I leapt from my work chair, told them I had the flu suddenly, and ran to Big Lots to find... nothing. Yet! But I'm holding out they just haven't hit my store shelves yet! Cause frosted fir candles... oh yeah. Who needs Valentine's day 50% off candy when you got frosted fir candles. Who needs Valentines day 50% off candy when you have a date... oh but let's not go there, ok? I'm still mourning my method teeth whitening system. Yes! Yes, it's a real fake product. Hence the mourning! So let's leave dating out for the time being. I can only take one disappointment at a time... and you are a disappointment, Ted! A complete and total disappointment! Don't talk to me like that! Where were my roses, Ted? Hmm?... wait, is this thing off?...

...now, where is that ADD medication.

red is rad!

Word on high from method's latest Tweet is their limited edition hand wash scent, red currant, is here to stay! Asked on Twitter:

Q: " are you going to make currant a new scent?"
A: "{reply} yes it's becoming a permanent fixture! keep looking."

As you'll probably remember (unless you suffer from short term memory loss, in which case, I'm sorry. That must suck! I read once... wait, who are you again? Where am I?...) method did the same thing with their other limited edition scent, mandarin mango!

One possible thing to keep in mind is, at least for Target shoppers - Target as you know loves keeping the method products they carry streamlined. So as method continues to add new scents to their hand wash line, it's rather inevitable that old ones will be clearanced by Target (though method may continue to carry them on their online store!) So what are your thoughts? Stick with the old favorites, or roll out the new friends?

You can find method's other limited edition scents, waterfall and violet bloom, still hanging out on select Target store shelves! And I would make a bet we'll be seeing a new one before too long! (Let's hope it's sooner rather than later!)

clean sweeps

+ Congrats! Via method's Facebook page comes great news! - "method laundry detergent was chosen as a Good Housekeeping 2011 very innovative product winner + featured on Good Morning America. Get 30% off method laundry on methodhome.com when you use the code "goodhouse" (offer valid while supplies last).

+ Target is currently having their yearly "The Great Save Event" and this year you can find some cool method deals! Along with soap refills in sea minerals and sweet water, you can also find these three packs of their gel hand wash (also in sea minerals and sweet water.) And they're buy two, get the third one in the pack free! A great (Ah! So that's why they call it the Great...) deal, while it lasts! (Shout out to method luster Jon for the pic! Thanks, Jon!)

+ How many of you have seen the new method creamy hand washes at your local Targets? I know they hit a few Targets back in November, as I got some feedback from method advocates; but honestly I have yet to see them show up at any of my local Targets! (Which is weird, cause we usually get everything around here method wise!) So if you happen to see them, let me know!

+ UPDATE method had this little Q&A on their Facebook page recently. A little hint, perhaps? (Time will tell!)

Advocate: "Just wondering if method was going to make an all purpose spray using the clementine scent?"

method: "wonderful idea. i would tell you, but that would ruin the surprise."

Hmm!...

method holiday 2010!

method's holiday hand washes are finally starting to hit Target stores nationwide! Now the ho, ho, holidays can officially begin!

I noticed an end cap of method hand washes at my local Target today! Interestingly enough it was an entire end cap filled with your every day method hand wash scents (including the foaming hand washes that I could have sworn were discontinued from Target?! Maybe they brought them back for a bit to fill shelf space?) but on the second from top shelf sat hollyberry, cinnamon bark, and peppermint vanilla! So when you're out and about running over old ladies and beating down children this Black Friday, make sure to pick up some bottles of holiday method hand wash!

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Now, just as interesting was, on the very top shelf of this method end cap sat a new brand of hand wash I'd never heard of, in three holiday scents! The brand was motif, and the scents were cyprus and pear, pomegranate and rose, and peppermint bark. The peppermint bark smells exactly like method's peppermint vanilla, the pomegranate and rose smelled like fruity roses (how this is a Christmas scent is beyond me?!) but the cyprus and pear scent! Oh my! It's like the light scent of christmas trees meets a fresh slice of pear! I'll definitely be picking this up! (How I wish Target was also carrying another year round scent of theirs, citrus zest and ginger. It's fresh ginger blended with zesty orange and lime with the warmth of clove and nutmeg. How holiday does that sound?! Wow!)

I did some research (well, what I could) into the brand, and found out it's made by Daub & Dauble, an upscale cleaning line (which is actually made by a company called Goodwell & Company.) The bottles definitely look like Daub & Dauble (with their cute wallpaperish bottle patterns.) Does anyone know if this company is a green/environmentally-friendly brand? All I've found on the motif site are a couple of comments including "naturally formulated with aloe, biodegradable and recyclable" (that sounds pretty green to me, right?) and "outside's as good as their insides" which sorta sound green, but actually could just be talking about the cute bottle designs and fragrances. So if anyone has any info., please comment!

lavender cedar lust!

(As the Kool-Aid man would say) Oh yeah! Look what just popped up at Target! Our favorite lavender cedar laundry detergent, now in a 50-load bottle! (Sarah Stich should be so excited!)

So next time you stop in to Target, be sure to look for this big boy in the detergent section! And as you're walking down the aisle, be sure to proudly shout out loud for everyone to hear "Mmm, awesomeness ahead!" No one will make fun of you, I promise! (Or I'll come smack'em! You have my word. Really! Well, unless I'm off that day. I only work half days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And I'm usually off on Sundays. But otherwise, I'll smack'em! Alright, well, maybe just whisper it to yourself as you walk down the aisle "(mmm, awesomeness ahead.)" That'll do.)