All Up and Ready
- The radio/ alarm clock
- The cleansing/scrub/mask (all in one) pot
- The very famous shampoo and conditioner 2 in 1
- Why hand cream, face cream, body cream and feet cream when Vaseline works perfect head to toe?
- The boiler/cooler: your coffee is a sip away!
- The eye-shadow/blush/lipstick pot
- SPF makeup: no need to wear sunblock, wait till it dries, then apply makeup
Row, Row, Row your car
o Hands-Free: if you can’t actually make your trip shorter, you might as well start working during the killing jam.
o Parking Subscription: avoid the hassle of finding a parking slot on that Sunday morning when your boss isn’t feeling that blissful.
Work it out
- A filofax organizer: keep everything planned before hand
- The Laptop and beyond: I know it doesn’t need a genius to figure it out but very few of us milk those tools that save us ages of working
Miracle Home Tools
o Ready to boil soup packet
o Half made cordon bleu, sambousak, chicken breasts, drumsticks and wings,…etc
o Ravioli cans (you only need to heat it)
o Salad packs, if you don’t have the privilege to choose what you should add in your salad bowl, a couple of companies prepared a sealed platter with 2 tomatoes, 2 cucumbers, 2 capsicums, 2 carrots and a chilli pepper.
o Salad dressings
o Chopped, trimmed, cubed or sliced vegetables
o Marinated Sheesh Tawook
o Simple Recipes Books
o All easy to clean working tops, pans, or saucers
o Labels: you don’t need to sniff all your spices to bring coriander
o DIY (Do-it-yourself) projects: if you think about it, you’ll save yourself a lot of time, money and fuss if you don’t bring workers home
o Stain Removers (for clothes, and also there’s an excellent one for stoves that removes sticky stains overnight without you moving a thumb)
o Toilet Seats for kids instead of the potty, you’ll only need to flush it away.
o Separate Laundry bags
Chilling Out
- Hair Color Shampoo, quick to wear, quick to remove!
- A corsage: a super instant up-lifter for any outfit you’re wearing for multiple outings on the same day.
- Magazines with restaurants, cafes, and movies reviews; don’t waist your time in the new James Bond Movie.
- Purchase online/on-the-phone tickets and you’ll never have to wait in the endless lines.
- Maps and travel guides: I once waited for a metro in the French metro-station for 45 minutes only to find out that there are no rides after 11 pm! I depended on another waiting family on the other side of the station who I discovered to be tourists, too.
- A pocket mirror will save you unnecessary trips to the restrooms.
- Less complicated pushchairs for kids under 4.
- A Grooming Travel Kit for your husband will make packing much easier.
Chilling In
- Flowers for décor and captivating aroma at the same time
- Bookmarks: I’ve seen artistic and authentic ones all over
- TV Guides
- A Camera with a memory card. You can print your pictures, a minute after you capture them.
- Exercise Ball. You can sit on it while you’re watching TV to work out your abdominal muscles.
- A Tea Table with a boiler, mugs, tea, coffee, and sugar in the living room
Sleeping Beauty
- A shower tray with all your stuff neatly on, to avoid collecting them from all drawers, shelves and boxes before bedtime baths
- An extra soft and fluffy blanket will get you sleepy before you realize it.
- Read What Women Want, how could you have possibly saved time writing this shopping list?