• Pucker Up Coconut Sugar Scrub
• Liven Up peppermint/rosemary/basil dead sea bath salts
• Simmer Down cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger dead sea bath salts
• Hugs vanilla body butter (4 oz)
• Smooches chocolate mandarin body butter (4 oz)
• Zippity Do Dah peppermint foot cream
• Hand it to You hand cream (4 oz)

I was trying to explain to my boys a little bit about the problems with all of the “stuff” we accumulate. How our world only has so much space to put our old stuff that we throw away. I tried to keep it simple but in a way to explain why it’s important not to just keep buying more stuff without a good reason. We have SO MUCH stuff in our house – it’s crazy. I was talking with a friend about how amazing it is that we can just fill up a trash bag of total junk out of the toy closet every few months – stuff that doesn’t work, random pieces that used to go to something etc.

Every year around this time I take another look at what I’m buying to feed my family and re-focus on getting the best produce with the fewest chemicals. Over time, I find that I start straying back little by little until I realize I need to get back on course. I am good with frozen vegetables, and try to buy organic fresh pears, apples, lettuce, carrots, onions and potatoes. But some other fruits – namely berries and grapes – are hard to stay on top of. And unfortunately, those are my children’s favorite fruits! In the winter we buy frozen organic berries (big bargain at Costco- love it!) but once we see the fresh ones out they are so hard to resist. Especially strawberries!

So what I need to do is post this list from EWG.org to remind me of the things that are most important to buy organic. Turns out you can get away with regular onions, broccoli and tomatoes – who knew? But what I found disturbing is that these studies were done after the fruits and vegetables were washed. Yuck.

1. Peach
2. Apple
3. Bell Pepper
4. Celery
5. Nectarine
6. Strawberries
7. Cherries
8. Kale
9. Lettuce
10. Imported Grapes
11. Carrots
12. Pears

EWG’s Clean 15 (lowest levels of pesticides)
1. Onion
2. Avocado
3. Sweet Corn
4. Pineapple
5. Mango
6. Asparagas
7. Sweet Peas
8. Kiwi
9. Cabbage
10. Eggplant
11. Papaya
12. Watermelon
13. Broccoli
14. Tomato
15. Sweet Potato

It’s worth a little effort -now that it is getting easier and easier to find organics. And the good thing is that the prices are finally coming down. I always say if you have a Trader Joe’s nearby – check them out. The best prices and most of their produce is great – bagged organic apples and pears, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries + frozen veggies to name a few.

Just relaxing with the Desperate Housewives after a very busy weekend. Last night we had the school’s auction fundraiser. While there were many great things there’s always that last minute rush at the end of the silent auction so we only “won” couple of things. One of the winnings was the class art from my son’s kindergarten class. It’s actually pretty cute but it makes me laugh everytime I look at it. It’s comprised of a bunch of 2×2 squares that each child used to draw his/her self-portrait. Among all of the stick figures and cute funny-shaped people is one that looks like a brown snowman with a brown top hat. Yep – that’s my son’s drawing. Turns out that if you look at it closely you can see the stick figure but at first glance it’s definitely snowman-esque. But it will keep me smiling .

Anyway – I digress! You’re reading this because you want to see what this week’s special is. This week it’s back to basics – just a good old fashioned straight 15% off all of your purchases! Don’t you love this kind of sale? No restrictions, no minimums, just a big fat discount on your purchases.

Check out all of our paraben-free, sulfate-free, petroleum-free and phthalate-free goodies at www.gardengirlskincare.com – then simply place your order and use coupon code:

MARCH22

So enjoy the discount – and don’t forget this is good for the WHOLE WEEK – until Friday at midnight. Have fun and have a great week!

Celebrating the luck o’ the Irish this week! Feeling lucky? You should – even if you’re not Irish. This week Garden Girl has decided to extend the One Day sale to a One Week sale. We realize that times are very tough out there in this wild world we’re living in. And sometimes, it’s hard to get your act in gear to make it for the Monday sale – so we have decided to extend it through Fridays for awhile. At least until things start settling down a bit!

Big news!!! Garden Girl has been spotted in Body + Soul’s April issue! I actually haven’t seen it yet – but if you are a b+s subscriber you have probably just gotten it. Garden Girl’s Pucker Up Coconut sugar scrub was featured in the Things We Love section. Wahoo!! I don’t have images of the magazine yet but I’ll post them as soon as I get them. Can you tell I’m excited?

To celebrate – we are offering a no-holds-barred deal this week. Use it to buy our fabulous sugar scrub – or any of Garden Girl’s other paraben-free, sulfate-free, petroleum-free and phthalate-free products.

The deal? Get $5 off ANY order OR get $10 off any order of $50 or more. Yep – straight up money back.

Check out our:

Body Scrub
Facecare
Shower Gels
Body Lotions
Body Butters
Bath Salts
and
Garden Baby line

Haven’t tried Garden Girl but curious what all the excitement is about? We have travel-sized face kits and body lotion samplers that let you check out our line before committing to full-sized products.

But regardless, know that we have a guarantee that you’ll be satisfied with the products. So you can try things without any worry. The thing is – we KNOW you’ll love it!

So to take advantage of this great offer, simply go to www.gardengirlskincare.com before MIDNIGHT MONDAY March 9, and when you check out use either coupon code:

5OFF to save $5.00 off your order of $50 or less
10OFF to save $10.00 off your order of $50 or more

Simple! Enjoy and let me know if you see Garden Girl in Body + Soul!!