Just Padz Review and Giveaway

As some of you may already know, and some of you don't, I am a huge supporter of cloth menstrual pads.  There are a few reasons for my personal switch to cloth.  First of all, it helps my cysts stay away.  It also is cheaper and better for the environment.  So, if you want to accomplish any of these things, I suggest switching to cloth!

Just Padz is a WONDERFUL shop on Etsy that makes cloth menstrual pads at a very decent price.  Her price is about 3 for $20!  That is awesome.  Not only that, her menstrual pads are worth way more than that.  She sent me out a maxi pad to try and I have to say it is fabulous.  With a super soft flannel on top, you don't even realize you are wearing anything but underpants!

Not only that, but she has some REALLY cute prints!  I love having something happy to put on during that time of the month when we tend to be not so happy.

As for absorbency, her maxi pads will be wonderful when you are having a medium flow.  I used this with no leaks and loved it!  Not only that, she has had an amazing idea!  She stitched down the middle, not all the way through, but just on the top part of it, to make all the yummy stuff go right to that area.  Such a GREAT idea!!!!!!

Just Padz maxi pad also does my favorite thing that a cloth pad can do!  It folds up into a nice little package.  Why do I like this?  Well, first of all, it keeps the part that will be touching your skin clean before you wear it.  That way you can throw it in your purse and not worry about what if your make up powder gets all over it.  Not only that, when you are done using it, you can refold it up and then stick it in the wet bag if you are out and about for that day.  This helps for when you can't rinse it out or anything.  Then when you go to take it out of the wet bag you are not sticking your hand into a bloody mess (pun intended hehe).

And now, thanks to Just Padz, you also have a chance to win one of these wonderful maxi pads!!!

This review was written by Nicki

Benefit for Derek

There is a benefit that my Aunt and my Mom are running coming up.  I wanted to do a little post about it.  Here is what they have to say:

This is my friend Derek. Derek is a very sick 7 year old little boy who I would like to help. He was recently diagnosed with some type of autoimmune disease, which type we really are not sure at this point. What we do know is he is in a lot of pain and very sick. He is no longer the happy, healthy little boy that we all know and love.

His Mom, Naomi Kennedy, remains at his side in Children's Hospital for several weeks now and his brother and sister are being cared for by my wonderful sister, Donna Strough Neubeck and her husband Richard L Neubeck.

They all could use our help! I would like to begin a fund raiser to help with all of the expenses related to Derek's sickness and could use as much help as possible to plan something. 

In case you are looking for a last minute thing to do, and you are in the area, you can still go!  Here are the details:
Where: Sammy's Pizzeria
1400 Hyde Park Boulevard, Niagara Falls, NY 14305

When: June 10th from 2:30-6:30

How much: $10 to get in

What is there to do: 20 goodie bags for the first 20 people to show up, live band, food, cash bar, basket auction, and a 50/50!

I asked for a lot of help making up goodie bags for the benefit!  And I could not do it without the help from some AMAZING people.  Here is a little bit about everyone who helped me out:

First of all there was the wonderful Christa.  Christa runs a shop on Etsy called C Design Illustration.  On her shop she sells many different kinds of cards and stationary!  These are absolutely adorable. Here are a few of her products available for sale at a VERY low rate!!!

And this is what she donated to the goodie bags:

She donated 20 of these cards to be put in each goodie bag!!!

Next up is a very sweet lady named Sarah.  Sarah runs the shop called Lucy Lou's Boutique.  Sarah runs the shop with her step sister named Nikki (love her name hehe).  Sarah was amazing enough to donate some of her stuff from her shop for the goodie bags also!!!  Here are a few of the great products she offers:

Another lady that helped me was Amanda.  Her shops name is Buffalovely.  She offers MANY products that are very Buffalo, NY!!!  I love her stuff and need to get to ordering something from here because I do miss my Buffalo!!!!  Don't miss the snow, but miss the place for sure!!!  Here are a few of her adorable Buffalo themed products!!!