A Trader Joe’s fan blog with some NYC attitude. Mostly raves with a few rants.
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
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For Easter. My neighbor saw and got this nice wooden planter box full of daffodils at Trader Joe’s last week. They were about $12 and look really healthy. They may not be in stock for long, still I just thought I’d show them in case you are lucky and see them.
17 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in All Natural, DIY, fresh, General, Home Goods, Trader Joes, Uncategorized, update, WhatsGoodAtTJ?, Xmas season Tags: Gift Ideas, gifts, healthy, no preservatives, product, Products, review, season, Trader Joes, vegan gluten free, vegetarian, xmas
I think there’s something about buying a living plant against cut flowers or trees that won’t last. So instead of buying a wreath to hang on the door, which will just last a few weeks, this live ivy plant trained into a wreath shape will keep going all year round, as long as you water it. So while you can’t hang it on your door of course you could put this wreath shaped plant in a window with it’s blinking lights, or perhaps on a table as the centerpiece for a holiday decoration. The ones I saw at TJ’s the other day looked very healthy to me. Ivy can last forever if you take care of it. Could even be a Gift? Come with a little bag which has a short sting with about a dozen small white LED lights (takes 3 AA batteries). You can save this LED light string and use it over and over again, like I have. $12.99
“Keep soil evenly moist, partial to full sun”
13 Dec 2022 1 Comment
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TJ’s has these little Grump trees for sale again right now for Xmas. They are cute and a pretty good deal for just $9.99. These can make a funny gift…. But wait, why”Grump” Tree? I’m guessing it’s for copyright reasons. TJ’s doesn’t want to say Grinch less they get sued by the Dr. Seuss estate. However they can get away with saying Grump and we all get the reference to The Grinch by it’s design (a clever idea just wrapping the tree to a point). If you don’t feel like laying out a ton of money for a Christmas tree ($50-150?) maybe you could get away with a little Grump tree and dress it up really nice with a lot of decorations… And it will last. If you take care of it, it will grow and grow and maybe you can use it for a few years. “Will eventually grow into a large tree. Keep well watered.”
02 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in General, Health & Beauty, Home Goods, News, Pantry, Prices, Products, Rave, Staple, Trader Joes, Uncategorized, update, WhatsGoodAtTJ? Tags: bathroom, Cleaning, Hands, House, kitchen, product, Products, Rave, review, soap, Trader Joes
TJ’s sells these bottles of liquid hand soaps in three different scents. This one is “Pink Pomelo Grapefruit” and it has a really nice citrus-y grapefruit smell. They also have a Lemon version, and that one says “Kitchen Hand Soap”. Not clear on why only the Lemon one would be for the kitchen / hands. Looking at the ingredients they seem more or less the same to me. My wife however specifically told me to get the her the Lemon “kitchen” version, for her in the kitchen. In fact, when I bought this Pomelo grapefruit one home for what I thought would be a nice little variety in our kitchen she looked at me like I was crazy and then told gave me a very clear “No Way” to this Grapefruit one for the kitchen. Why? It doesn’t say “Kitchen” on the label and the Lemon one does. I see the grapefruit one says it has Jojoba and Argan oils which I would think would be good for hands, no? The Lemon one doesn’t include these Argan or Jojoba oils, but then what do I know? Anyway all the 3 kinds of TJ’s hand soaps are good, make lots of lather and smell great. These go for $3.99 each for a large pump bottle (17 oz.). I would buy it again.
31 Oct 2022 Leave a comment
in DIY, General, Home Goods, New, News, Prices, Products, Trader Joes, Uncategorized, update, WhatsGoodAtTJ? Tags: Cleaning, goods, Home, household, housework, kitchen, product, Products, review, Trader Joes, up
“SAVE PAPER, REDUCE WASTE”
We’ve tested these out in our kitchen and are finding them to be pretty useful. They seem to me like those orange “Chamois” cloths you get at a dollar store. But as my “dollar store” has now gone up to being a $1.29 and up store, these Trader Joe’s viscose cloths are convenient to buy and are not out of line price at $2.99 for two cloths in the package (though I wish they were a little bigger). We’re mainly using them for kitchen counters and the like. These cleaning cloths are strong and quite absorbent. They do absorb a lot even when wet. You just wring them out till damp and they absorb a ton of liquid again. These are useful and “eco”, saving some paper towel use. I would buy these again.
03 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
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Beautiful looking PONYTAIL PALM plants, a/k/a Elephants Foot Palm
Very robust and healthy looking and at a decent price, I think they could easily sell for 20-30 bucks.
I have one which is now about 20 yrs old…..
See this link for How To Care for this lovely plant
22 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in All Natural, DIY, fresh, General, Home Goods, New, News, organic, plants, Prices, Products, Rave, Trader Joes, Uncategorized, update, vegetarian, WhatsGoodAtTJ? Tags: bromeliad, healthy, live, no preservatives, pineapple, plants, product, Products, Rave, review, Trader Joes, vegetarian
Just to give you an idea of how small it really is, the cute little pineapple growing on the stalk is about the size of my thumb. It looks so cool and adorable.
Full name of the plant is PINEAPPLE BROMELIAD. See the link for info on care and growing.
TJ’s was selling these for $15.99
Now have you ever wondered why you see so many pineapples in depicted in design, old buildings and architecture? There is a reason: it showed wealth and hospitality.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-hidden-history-of-the-housewarming-pineapple
04 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
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Very healthy looking robust plants, $15
26 Jul 2022 1 Comment
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Olive Trees?!? Yes….wow, cool. For $13 it’s yours. Need to make up with someone? You could give them an olive branch!
24 Jul 2022 Leave a comment
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Trust me, you want this.
This body wash is a must have for hot weather! “Invigorates with Peppermint, Eucalyptus and Tea Tree botanicals….” It’s the perfect product especially right now for the heat wave that much of the U.S. has been experiencing (July 2022). TJ’s Tea Tree Tingle body wash has tea tree oil, peppermint, eucalyptus and other natural essential plant botanical oils, which make for a really refreshing and invigorating body wash for your shower. It smells terrific. It was so refreshing sponging up with this after a really hot summer day in NYC where the thermometer hit 95 today. This stuff was a lifesaver.
Also, I’ve found its great to add a little when I am washing out my gym clothes!
Certified Organic. Trader Joe’s sells this for just $3.99, a wow price and its a huge 16 oz bottle to boot.
I would buy this again.
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