How I doubled my pregnancy wardrobe in less than $30

I'm starting a category called My Favorite Stuff where I show how materialistic I am by raving about how much I just adore certain possessions. I'll start with something I only recently purchased which has become one of my favorite things ever: the Bella Band.

Now, it took me a while to get over the facts that a) I paid $26 for a piece of spandex, and b) I did not invent said $26 piece of spandex (in which case I'd be writing this blog post from my yacht), but I quickly got over these concerns when I saw how useful the Bella Band was.

I'm about 22 weeks pregnant and am still wearing most of my pre-pregnancy stuff thanks to this handy little thing. As you can see from this picture from their website, you wear it around your tummy to hold unbuttoned pre-pregnancy pants up and/or to add coverage for pre-pregnancy shirts that have gotten too short, and it just looks like you have a tank top on underneath your shirt.

I can't believe I got through two pregnancies without one of these things. They have them in some department stores and Mom4Life also sells them (NOT a paid ad, I've just had good experiences shopping there and appreciate that it's run by a fellow stay-at-home mom).

Fast food ads vs. reality

Here is a great collection of side-by-side pictures of fast food advertisements vs. what it actually looks like when you get it home. If you just add the nutritional info under each photo I think it'd be enough to inspire me to never indulge in some McDonald's french fries again. (via Bettnet.com)