Rainy Days and Mondays...

...always get me down.  Do you hear that Carpenters' song playing in your head?  Ok, so it's not really a rainy day here in my neck of the woods, but it's still gloomy and gray out.  Not very motivating combined with the fact that it IS Monday and the beginning of what is shaping up to be a really long week.  Here's hoping it gets better!

I do want to take a moment to rave about a product I've been using for a while now and I just love, love, love it...definitely one of those "products I can't live without".  It's called True Lemon, crystallized lemon.

Supposedly there are lots of different ways to use this, but I use it one way and one way only, to flavor my water.  I was never a big water drinker until a few years ago, but even then I would hit a wall trying to meet my "quota" for the day and would often resort to those powders you could add to give it flavor.  Usually they were sugar-y and too sweet and honestly weren't very natural, which to me kind of defeated the purpose of drinking water.  I would at times pick up a few lemons at the grocery store to slice and use in my water, but throughout the year during certain seasons they can be pretty expensive, and overall it was a pain in the butt making sure I had fresh lemon wedges at the ready...they also weren't very convienient for "on the go".  I first saw this True Lemon advertised in a magazine and then found it at my local grocery store (usually found by the sugar/sweetners, but I've heard they can be found by the other powdered drink mixes as well) - I was instantly in love!  It truly does taste like real lemon (it is 100% natural), no yucky aftertaste at all, I promise.  So easy to toss a few packets in my purse to add to my bottled water while I'm out and about, or add it to my glass at restaurants.  One packet to a regular sized bottled water or tall glass at a restaurant is all you need to get a nice lemon flavor :)  The company also makes True Orange and True Lime, but I have yet to see either in person, nor do I think I'd even be interested, I much prefer lemon flavor over orange or lime.  The last time I went to stock up I had to search a bit more and ended up going to a grocery store I don't usually shop at just to get it.  No clue why my usual grocery store stopped carrying it...something I do need to ask about!  But you can do a little search on their website to find where it is available closest to you (and while you're there you can sign up for free samples and print out a coupon too).  I honestly reach for water more now because of this product, awesome!