Hoodia contains a chemical that tells your brain that you aren’t hungry. I’ve never used so I couldn’t say for sure if it works or not. Stress is my appetite suppressant and it’s been working quite well for me for the past, at least, two years. The stress comes from having very little money, no job and worrying about how the bills will be paid. I’m surprised my hair hasn’t gone totally white yet. I do have some stray gray hairs that get covered up with hair dye though.

Wicker baskets also make a nice decoration on top of your kitchen cabinets if they don’t go all the way up to the ceiling. They are great for putting kids toys away on shelves in their room. I’ve used small ones to put out wrapped candy on the coffee table and different sized ones for fabric flowers on the dining room table.

Large baskets make nice looking trash cans or laundry hampers. Large oval ones can be used as pet beds or even a temporary bed for an infant (of course you have to put some kind of pillow or padding inside first).

Wicker baskets are very versatile. What uses have you come up with for them?

It’s surprising just how fast that stuff piles up. I take all of the bills that are due and put them in a prominent place so they don’t get forgotten and put the paid ones into a shoe box and put that box into one of the upper cabinets so it’s out of the way.