Allergy purchase: Wedge pillow

One of the few cool things about allergies is that you get to buy new stuff in the name of health!

My first purchase is a pillow wedge.

Not me

My allergies cause me to have what feels like a permanent cold: I can't breathe out of my nose well and I'm very stuffy all the time. As you can imagine, this makes sleeping difficult. For one, Husband loves to tease me about snoring. Next, I have permanent chapped lips in the corner of my mouth from drooling since I can't sleep with my mouth closed. And, of course, it makes for a quite restless sleep.

I got the pillow wedge to help prop me up at night so I can sleep sitting upright. It has the added benefit of being very comfy on my back when I'm watching TV at night. I've used it a couple nights now and it's working okay. I have a tendency to roll onto my side, which can bother my neck, even with a pillow under my head. But I think in the long-term, it's going to be a good investment.

And, of course, it came with a zippered cover to help keep out dust mites.

More allergy-related purchases are in my future. I have a stack of papers from my doctor about various products and avoidance measures that I'm still sifting through. One recommendation was to wash bed sheets in hot water every week. Being the overachiever I am, I just went ahead and bought new ones while I was at it. ;)