Where has my head been?

Two recent discoveries that should have been made, oh, say, 25 years ago, and yet which have changed my life:

1) If you put all your dirty socks into a lingerie bag and then run that bag through the laundry, you will never have to sort socks again. What goes in, comes out. Nothing lost, nothing stuck to a shirt. It’s incredible. I cannot believe Heloise never provided me with this hint.

2) It is legal to buy two gallons of milk at once. While this costs twice as much, it appears that those costs even out over time, it results in half as many milk crises during the week. There is some loss of available refrigerator space, but on the whole, the benefits outweigh the costs. Kinda amazing.