Joe and I had been married 11 years before we bought our first pillows. We have pillows from college and from our parents’ homes that we used. On one visit to his folks, we bought us each a pillow. I got a firm pillow while he opted for a softer one. Of course, his pillow cost more than one.

Well now it’s two years later, and my pillow is as flat as a board while my husband’s pillowis still in great shape. Guess I got what I paid for, right?

I remember watching Oprah one time and heard this tidbit. You should buy near pillows yearly. Wow. We’ve been using some of the same pillows for 15 years. They are older than our mattress. I’m not ready to just toss my new(apparently old by Oprah’s standards) pillow, so I’m going to try washing it and then fluffing it to see if that helps to bring it back to life.

I’ve washed pillows before in the washing machine. I usually just let them dry naturally and then place then in the dryer on the fluff(no heat) setting. Hopefully this will work with my new ‘old’ pillow. If not I will have to go pillow shopping. I have slept on my husband’s expensive pillow and hate to admit that I actually like it. It has really kept its shape. A more expensive pillow might be worth it next time I’m shopping for pillows, which from our track record, will be in 2017.