I love doing laundry

Hear me out: I love doing the laundry.

I like to keep a moderately clean home, but I hate a lot of the cleaning. I hate dusting, I think cleaning the kitchen is exhausting, and I hate dishes. I don't mind cleaning the bathroom. But I LOVE laundry.

First of all, I love clean clothes, fresh sheets and towels, and a warm blanket to snuggle in. I love that laundry doesn't require me to be precise, and I can dump clothes into the washer or dryer or hang them up to dry.

I hated laundry when we lived in an apartment, and I had to carry it down three flights of stairs, but now that we have a washer and dryer in our home, I'll happily do an extra couple of loads that maybe could've been left till the next week.

I did eight loads of laundry this week. Eight. Keep in mind, I live in a two bedroom duplex with my fiancé and our dog. We don't have any kids. Additionally, I don't do much of my fiancé's laundry, as he works out of state and usually does his own on the weekends.

Now, that's not a normal week for me, but over the course of two days I washed about everything I could have.

• Two loads of clothes (lights and darks).
• The sheets on our bed.
• The blanket on our bed.
• Our duvet cover (which was promptly folded and put away for the warmer weather).
• A load of towels.
• Two loads with blankets from our living room.

I love the smell of laundry products as well. I use the Lysol laundry sanitizers with clothes, and Downy scent boosters with towels, sheets, and blankets. (Not sponsored, obviously).

My favorite laundry product is my detergent though. I used to hate buying big jugs of Purex. I always felt guilt when tossing (or even recycling) those containers as there was just SO MUCH PLASTIC. They were also heavy, a pain to store, and I was always running out at inconvenient times.

I didn't even realize there was an alternative; I thought I was just stuck with picking between mountain breeze and linen and lilies.

I don't know how many times I spilled liquid detergent or misjudged the amount left in the bottle, leading to way too much soap. Maybe that was just a me problem, but it was legitimately annoying.

Then I found Earth Breeze.

Now, I'm a sucker for a good Facebook ad. I have purchased many items through ads, and sometimes I am not impressed. This time I was.

Earth Breeze has laundry detergent in sheet form. Yes, you read that right. SHEET form. No liquid soap. No spills. No giant jugs. No plastic.

For $20, I had a thin package with 60 sheets delivered to my mailbox. One sheet handles a normal load, half a sheet for a small load, and two sheets for extra-large or heavily soiled.

$20 was a little on the high side for me, but I still wanted to give it a try. Once I realized how convenient Earth Breeze was (and how it did the same job as my bulky, annoying liquid detergent), I knew I couldn't go back.

Luckily, Earth Breeze has a subscription option which brings the cost down to $12. (Again, not sponsored). Free shipping, and I had several different options for time between deliveries. Currently, I get mine every 6 weeks. They email you BEFORE it auto-renews, and they give you the option to delay if you don't need any yet.

I love their marketing and their dedication to helping the planet. They also donate 10 loads of laundry for every purchase, and you get to choose where that goes (I'm partial to Women's Health and Dog Rescues).

I wanted to break down some price comparisons for Earth Breeze, Purex, and Gain Detergent Pacs - as these are all detergents that I have used since doing my own laundry. Purex I used for the last 3 years before Earth Breeze, mainly because it is one of the cheapest laundry detergents on the market.

Earth Breeze breaks down to $0.20 per normal load or $41.60 a year (assuming 4 regular loads a week).

If you buy the 150 ounce Purex, which is approximately $9 and is marketed to contain 115 mediums loads, it breaks down to $0.08 per medium load or $16.64 a year (assuming 4 medium loads a week).

If you buy the 60 count of Gain Detergent Pacs for approximately $16, that breaks down to $0.26 a normal load or $54.08 a year (assuming 4 regular loads a week).

Obviously, the liquid detergent Purex is significantly cheaper, but the pricing of Earth Breeze is definitely comparable with Gain, and I would guess some of the other top detergent brands as well.

This is in no way an ad, but I wanted to share a product that makes one task a little easier AND is reducing even a small portion of plastic in our landfills.

Approximately 700 million plastic jugs of laundry detergent are thrown away each year (Source). Obviously I'm not going to make a significant change in that myself, but every small change I make and every small change you make can make a small (but important) difference.

Also - it's convenient and affordable.

I'd love to hear other eco-friendly brands and products you're using. Take advantage of Vocal's new comment feature, and let me know!

Also, am I the only one out here that loves laundry?