All those little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, soap, creams, toothpaste, razors, and shoe polish, from hotels, gift baskets, and eager sales people? I've got about 3 large zip lock bags full of them, and I'm finally going to use them.
I know... I should save them for traveling, right? Do YOU use those when you travel? I don't! I think I will, but I don't. I either travel with small bottles of my tried and true products, or I use the small bottles provided by hotels and bring home about 5 to 10 more little bottles and soaps by the end of my visit. And if I'm visiting relatives or friends I again bring the products I'm used to, or I use their stuff. They like their stuff. Maybe I will too!
So these zip lock bags full of tiny little bottles saved for traveling? They haven't been getting used. But they are now!
I will not be buying any new toiletries until I've used up all the stuff in those bags. I reserve the right to try something, decide I hate it, and throw it out if needed, and in an emergency I still have some of my regular products on standby, but the assortment of tiny bottles and soaps will be my only source of bathroom supplies until they all run out. - Which I think could take a good year or two!
Some of these last longer than I expected. I'd been thinking that each product had enough for one use, but not so! A small "packet" of toothpaste (Think foil packet that ketsup comes in at a fast food place) is lasting me a full week, and sample bottles of shampoo and conditioner are lasting about that long too. Soap seems to last forever (even the small ones) and I rarely use moisturizer so lotion samples will probably last forever too.
I'm kind of excited by this! I like using up stuff. I just hope nothing blinds me or turns my hair green.
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I've weaned myself off the need to collect these things. . .now I have a small set of some of the empty ones and I put my shampoo and conditioner in them before I go away.
You have to use one where the opening is big enough to refill though. . .
Stella x
Had to comment again so I could remember to subscribe to comments. . .it's been so long since I blogged, or looked at anyone else's blog that I've forgotten how it works!
Good to see you! I figured you'd been busy with the MOS, even though you said you were done with him ;)
Re the need to collect those things: It's FREE STUFF!!! Lol! Actually, I have to believe I'll use something, otherwise I won't take it or I'll toss it immediately. I do what you do with travel bottles. Put my own stuff in empties. But because of that, most of the other samples weren't getting used. Now they are!
Oh, also! I forgot to say that with an embedded comment form in Blogger (which you and I both have) you don't have to make a 2nd post to subscribe. Even if you don't leave a comment (though you SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE ME COMMENTS! ;) ) you can click the "Subscribe by email" link and it will work.
Just read all your Humor blogs - - you are hilarious! Loved them!
Thank you! What a nice thing to say :)
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