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I have an addiction. No, I don't mean Vitamin!Water...or cigarettes....or coffee....or sex/masturbation, though all of these could possibly be gleaned from reading my journal. No, my addiction is part of the reason why I love Walgreens so much. It provides major fixes. I'm hooked on toiletries, with special attention on soaps and body washes. Seriously.
Here's an inventory of what's in my shower right now:
1. two different bottles of bath bubble gel
2. four bars of soap: two different old spice bar scents, one bar of dr. bronners lemon hemp soap, and one bar that is Lowenstein's.
3. three bottles of shower gel: ginseng citrus scented, raspberry scented, dr. bronner's hemp peppermint
4. two face wash gels, one regular and one scrub
5. two bottles of shampoo, one medicated T-Gel stuff (the amount of shampoo is extra amusing if you've seen my [lack of] hair, but it's partially leftover from last year when I did have hair....though I do shampoo my scalp once a week or so)
6. three bottles of conditioner
7. one shower "puff" and one loofah back scrubber (just purchased!)
And I feel like I've been restraining myself by staying at these level of products.
Now let's discuss shaving products. I have a bottle of generic shaving gel, a bottle of higher quality shaving gel, a travel-size cannister of Pinaud shaving cream, and a shaving mug with soap and brush. What did I buy today? A cannister of regular shaving cream. Why? Bcause I bought a heated lather dispenser!! Just like the barber. I've wanted one of these for as long as I've wanted the shaving mug and brush, but never indulged myself. Today it was in the clearance rack for five dollars. Five bucks! Normally it's around twenty or thirty.
The clearance items at Walgreens are amazing. Last time I found packages of fifteen Maxell music CD-R's for three dollars. Sometimes it's hard to find this clearance section: it's usually somewhere off in the back, at the end of an aisle and there are certainly some scary things like banged-up cans Dinty Moore Beef Stew, but damn sometimes it's worth it.
Back to my ridiculous bathroom. Under the counter are extra bars of the Old Spice bars of soap, but there's also several bars of Irish Spring soap, my previous bar of choice. I have aftershave lotion, probably a residual bottle of aftershave splash, cologne, and deodorant sprays. And deodorant, of course. I have two tubs of petroleum jelly plus a tube. I have roll of cocoa butter. I have several small tubes of various lotions. I have two bottle of nasal saline spray. Wait, I need to stop there because I'll start dipping into the "medicine" category of my bathroom and that's a whole other journal entry.
Under haircare products I have coconut oil, indian hemp and some pomade by Salon Selectives. Once again I must mention, I know I have no hair, but these products are leftover from last year. Though I will occasionally use the hemp or coconut when my hair grows out a little and I want to condition it.
I have two cannisters of powder, one cornstarch for the packers and one scented for post-bathing powedering. I have one electric toothbrush and one regular brush and two half-filled tubes of toothpaste. I have one eyeliner pencil and one tube of mascara, which is probably too old to use it on eyes, though I was using it on my beard awhile back when the left side was growing less thick than the right. I confess this now only since I don't do it anymore.
Writing about this makes me want to go take another shower and shave and apply all these products. It also makes me want to go right back to Walgreens and drop another twenty bucks for two bags filled with good-smelling items. I fear my few OCD tendencies will expand to this arena if I'm not careful and I'll start requiring at least two showers or baths per day just to leave the house.
Here's an inventory of what's in my shower right now:
1. two different bottles of bath bubble gel
2. four bars of soap: two different old spice bar scents, one bar of dr. bronners lemon hemp soap, and one bar that is Lowenstein's.
3. three bottles of shower gel: ginseng citrus scented, raspberry scented, dr. bronner's hemp peppermint
4. two face wash gels, one regular and one scrub
5. two bottles of shampoo, one medicated T-Gel stuff (the amount of shampoo is extra amusing if you've seen my [lack of] hair, but it's partially leftover from last year when I did have hair....though I do shampoo my scalp once a week or so)
6. three bottles of conditioner
7. one shower "puff" and one loofah back scrubber (just purchased!)
And I feel like I've been restraining myself by staying at these level of products.
Now let's discuss shaving products. I have a bottle of generic shaving gel, a bottle of higher quality shaving gel, a travel-size cannister of Pinaud shaving cream, and a shaving mug with soap and brush. What did I buy today? A cannister of regular shaving cream. Why? Bcause I bought a heated lather dispenser!! Just like the barber. I've wanted one of these for as long as I've wanted the shaving mug and brush, but never indulged myself. Today it was in the clearance rack for five dollars. Five bucks! Normally it's around twenty or thirty.
The clearance items at Walgreens are amazing. Last time I found packages of fifteen Maxell music CD-R's for three dollars. Sometimes it's hard to find this clearance section: it's usually somewhere off in the back, at the end of an aisle and there are certainly some scary things like banged-up cans Dinty Moore Beef Stew, but damn sometimes it's worth it.
Back to my ridiculous bathroom. Under the counter are extra bars of the Old Spice bars of soap, but there's also several bars of Irish Spring soap, my previous bar of choice. I have aftershave lotion, probably a residual bottle of aftershave splash, cologne, and deodorant sprays. And deodorant, of course. I have two tubs of petroleum jelly plus a tube. I have roll of cocoa butter. I have several small tubes of various lotions. I have two bottle of nasal saline spray. Wait, I need to stop there because I'll start dipping into the "medicine" category of my bathroom and that's a whole other journal entry.
Under haircare products I have coconut oil, indian hemp and some pomade by Salon Selectives. Once again I must mention, I know I have no hair, but these products are leftover from last year. Though I will occasionally use the hemp or coconut when my hair grows out a little and I want to condition it.
I have two cannisters of powder, one cornstarch for the packers and one scented for post-bathing powedering. I have one electric toothbrush and one regular brush and two half-filled tubes of toothpaste. I have one eyeliner pencil and one tube of mascara, which is probably too old to use it on eyes, though I was using it on my beard awhile back when the left side was growing less thick than the right. I confess this now only since I don't do it anymore.
Writing about this makes me want to go take another shower and shave and apply all these products. It also makes me want to go right back to Walgreens and drop another twenty bucks for two bags filled with good-smelling items. I fear my few OCD tendencies will expand to this arena if I'm not careful and I'll start requiring at least two showers or baths per day just to leave the house.
