use up all my lotions and bath salts

My bathroom may eventually have space! I know it’s a small silly thing to focus on, but it really does help, and I’ve saved a lot of money by making sure to go through everything I already have and not buying new stuff. I’m looking forward to a tidier 2010!

Two more empty bottles out to recycling. Slowly but surely this is getting done. And as a side benefit, my skin is moisturized for the first time in years. ^_

Slowly, I’m using up all of my bath products, and more to the point, I’ve stopped buying new ones, unless I completely run out of something. I feel like this is good both for decluttering and my budget!

I actually had to buy shampoo because I totally ran out. Yay! This is such a minor goal, but it gives me a lot of satisfaction to actually go through all the stuff and use it up and move it out. It’s part of a greater de-cluttering effort.

Making progress. I packed some of my sample jars for traveling two weeks ago, so I got to get rid of a few more things. I’ve almost gone through all of the shampoos and conditioners. Unfortunately, I still have a rather large number of moisturizers. I keep forgetting to use them…

I saw this on someone else’s list and realized that hey, this is something I’m working on too! So it should be on my list. Made a fair amount of progress, actually, but there’s so much to go! Years of accumulating stuff (and for some reason people seem to think this stuff makes awesome presents, which they probably would if I didn’t already have so much) have really… made quite a large pile. But I’ve had the rule since Feb. that I don’t buy anything unless it’s a category that I am completely out of. I.e. if I go through all of my shampoo I can get more shampoo even if I have 3 jars of body lotion left.