11.17.08
Using Up the Extras
Well not everything involved in my international move is food-related. As I go around the house and clearing out items to pack or use up or so forth, I came across in the bathroom various and sundry bottles of bath gel samples from hotels, or that were given as gifts and not used and so forth. It was an astonishingly large collection when it was all set aside.
 Yeah, kinda like this, only not all the same brand, all the bottles half full, and many more of them… |
I figured I had two options:
1. Open my own store to rival Bath and Body Works
2. Run an experiment in my whirlpool tub.
Well, anyone who has read this blog, or even remotely knows me, knows what I did here. I filled up the tub, poured in everything I had and fired up the jets. I was hoping for a result that could only be referred to as a “bubble fiesta”. Basically, I was looking for something like this:
But alas, the results were much less inspiring. All the oil and salt and whatnot seemed to have interacted in some way that resulted in only a thin sheen of bubbles on the surface. Well, not being one to let things go to waste, I took a bath in this magical concoction.
I let the jets work their magic, and I read a good part of my latest Saveur magazine. When I was done, I sent the presumably disappointing mixture down the drain. I toweled off, and headed into the bedroom, and couldn’t help but notice that something in the room smelled really great! I figured one of the Glade Plug-Ins had kicked on, but then I remembered I had taken them all out last week.
Looking around for the source of this great aroma, I was stumped. It wasn’t until I realized that the bouquet seemed to be following me around the house, that the smell was coming from me! I smelled fantastic!
And it was a perfume that lingered! I went outside and raked leaves for an hour, and came back inside, and I still smelled like a bunch of roses. I helped my neighbor move some stuff from his front lawn to his back lawn, and still the unmistakable smell of lavender followed me around. I had dinner with some good friends later that night, and had them confirm that indeed, I really did smell great!
 I can’t WAIT to fire up the jets on THIS one! (For the record, that’s not me - photo courtesy of collegehumor.com) |
Alas, the lingering smell of lilacs has finally worn off, but it was one heck of a run! Too bad I haven’t come up with nearly as cool an idea for all the hot chocolate powder I have found around my house.
Or haven’t I?… 
Stumble it!
