Whipped and Buttered

There is one area of my life, however, that I simply cannot seem to declutter. One look in my shower stall will clue you in.

I love products! Girly, smelly, pretty-packaged, miracle-promising wonderful goop! Lotions, potions, gels and creams - I LOVE THEM! I counted how many bottles I have in there (shampoo, conditioner, soap) and the total is 13. I also have a loofah, a razor, a pumice stone, a comb, exfoliating gloves, a toothbrush and a back scrubber. So, I guess that bumps me up to 20 even, in terms of the full shower tally.

I live with my boyfriend. Here is the number of things he has in the shower: 2. Yes, two. Shampoo and a bar of soap. I mean, does that not just scream "guy" to you? (then again, why would he need anything else when he can just use mine? Still, this works out splendidly since there is limited space to accommodate more than one compulsion in this apartment).

You should see the zillion little bottles of stuff crammed in our bathroom drawers too. All mine. Like I'm squirreling them away for some apocalyptic moisturizer shortage. Day cream, night cream (I don't even know the difference!), undereye cream, exfoliators, makeup remover, toner, sunscreen, foundation primer, zit cream, hand cream, foot cream, face masks - the list goes on. It's a sickness! Don't even get me started on what I've got stuffed into a tupperware bin in the linen closet. Extra bottles of all of the aforementioned products! Y'know, in case I run out of something or grow an extra face.

I can't help myself. I go to the store for aspirin and I walk out with 4 fancy new girly creams to try out (the euphoria is so engulfing it cancels out the reason I needed the aspirin in the first place). I'm not even looking for anything in particular - not devoted to a particular brand - I don't even believe the hype that my skin will look better in 7 days - I just like trying stuff out. I do have some criteria, however. I like buying things that are fairly natural, paraben-free, don't use ingredients I can't pronounce and come in minimal packaging. Athough honestly, when you have 700 of something the packaging tends to add up.

Some people love getting new DVDs or shoes or kitchen gadgets. For me - if it lathers, smooths or peels and smells like dessert - I'm all over that action. I guess it's better than collecting cats. They would really not like it in the shower.