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Toilet Paper: A lively discussion arose regarding a past week’s article, Really Stupid Things... It was interesting to find that many people are choosey about this necessity. Without getting too involved into a personal discussion, whatever your individual choice, you probably want to use something.
Hand Soap/Bath Soap: Are you a bar or liquid personality? Do you prefer scented or unscented? Anti-bacterial or not? I make our liquid hand soap, “See recipe in article, Tightwad Denial..., but for the shower and bath we use bar soap or liquid body wash. The homemade hand soap would probably work for this as well, however because my family is somewhat soap picky, I don’t push the issue. Instead I am just thankful we use homemade for hand washing. It’s hard to determine which soap is a better bargain, since liquid soap can be added so conservatively to a wash cloth, sponge, loofah or bath puff, that it can last forever! (I think I have some that has lasted me almost nine months). However, for a quarter (depending on where you live) you can get a bar that lasts a long time with the additional option of melting down the tiny slivers one can no longer use, for use in handsoap. Recently, I have heard that when combining the collection of slivers and adding water, magically within a few days, you will have liquid soap with a shake of the container. Although, I've yet to try this, I would love to know how well it worked for you, as I continue to collect our slivers.
Alcohol: Did you know that this is one of the cheapest yet most effective of germ killers? That’s why it’s used to clean quickly before you receive a shot, or get a body part pierced. I just read recently that unlike deodorant/anti-perspirant, if you apply alcohol to that swampy area underneath your shoulders (where one typically administers deodorant), this will not just disguise, but instead kill the bacteria that causes odor. (Therefore, I can be trapped in a bathroom, but still maintain good hygiene).
