It doesn’t take much to amuse me. Clearly. I mean, I think this blog is freaking hilarious.
My standards aren’t terribly high.
Take this hand soap, for example.
The lovely woman who cleans our house left it for us right before Christmas, and a few days later I told Andy “This good-smelling hand soap makes me ridiculously happy.” He was all, “I know! Me too! We should get more!” So then a few days after Christmas we went to Bath and Body Works to invest in more small bottles of happiness.
It was tough to decide, though, how many to buy. I mean, we are talking about soap that smells good. It’s a major investment! Andy said, “We have four sinks. We should buy one for every sink!” And then I said, “But wait – they are six for $20…. maybe we should buy six.” Andy justified this extravagant purchase by saying that we’d definitely get around to using all six eventually – and then he hit his estrogen limit, grabbed Sam, and ran out of the store, leaving Kate and me to make the tough decisions on exactly which scents to buy.
Spending that $20 seemed like an agonizing decision, and I don’t know why. I’m sure we spent more than that at Wendy’s on the way to the mall that day. But even after I made the purchase, I was comparing the price to the 10 for $10 Softsoaps available at CVS, and it even crossed my mind that I should check Pinterest for ways to make my own smelly soap for a nickel.
That is dumb.
The soap makes me (and Andy and Kate. I’m not sure Sam cares. Or washes his hands.) happy every time I use it. It’s a simple, cheap (yes, cheap) way to infuse a little happiness into my day. That’s well worth $20.
What simple things make you happy? How do you (or can you start) to work them into your daily routine?
It makes me happy to leave my Christmas tree and decorations up until March. I don’t want to give up the lights and the red and green colors. Is that sort of like enjoying the smell of peppermint soap?
Amen! My mother thinks I’m insane, but we usually leave ours up until the end of January.
Ooookay, when you were determining the price per ounce of soap back there, it made me realize that our brains work in the same freakish neurotic way and that scares me *just* a little.
I splurge on B&BWorks soaps because they make me happy. They have sales a couple of times a year when I can get them cheaper and I stock up. I love the fresh apple and white citrus.
I found that if I pour 90% of the soap into another container(like a mason jar) and use only about 1 Tbsp of the original soap and fill it back up with water, the soap is still very foamy and lasts FOREVER! I still have soap from 3 years ago from this shop under the counter. Honestly, the spouts die before I truly have to buy more soap. Love that peppermint smell, too.
Seriously, the soaps and lotions at BBW are addictive. It really can brighten a day to wash your hands in a great scent. The smell of clean sheets makes me really happy. I love getting into a freshly made/cleaned bed and fall asleep with a smile.
I love love love B&BW soaps! They make me happy too – so does the fancy little metal holder for my B&BW soap. Please tell me you got one of them too.
Mascara makes me happy too. I don’t wear a lot of makeup but I love my black mascara and I love getting different kinds with different shaped wands and seeing what they do. Stupid maybe, but it makes me happy!
Ok, it’s a cheapo Pinterest idea, but I did see where you can use just a little of the soap and the rest water like SarahW said, and put it in one of those foaming soap dispensers and it works like a charm. I actually did make some liquid hand soap from bar soap, and let me tell you… it’s not the same. Buy the good-smelling soap.