Sunday, August 23, 2009

toothpaste

All this past week, when brushing my teeth, I noticed that my toothpaste was very low and made a mental note to stop and get some on my way home from work. Despite there being a CVS both next to my office and next to the metro stop I get on/off at, each night, I forgot, of course. Yesterday I went grocery shopping and remembered that I needed it (I don't make grocery lists) and saw that a two-pack of Crest was on sale.

Sidenote- when did deciding on toothpaste become so complicated? Seriously, there are WAY too many choices out there!

I was putting groceries away and then brought the toothpaste into the bathroom to put away in the bottom drawer where supplies live and realized that there were already five tubes of toothpaste living there.

Apparently I bought it on sale last time too.

Note to self: you have enough toothpaste to last through 2013.

Note to you: if I happen to mention that I need toothpaste, remind me to look in my bottom drawer first.

8 comments:

Preppy Pink Crocodile said...

This so happened to me too last month! I have more toothpaste than I know what to do with now. Both regular size and travel.

Jill said...

Ha Ha... love this story. I guess it's better to have too much than not enough.

Rachel H. said...

That is too funny and something we do all the time, especially with shampoo, because we buy it from Sam's Club, so we always have a ton, then put the rest away and forget about it. Ha-Ha!

Mandy said...

Oh yeah, I love finding little "treasures" like that. It happens at least once every two months. I forgot that I hid toilet paper or jars of spaghetti in a different cupboard and now I have twelve of them! :-P

Every time you turn around, there is a "New and Improved" kind of toothpaste or mouthwash by the way. I'm sorry to report that my husband has fallen trap to the marketing schemes of the "Pre-brush" mouthwash and the "after-wash" mouthwash. So, now we have TWO! WTH~ I hardly even have time to floss much less rinse before and after! :-(

Jennifer said...

I am the exact same way! I always buy my toothpaste in the 2 packs and then when I run out and buy more, I find some sitting in the back of the drawer.

Kelsey @ Seattle Smith's said...

I have learned that I need to make a list because I buy the things I don't need and forget the necessary items!!

Katelin said...

haha matt did that too with shower gel, it was pretty funny.

Barefoot in the Park said...

i know how you feel! since i am a coupon nut, i usually buy when my grocery store runs triple coupons. i have many tubes under the sink just waiting for me!