My Very Own Soap Opera
Just got back from a great getaway with a group of a dozen gal pals. We had a blast; it was kinda like being in a college dorm again, but without all that annoying studying and all those pesky tests. Plus the beds were way more comfy and I didn’t have to worry about being sex-iled.
Anyhoo, my mini-vacay also allowed me to indulge in yet another of my secret-no-more guilty pleasures: fancy hotel soap. I read a long time ago that hotels really want you to take their mini-sized toiletries home with you. So, I do. (Others may rate a hotel by the food or the ambiance; I rate a hotel by how much I want to take a partially used bar of soap home from it.)
My soap indulgence started when I was treated to a getaway at a fancy schmancy spa in New England. I LOVED its yummy oatmeal “cleansing bar” – that’s soap to you and me – and tried to buy some to take home but they didn’t have any for sale. Since then, I’ve gotten into the habit of taking the really good soaps (Occitane, yes; Dial, no) back home in a Ziplock bag I pack expressly for this purpose. I like to think of it as being ecologically-friendly, and not plain old cheap. And when I use the soap back home, it makes me feel like I’m back on vacation for those precious few minutes.
So what’s your cheap but satisfying secret guilty indulgence?
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When I went to Disney World, I found an abandoned housekeeping cart in the hotel and swiped a bunch of Mickey Mouse soaps as souvenirs for all my friends. One of those friends went back with me a few years later. At first she called me cheap, but when she saw the prices in the gift shop, all of our friends got a fresh batch of Mickey soaps as mementos of our trip.
I hate soap. But like marissa I always find the house keeping cart and swipe loads of lotion. I also hide all the new stuff they bring each day cos if they see its not open you dont get new ones, how cheap is that?
Um, Cassie, count me in on that one, too. Guilty! I thought I was the only one who did that. Thanks for reading and writing. Cheers, Laurie
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