Happy Friday, y'all! Everyone have an enlightened day at home where we used this free time to better ourselves by doing workout videos, reading self-improvement books, & teaching spelling and math lessons to our darling children? Yeah me neither.
I did manage to accomplish a few things: cleaned a dirty glass shower door, dusted my stair railings (with - gasp! - Olivia's help...she actually did it without complaining), & cleaned up dog droppings in the backyard. We did leave the house to drive to the library to attempt to return overdue books but even the drop-off box was closed, but bonus for me - no late fees this month! Yay! (Note: the very first time I borrowed books from our local library I incurred $9 in late fees. And that was only for like 4 books. Returning things on time is not my one of my best attributes.)
One positive thing that happened today is that I realized I have a new favorite household product that I wanted to tell you all about. It actually used to be a product I hated but in our current state of affairs, it has now become one of my faves. Any guesses as to what it is?
Scott 1000 single-ply toilet paper.
One of my weaknesses when shopping (which I love to do; see previous posts) is a BOGO deal. Or, as Target cleverly does, a "Buy 2-4 products of a certain brand, get a $5-$10 gift card to Target FREE!" deal. I fall for this EVERY TIME. Me: "Well, I certainly will always use Kleenex/toilet paper/laundry detergent/candles/insert any other item...and they'll never go bad...so yeah, I might as well buy 17 of them now so I can get a measly $5 gift card that I will later forget I have! I am so smart!" So naturally when I saw this very same deal on Scott 1000 toilet paper several months ago I had to take advantage. I threw 2 packs of 15 rolls into my cart (without really reading anything else on the package) and went along my merry way.
Fast forward a couple of weeks to when we started actually using it. Daughter: "Mom! This toilet paper is crappy!" (pun intended...she's got a good sense of humor) Husband: "This is the cheapest toilet paper ever known to mankind. Please don't ever buy it again." Yes, folks, it is single ply. And there are 1000 squares of it on every roll. You know what that means? It lasts FOREVER.
A month ago my in laws came to visit, and while I put the "good" Cottonelle TP in their guest bathroom, I had to put the Scott 1000 in the only bathroom we have on our main level. This toilet paper is so thin that I actually apologized for it to them. "I'm so sorry for the TP downstairs guys...it is the WORST! I bought it because it was on sale, but never again!"
I'm pretty sure that wherever you are while you're reading this right now there is a toilet paper shortage. I still have almost a full pack of my Scott 1000, plus a small bundle of another brand...and I kind of feel like I've won the lottery. Yes, we are going to be in our home more than usual for the next several weeks/months/please-God-not-years, but I still think that even if we can't find any toilet paper in the stores for a while (and Pat decides it's not worth risking getting fired to "borrow" some from Frito-Lay), we'll be ok. Because I swear this stuff multiplies overnight.
So Scott 1000 officially has my business now even after the hoarders stop buying out every single roll of TP and I have my pick of softer stuff. My SIL texted me when the TP shortage first began and said, "I bet you're glad you have that cheap toilet paper now!" Yes. Yes I am.
I did manage to accomplish a few things: cleaned a dirty glass shower door, dusted my stair railings (with - gasp! - Olivia's help...she actually did it without complaining), & cleaned up dog droppings in the backyard. We did leave the house to drive to the library to attempt to return overdue books but even the drop-off box was closed, but bonus for me - no late fees this month! Yay! (Note: the very first time I borrowed books from our local library I incurred $9 in late fees. And that was only for like 4 books. Returning things on time is not my one of my best attributes.)
One positive thing that happened today is that I realized I have a new favorite household product that I wanted to tell you all about. It actually used to be a product I hated but in our current state of affairs, it has now become one of my faves. Any guesses as to what it is?
Scott 1000 single-ply toilet paper.
One of my weaknesses when shopping (which I love to do; see previous posts) is a BOGO deal. Or, as Target cleverly does, a "Buy 2-4 products of a certain brand, get a $5-$10 gift card to Target FREE!" deal. I fall for this EVERY TIME. Me: "Well, I certainly will always use Kleenex/toilet paper/laundry detergent/candles/insert any other item...and they'll never go bad...so yeah, I might as well buy 17 of them now so I can get a measly $5 gift card that I will later forget I have! I am so smart!" So naturally when I saw this very same deal on Scott 1000 toilet paper several months ago I had to take advantage. I threw 2 packs of 15 rolls into my cart (without really reading anything else on the package) and went along my merry way.
Fast forward a couple of weeks to when we started actually using it. Daughter: "Mom! This toilet paper is crappy!" (pun intended...she's got a good sense of humor) Husband: "This is the cheapest toilet paper ever known to mankind. Please don't ever buy it again." Yes, folks, it is single ply. And there are 1000 squares of it on every roll. You know what that means? It lasts FOREVER.
A month ago my in laws came to visit, and while I put the "good" Cottonelle TP in their guest bathroom, I had to put the Scott 1000 in the only bathroom we have on our main level. This toilet paper is so thin that I actually apologized for it to them. "I'm so sorry for the TP downstairs guys...it is the WORST! I bought it because it was on sale, but never again!"
I'm pretty sure that wherever you are while you're reading this right now there is a toilet paper shortage. I still have almost a full pack of my Scott 1000, plus a small bundle of another brand...and I kind of feel like I've won the lottery. Yes, we are going to be in our home more than usual for the next several weeks/months/please-God-not-years, but I still think that even if we can't find any toilet paper in the stores for a while (and Pat decides it's not worth risking getting fired to "borrow" some from Frito-Lay), we'll be ok. Because I swear this stuff multiplies overnight.
So Scott 1000 officially has my business now even after the hoarders stop buying out every single roll of TP and I have my pick of softer stuff. My SIL texted me when the TP shortage first began and said, "I bet you're glad you have that cheap toilet paper now!" Yes. Yes I am.
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