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I really need to tidy the bathroom cupboard!

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Katek Tue 10-Oct-17 23:21:08

I narrowly missed spraying deodorant on my head and dry shampoo under my arms this morning! Spotted my mistake at the last moment. Could have been worse-there's an air freshener in there as well. Time for some rearrangement methinks.

NannySparkle Thu 12-Oct-17 16:24:35

My friend put hair remover on her hair thinking it was mousse. She recognised the smell as she blow dried and managed to wash it off before any real damage was done but said it got rid of her split ends lol

Christinefrance Thu 12-Oct-17 17:04:17

I'm likegillybob nothing better than a good clean out. I love filling my black bag with rubbish and outdated stuff and seeing a neat tidy space when I have finished. Trouble is I have done all my cupboards so need to find something else. My husband has banned me from his barn/man cave.

Legs55 Thu 12-Oct-17 17:58:23

I do need to sort out my make-up drawer, just far too many nail varnish bottlesgrin

I haven't a lot of storage space so everything has too be ordered.

Wet room so no Bathroom cupboard but a rack under sink which is open so everything is on view, no hoarding there

Maimeo Thu 12-Oct-17 18:04:50

Cleared out my "medicine press" last week, found so many out of date tabs and lotions but I now have a sensible amount of basics. Trouble is, what do I do with them? Not supposed to put them in bins I don't think....

Cherrytree59 Thu 12-Oct-17 18:31:32

Some chemists will take old medicines that need to be destroyed.

My late DF's meds were handed in to our local pharmacy.

phoenix Thu 12-Oct-17 19:08:11

I had a near miss a while back, squirted Savlon ointment onto my toothbrush, in my defence, both tubes were on the shelf, and I didn't have my glasses on............blush

Saggi Fri 13-Oct-17 06:33:18

Loopy loo
Read a small great book called 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying' by Marie Kondo. I got stuck into it on the bus the other day and was so engrossed I missed my stop and had to walk quarter mile back! It's eye-opening ....it actually will change your life ( if you want it changed that is). I'm at the 'categorising' stage at the moment. Apparently trying o tidy one room at a time is disasterous... you get what's called 'rebound'... you must tidy by category!! Read it.

LouLou21 Fri 13-Oct-17 08:43:41

Myym when I was a child my older brother had a very red sunburnt back and my mother bless her applied a good amount of cooltan only to find it was deep heat both came in a red and white tube. He didn’t half yell!

Riverwalk Fri 13-Oct-17 09:46:14

I've just done mine! <smug expression>

It's a not very deep wall-mounted mirrored cabinet, not an under basin jobby, so only took about 15 minutes to chuck, sort and wipe shelves. I also cleaned the dirt and dust on the top - can't remember if that's been done before blush

I'm in all day awaiting a delivery so might also mop the floors!

farmgran Fri 13-Oct-17 10:09:29

My DD who is usually really untidy folded all the clothes the Marie Kondo way, all the children's clothes and hers and his are all in neat little rows standing up like soldiers. She's managed to maintain it which is more than I can say, mine lasted for about a month and I'm afraid I've gone back to just shoving things in!

Grannyguitar Fri 13-Oct-17 19:18:08

Mymm, a male friend of mine forgot to wash his hands in between applying 'Deep Heat' and having a pee. He spent the next hour dangling his crown jewels in a sink full of water!

maddy629 Sat 14-Oct-17 06:57:42

Katek or is it time for glasses? Sorry, I couldn't resist it. wink

NanKate Sat 14-Oct-17 07:52:52

My intention was to have a dose of Kaolin and Morphine for an upset stomach when in fact I took some Calamine Lotion mixed with water shock I'm still here so obviously I didn't do myself much harm.

Maggiemaybe Sat 14-Oct-17 07:55:49

No cabinet here. Two long pine shelves so everything's on display, apart from the ton of extra stuff in the airing cupboard, whose doors only shut when shoved firmly to with both hands and a knee). The trouble is, I buy way too much - my favourites when they're on offer, products my DDs recommend - and at the other end of the scale I can't abide waste, so don't throw any of those containers out till they're empty (and I mean cut in half and scraped out empty). That airing cupboard's on my to do list for today, though tbh it's been on my to do list for many weeks now.

loopyloo Sat 14-Oct-17 08:10:51

The thing is I have read Marie Kondo and I have a list of what to gather together first . Just haven't done it.

Hence am now tackling a little bit at a time.

Only have M K on Kindle. Perhaps I should get the actual book.

Did put my DHs ear drops in my eyes once. Must clear out the fridge door shelf!