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Yes, You Can Buy Used Shoes…

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You just have to clean them up…and I suggest you do.  Once upon a time, I wouldn’t even consider buying previously owned shoes, because I feared the dreaded athlete’s foot.  I needed a pair of sandals for a Halloween costume and went into a thrift store that happened to have the perfect pair in my size!  I wear a 5.5, so this is NOT an easy feat.  I wore them all night at the country western bar party, and sure enough, I got athlete’s foot.  It’s gross  to have it anyway, but to think I got it from some grimy idiot that had peeling feet and still thought it was a good idea to donate her old shoes. *shudder*  Many, many more years went by (at least 10) before I got smart enough to buy them anyway and then disinfect.  Duh.

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I do it one of two ways: with rubbing alcohol or Lysol.  I prefer rubbing alcohol, because even though I like the smell of Lysol, I don’t really care to walk around with my shoes smelling like it.

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I picked these gold wedges up from AmVets for 50% off the ticketed price, so these were $6.50.  It looks like they’ve been worn 0-1 times.  Not too shabby for next to brand new shoes.  I chose rubbing alcohol for this simple job.

DSC08318-002If a shoe has a slick insole area, then I douse a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and rub it over all areas that will be touching my hind paws.

DSC08319-001I use the Lysol for shoes that do not have a slick inside.  Sneakers, for example, will work much better with a spray on disinfectant.

That’s all there is to it…so what’s stopping you now?

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Good ‘Til the Last Drop

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No, I’m not talking about coffee here.  I don’t need drugs to get me through the day. I’ve got a natural high (or I just tough it out).  I’m talking about buckypaste, or better known as toothpaste.

This is a photo of my and Mr Beaverelli’s toothpaste.  Our vanity consists of 2 sinks, so each side is stocked with our own personals.  I’ll give you one guess on which tube belongs to whom.

DSC08200-001 You guessed it, the neat one on the left is the Mister’s.  Not what you expected?!  Yeah, I wouldn’t have guessed it either.Beaverelli Tip

It is now time for me to take a tip from him on the waste front…not to mention the tidy front.  I think it’s pretty self explanatory: grab a bobby pin (that is probably already laying at the bottom of a drawer in the bathroom somewhere) and nicely roll up your tube, moving it down as you go.

This is a good representation of just how lazy I am.  It really doesn’t take that much effort to make sure the tip is cleaned off.  In fact, I probably ultimately work harder because I have to twist and turn the tube to get the paste out.

I will try to be more non-wasting next time.

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Trash or Not? Save ALL Those Plastic Bags You Bring Home

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Okay, so yeah, plastic bread bags actually ARE trash when the bread is gone…but they don’t need to be thrown away just yet.

Do you ever have that awful, spoiled food smell in your garbage can in the kitchen?  You don’t notice it at first. You go off to work, then you come home to the lodge smelling like a dumpster?  There aren’t a whole lot worse smells that I can think of.

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I also take the produce bags and save them separately to use for discards when I’m cooking.  We normally try to keep bread from entering our front door because Mr. Beaverelli will go through an entire loaf in a sitting if he isn’t monitored.  His folks were visiting, so we bought some for them and this is what was left in the end.  I filled it up with the Beaverelli’s Healthy Breakfast Cheeseburger Casserole discards, tied it up and threw it away.  No more rotten food sitting in the garbage to make us gag!

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