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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

What do you do with....

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? Use them. It's still soap.
Bubble wrap? Pop it, silly.
Tissue from gifts? Stuff purses with it while storing them.
That one sock? Dust rag.
The end pieces of bread? Eat it. It's still bread.
The extra button on new shirts? Button box. I save ALL buttons and will actually buy them at garage sales. I have a button problem.

msrock · Guru

Throw them in the garbage!

weltschmerz · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap?
Bubble wrap?
Tissue from gifts?
That one sock?
The end pieces of bread?
The extra button on new shirts?

Toss

Recycle

Use it for cleaning

Feed the birds

Toss

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? Use them. It's still soap.
Bubble wrap? Pop it, silly.
Tissue from gifts? Stuff purses with it while storing them.
That one sock? Dust rag.
The end pieces of bread? Eat it. It's still bread.
The extra button on new shirts? Button box. I save ALL buttons and will actually buy them at garage sales. I have a button problem.

Have you seen the button bouquets?

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ed11563 · Guru

Leave the extra button sewn to the shirt.

Toss everything else.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

lilyofcourse wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? Use them. It's still soap.
Bubble wrap? Pop it, silly.
Tissue from gifts? Stuff purses with it while storing them.
That one sock? Dust rag.
The end pieces of bread? Eat it. It's still bread.
The extra button on new shirts? Button box. I save ALL buttons and will actually buy them at garage sales. I have a button problem.

Have you seen the button bouquets?

That is very pretty. I like the button art, too.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Me, too.

Divine Geek · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? ........I don't use bar soap.
Bubble wrap? ...........save some for future packages, toss the rest
Tissue from gifts? ...........fire place
That one sock? ..........majority of my socks are white athletic socks from multi packs, I wouldn't notice if one is missing
The end pieces of bread? ..........eat it, or feed it to the birds
The extra button on new shirts? ...........keep them in a drawer. Why, don't know, I have never used any of them

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Spectacular Rainbow Button Art by Karen Hurley - My Modern Metropolis:

Personalized Letter Button Art:

Button art craft Eiffel tower Paris black an white:

I'm going to have to make the eiffel tower one for Jojo! I need all buttons!!!!!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Those are cute.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Tell me, does no one match socks anymore?

Caitlyn never wears matching socks.

None of her friends or cousins do either.

She'll take her shoes off and have one with hearts and one with pigs on.

Renegade Time Lord · Member

Those little slivers of soap? Throw them away

Bubble wrap? Re-use them when mailing things

Tissue from gifts? Re-use them when giving gifts

That one sock? Keep it, will come in handy the next time I lose one of a pair

The end pieces of bread? Eat them

The extra button on new shirts? Leave them attached so when I need them I know where they are

Divine Geek · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Tell me, does no one match socks anymore?

Caitlyn never wears matching socks.

None of her friends or cousins do either.

She'll take her shoes off and have one with hearts and one with pigs on.

I wear matching socks. But, I'm usually wearing either boots or sneakers. I wear plain white athletic socks with both, so that's what I have the most of.

chef · Guru

Those little slivers of soap? We don't use bar soap.

Bubble wrap? POP IT!!!! POPPITY POP POP POP!!!!

Tissue from gifts? Save it.

That one sock? Depends. If could be a mate to other socks, keep it. If not, toss it.

The end pieces of bread? Toss.

The extra button on new shirts? Put it somewhere.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Those little slivers of soap? Grate them, put them in a pump dispenser; add hot water & let soak about 2 days. Voila! Free liquid soap!

karl271 · Guru

This post reminded me I have to put a new bar of soap in the bathroom.....

-- Edited by karl271 on Tuesday 9th of February 2016 10:42:53 PM

WYSIWYG · Guru

Those little slivers of soap?
Use them

Bubble wrap?
Pop them, then throw them away

Tissue from gifts?
Throw it away with the other (now useless) trash

That one sock?
keep it for when another one loses it's mate

The end pieces of bread?
Eat them

The extra button on new shirts?
Leave it there until needed (if it ever is). Otherwise I would surely misplace it.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

karl271 wrote:
This post reminded me I have to put a new bar of soap in the bathroom.....

-- Edited by karl271 on Tuesday 9th of February 2016 10:42:53 PM

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap?
Don't use bar soap
Bubble wrap?
Pop it
Tissue from gifts?
Reuse
That one sock?
Use it for dusting
The end pieces of bread?
Eat it
The extra button on new shirts?
Jewelry box

FNW · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? I use liquid or foam soap.
Bubble wrap? Let the boys pop the bubbles.
Tissue from gifts? If it's still nice, I flatten and re-use.
That one sock? throw away.
The end pieces of bread? Feed to the birds.
The extra button on new shirts? Put them in my sewing basket.

TrudyML · Guru

FNW wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? I use liquid or foam soap.
Bubble wrap? Let the boys pop the bubbles.
Tissue from gifts? If it's still nice, I flatten and re-use.
That one sock? throw away.
The end pieces of bread? Feed to the birds.
The extra button on new shirts? Put them in my sewing basket.

Whoa, whoa wait a minute! Does that say sewing basket?????

FNW · Guru

Yes, yes. When I was in my 20's I had a boss who gave me one for Christmas. It's pretty dusty up in there in closet. LOL

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I have to admit that I did throw away a bunch of socks recently. Well...DH did. I spent HOURS matching socks and there were still so many left over. I told my DH if they just disappeared I would ask no questions, but that I couldn't just throw them away. They disappeared. It was liberating.

TrudyML · Guru

FNW wrote:
Yes, yes. When I was in my 20's I had a boss who gave me one for Christmas. It's pretty dusty up in there in closet. LOL

You crack me up!

FNW · Guru

I threw away one of my single socks only to discover the missing one hiding in bed casing when I took it off to wash it.

Ohfour · Hooker

This thread made me laugh...

I lost a footie sock years ago. It's mate kept being tossed back into the laundry basket. G got tired of washing it, so he hid it somewhere for me to find at a later date. So I did it back. You never know when or where the sock will show up...wrapped around a can of coke at the very bottom of the pack...on a showerhead, so the water doesn't flow correctly. In his tackle box. Rolled into a pair of matching socks...

This has been going on for YEARS.

When he went to Brazil, I had one of the guys take it with them. It was left at the front desk with "Confidential for guest G" written on it.
He had to explain to the desk girls what was going on...:)

The bar has been raised...:)

jlbear71 · Guru

1. Don't know since I use liquid soap at the sink and body wash in the shower. I think that DH just presses it into the new bar.
2. Pop some and save the rest for when I ship packages
3. Save some for shipping and recycle the rest
4. Never lost only one sock. But it would turn into a cleaning rag.
5. Depends on the bread. Sandwich loaf ends I feed to the outisde critters, DH will eat it. Italian loaf, DH and I fight over the heel.
6. Button end up in a pile on the dryer and then thrown out later on. DH keeps them attached to his dress shirts.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

That's funny.

We did something like that with my nieces little rubber monkey.

She left it in my car.

I started taking pictures of it in different places and sending them to her.

It went to the beach with us.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap?
Press several of them together when wet to make a bigger clump and use it.
Bubble wrap?
Pop it!!
Tissue from gifts?
Save and reuse.
That one sock?
In the lost sock basket.
The end pieces of bread?
Nom.
The extra button on new shirts?
Generally just leave it.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Those little slivers of soap? Toss

Bubble wrap? Save for the grand's to pop.

Tissue from gifts? Reuse

That one sock? Save for a few weeks until I'm sure I will never find it's match.

The end pieces of bread? Make bread pudding!!!

The extra button on new shirts? Button jar. :)

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap? use them
Bubble wrap? save
Tissue from gifts? save
That one sock? use for dusting
The end pieces of bread? toss
The extra button on new shirts? leave it on the shirt

Riding · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
Tell me, does no one match socks anymore?

Caitlyn never wears matching socks.

None of her friends or cousins do either.

She'll take her shoes off and have one with hearts and one with pigs on.

they even sell packs of socks with 6 or 8 socks, and all are totally different designs. When my girls were younger they wore those or purposely mismatched. Now DD 1 is almost 21 and works in a bank. So matches LOL

DD 2 is 18, and she wears mismatched cause that is all she can usually find. No more fashion statements from her on this issue

My boys all had unique socks but all the same per kid DS 1 wore short white socks, DS 2 work black or dark Gray crew socks and DS 3 wore white crew socks, so it was easy to keep track of whose were whose and they always had matches

-- Edited by Riding on Wednesday 10th of February 2016 01:23:31 PM

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Those little slivers of soap?     We use liquid soap.
Bubble wrap?       Protect my plants from bad cats digging out the mulch. LOL!
Tissue from gifts?   Sometimes I save it, sometimes I toss it.
That one sock?       Toss.
The end pieces of bread? Feed the birds.
The extra button on new shirts? Save, in my junk drawer. I should put them in my sewing box, but, I never do.

huskerbb · Guru

Why wouldn't anyone use the soap? If you get both the new bar and the sliver wet, and then put them together, they will stick.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

huskerbb wrote:
Why wouldn't anyone use the soap? If you get both the new bar and the sliver wet, and then put them together, they will stick.

I hate bar soap, but yeah, they do stick together.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Riding wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Tell me, does no one match socks anymore?

Caitlyn never wears matching socks.

None of her friends or cousins do either.

She'll take her shoes off and have one with hearts and one with pigs on.

they even sell packs of socks with 6 or 8 socks, and all are totally different designs. When my girls were younger they wore those or purposely mismatched. Now DD 1 is almost 21 and works in a bank. So matches LOL
DD 2 is 18, and she wears mismatched cause that is all she can usually find. No more fashion statements from her on this issue
My boys all had unique socks but all the same per kid DS 1 wore short white socks, DS 2 work black or dark Gray crew socks and DS 3 wore white crew socks, so it was easy to keep track of whose were whose and they always had matches

-- Edited by Riding on Wednesday 10th of February 2016 01:23:31 PM

Caitlyn is either wearing boots or tennis shoes through the week. So no one really sees her socks unless she takes them off.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

huskerbb wrote:
Why wouldn't anyone use the soap? If you get both the new bar and the sliver wet, and then put them together, they will stick.

Yeah.

But sometimes, they dont.

FNW · Guru

#2 still likes to wear mismatched socks. #1 wears white socks. Only certain ones that are so old they are thin. I told him they are going to fall apart soon and he'll have to find new, thick socks to wear.

ed11563 · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
Why wouldn't anyone use the soap? If you get both the new bar and the sliver wet, and then put them together, they will stick.
Yeah.
But sometimes, they dont.

I think the cost of that sliver of soap is way less than 1 cent. How much work do you want to put into saving less than 1 cent? Not worth my time.

I buy Dove Sensitive Skin bars at Costco. The last time was a package of (I think) 15 bars for $14. About 4 years ago.

Still have at least half of them.

huskerbb · Guru

It's not work. Just stick one to the back of the other. I've never had them come apart.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

ed11563 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
Why wouldn't anyone use the soap? If you get both the new bar and the sliver wet, and then put them together, they will stick.
Yeah.
But sometimes, they dont.

I think the cost of that sliver of soap is way less than 1 cent. How much work do you want to put into saving less than 1 cent? Not worth my time.
I buy Dove Sensitive Skin bars at Costco. The last time was a package of (I think) 15 bars for $14. About 4 years ago.
Still have at least half of them.

I guess I don't understand this. Why is it better to take the effort to take it from the shower to the trash? Sticking it on a new bar seems like LESS work.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

FNW wrote:
#2 still likes to wear mismatched socks. #1 wears white socks. Only certain ones that are so old they are thin. I told him they are going to fall apart soon and he'll have to find new, thick socks to wear.

I haven't worn socks in over 2 years.

Can't put them on.

Aaron doesn't wear socks either unless it's with his dress shoes.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Lawyerlady wrote:
ed11563 wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
Why wouldn't anyone use the soap? If you get both the new bar and the sliver wet, and then put them together, they will stick.
Yeah.
But sometimes, they dont.

I think the cost of that sliver of soap is way less than 1 cent. How much work do you want to put into saving less than 1 cent? Not worth my time.
I buy Dove Sensitive Skin bars at Costco. The last time was a package of (I think) 15 bars for $14. About 4 years ago.
Still have at least half of them.
I guess I don't understand this. Why is it better to take the effort to take it from the shower to the trash? Sticking it on a new bar seems like LESS work.

Am I the only one that has a bunch of different colored soap and saves the ends to stick into a clump? I like to have a few different colors to make a fun bar.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I have several right now.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I can't remember the last time I owned a bar of soap. I don't like bar soap at all.

weltschmerz · Guru

I don't save slivers of soap. I love luxurious bathing in my antique claw-foot tub.
Sometimes, my orchid soap is down to a scrap and I look forward to my new bar of pear and vanilla soap. Or goat's milk and cherry blossom soap.
I don't want to "contaminate" it with orchid scent.
Does that make any sense?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

We have skin issues and allergies to deal with.

Caitlyn has eczema, nothing with alcohol in it for her. She uses Ivory.

Jesse reacts to glycerin in large amounts, so we have your make sure that is not in the first 4 ingredients.

Aaron will get stuffy if he uses anything with a lot of fragrance.

The liquid soap or bathwash makes things too slippery for me.

So we all have different soaps.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I like Dove soap.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

When DD was small her eczema was terrible and we used Cetaphil bar soap for her. But she only uses their cleanser now in her face and it's a liquid pump.