Even the trash smells good today

I am a shampoo and soap freakaholic.  I check out the new sections every time I go to the store, and you all KNOW I'm in the store more than a few times a week.  God help me if I'm in the mall and there is an Aveda nearby, or The Body Shop.  Drop me off, pick me up in a few hours, ok?

I'm seriously an addict.  And I really should stop.  I mean, how many types of shampoo can one girl buy, anyway?  I've passed the addiction on to my daughters, all of whom have bottles of shampoos, conditioners, body washes and such strewn all over the bathroom.  With four girls in one bathroom, you KNOW what kind of a mess this can make.

I still can't stop though, and today was no better.  I stopped at the store to grab whole wheat bread, natural peanut butter, strawberries and blueberries - $3.50 a container, hellooooo? - and walked past the endcap. Hmm, Baby Einstein shampoo and body wash?  My littles love the Baby Einstein stuff, even though we don't watch the movies any more, and so I thought I might pick them up a bottle.  I twisted the top and sniffed - nice, but nothing special.  Moving down the row, I sniffed the lavender and oatmeal line, the mango shampoo, and the cherry splash body wash.  All nice, but nothing spectacular.  Hey, there's a new one here that I've never seen before, and the label says "detangling, for fine hair".  It's Johnson and Johnsons, let's pick it up and smell it, I remember thinking.

I popped the top and sniffed.  Nothing.  In a move of what I can only imagine you could classify as sheer stupidity, I then SQUEEZED the bottle - to make the scent waft out.  Instead, I shot a glob of (really nice smelling) shampoo halfway up my left nostril.  I panicked and tried to wipe it off, and succeeded in smearing it all over my face.  Then the stupids REALLY hit, because I BLEW air out of my nose, which made the shampoo bubble, as if my nose was chowing down on some great Hubba Bubba.  I heard a chuckle, and saw another shopper out of the corner of my eye, trying very hard not to meet my glance.

I wiped my face as best I could with my shirt and, carrying my dignity in my hands, made my way to the register and paid for my groceries.  When I walked out of the store, I noticed that everything smelled fresh and clean, like flowers on a bender. Even the overflowing garbage can, ripe with banana peels and coffee cups, was no match for my nose today. 

Riley's hair smells pretty good tonight, too, but there's no way I'm sniffing the shampoo again.

Comments

[meritt]

I'm laughing WITH you NOT at you... because I'd been there and done that too.

And you are right... things do smell better afterwards.

(I'm glad I'm not the only one with globs of goo up my nose from my sniffing habit!)

[Photography for Fun]

Oh my gosh! You made me laugh out loud. This is too funny. I'm sorry, but it is funny and I'm picturing it all and that poor woman who witnessed it...she must have been in hysterics by the time she left the store. I imagine you made her day. :)

[Brandy]

Okay, I'm sorry but I'm sitting here laughing like a loon! Because, Hi, I've done this! And hey, at least the trash smelled nice. *g*

[5KidMom]

This is laugh out loud funny!! That poor shopper that was innocently sharing the aisle with you. She probably has a hernia now from trying to hold in her guffaws of laughter. 8^)

If you had to sniff something UP YOUR NOSE, at least it was something with a pleasant smell. Can you imagine how awful it would be to go through the day with some nasty smell in your nose? Yuck!!

[Izzy]

Oh man, thanks for the chuckle! It was extra funny to me because I am forever opening up shampoos, conditioners, lotions, deodorants etc. to see how they smell before I commit to buying them. I never got anything up my nostril but definitely on the end of my nose.

As my daughter would say... WE'RE LIKE TWINS!!!

[theotherbear]

Haha - I have also done this, but I also squeezed it all over my white shirt, and it was a bright purple colour shower gel. I got funny looks all the way to the car and I pretended not to notice. At least yours smelt good, the one I snorted smelled dreadful. For hours!
I agree with the rest - you should expect to see a blog post from some other lady saying "You'll never GUESS what I saw at the shops today, a lady snorted shampoo!"

[Karen Patrick]

I've done this with a bottle of Lever 2000 liquid. It doesn't come out b/c of the special valve, so you squeeze harder and then poof...there it is! :)

Great story!!!

[tracey]

Oh man. Thanks, I needed that giggle!

[Brenda]

I didn't know I was capable of laughing out loud this morning. I feel so much better now. Thanks!!

[Mama Bear]

Oh Geez! I do that, too! And the poor lady in the aisle with you, I've been her too, but couldn't hold in the giggling. Luckily the gal in the aisle with me wasn't offended, but instead laughed right along with me. I was reading your blog with Miss 9 in the kitchen and she kept saying "what? what? what is so funny?" So I guess I need to thank you for the morning laugh. Too funny!

[Sarah]

HAHAHAH!
I actually SNORTED when I read that. I have been there, done that, and was so embarassed that I almost cried.

[Kristi]

Aveda is wonderful but to be honest Tigi's Moisture Maniac is the BEST!

All of my lotions and soaps are lavender scented but for some reason I'm really stuck right now on Dove calming night wash. It smells SO good that I've set my Baath & Body stuff aside.

[Joanne]

Oh my, that was hilarious! I've done silly things like that too, although I don't recall making bubbles with my nose.

[shel]

You are hilarious! That sounds like something I would do, so I can definitely relate.

[wookie]

I've done the same thing, but with Zest citrus body-wash.

My only way to curb my spending on my scent addiction is to promise NOT to buy any more until I've finished up what I have.

[problem girl]

I'm just gald I'm not the only person who's ever done this.

[crunchy]

thank you for being brave enough to share that..