Defining the project:
Yes folks, I can still buy shampoo and shower gel ……BUT…… first I want to use up every little end-of-bottle and sample bottle I can find – girls you know what I mean. At the age of 32, I have been “making house” for almost ten years, and the stuff that has been collected is frightening. It reminds be of a tide-line of plastic tut that use to wash up on Cornish beaches.
So only until there is no shampoo in the house, may I buy more …… BUT …… one bottle of what I need. No ‘oooh, this looks good’ or ‘that looked good on TV’ or ‘my girlfriend swears by this stuff’. This applies to shampoo, conditioner and shower gel. I will also need hand cream, as my knuckles swell and crack since my pregnancy. But that is it. No trips to ‘Lush’ or any other shop, no matter how ethical their products.
I went into the roof to hunt for something that I thought I could use. My Gods! What a lot of stuff! Surely it is time to re-assess it. Not buying, for us, is about challenging materialism and consumerism, not about hoarding. It is about re-addressing our relationship to stuff. I guess those good folks at Freecycle are about to be gifted with many a treat from the attic and shed!
- Tammy
