A somewhat random question?

[peaceful_sands]

What are other people counting with regard to toiletries?

I was inclined to just ignore the normal run of the mill toiletries eg soap, toothpaste, deodarant etc, but then I realized I had a cupboard full (slight exaggeration but it was a well packed shelf!) of toiletries that people had given me as presents - gift sets of bath oils, shower gels, moisturising creams etc etc. If I've given them away intact and unused I've counted them as a 1 out. Then I came to a decision to make more of an effort to use some of them up, so when I get to the bottom and it's ready to go out, would you count it or not, if it were you?

Comments

[erika]

If you're purposefully using it up, I would count it.

[foxfirefey]

I think it counts IF you count getting more toiletries as 1 in.

If you count it going out as empty, you should count getting any new stuff, too. That keeps the balance.

If you don't count any new stuff in (because it's a consumable), then don't count it going out!

[beachlass]

What will keep you motivated to get rid of them?

[whiskeynkisses]

I'm counting them. I think it gives me the motivation not to buy any more and an excuse to pamper myself more often - I have loads of facemasks, body scrubs, and bubble baths to use up.

[sofiaviolet]

As someone who was kind of addicted to buying nice-smelling things for several years, I am counting:

* cosmetics and toiletries I throw out when I stumble upon them (expired/old/gross, things I know I'll never use)
* things which leave behind an object such as a bottle once they're used up

But I'm not counting things which are entirely consumable, like bars of soap, provided that they go away through actual use and not through me pitching them. I find them harder to track.