I attended a way fun holiday party last night with an unusual twist:
The hosts used only napkins, cups and plates that could be placed directly into the compost – very smart, very green.
Unfortunately, paper products of that ilk aren’t green…or any color, for that matter. Composting means they can’t contain dyes. So the party ware was of the decidedly winter white variety.
It was worth it.
But if you prefer color in your paper products, get a load of these! Toilet paper, paper towels, napkins and tissues by Renova in the brightest of the brights!
I love these vibrant, saturated tones. The toilet paper pictured here is made of 100% virgin pulp, is very soft and absorbent, and is tested under “dermatological and gynaecological control.”
Ya gotta admit, it looks pretty cool. And it’s also available in black, green, orange, and purple.
White Christmas? Not necessarily. (Can’t wait to see Nana’s face…)
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But last night I learned that the eerily similar Hydrox sandwich cookie is 104 years old.
Smelly cat
As society and technologies advance, some practices become archaic.
So why are people still bathing in cologne and perfume?
So as a rule — and again, I’m generalizing here — men and women in the US are pretty darn clean.
So why the need to surround yourself in a cloud of cloying cologne? When you walk down the sidewalk, it’s practically visible. Passersby choke on it. Folks who hug you are left unwilling wearers of it.
And let’s not even discuss your elevator assassinations.
Perfumes were initially reserved for burial rituals, then became popular as a way to cover the stench of the great unwashed. We are no longer — as a rule — the great unwashed. A little goes a really long way.
Think before you spray.
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