They say you can learn a lot about a person from the contents of their medicine cabinet.

Erin asks, “what is in your bathroom cabinet???”

Based on the presence of three whole question marks, I get the feeling she really wants to know. And based on the contents of my bathroom cabinet, I also get the feeling that it’s not going to be nearly as exciting as she thinks it is.

Here’s the outside of the little medicine cabinet in our little purple (with green streaks in one corner) bathroom:

Fancy, right? It’s all mirror-y and stuff. And also the cheap, fake wood veneer-type stuff peeled off of the side when I took the painters tape off. Awesome.

Here is the inside, where we mostly keep things we hardly ever use. (The things we use every day are scattered on the tiny counter area around our little sink and also on the shelf system above the toilet.) (Sometimes stuff falls in the toilet, and then we have to throw it away. That sucks.)

Starting at the top left, we have a small red thing that I don’t know what it is. And I’m too lazy to walk the 10 feet to the bathroom to check. Deal with it. Next to Mystery Red Thing is what we like to call the “Magic Red Stuff.” This is for taking when your stomach really really really really hurts. It almost always makes things all better. Next to that looks like a bottle of cucumber-type soap or bubble bath or something. Then we have some really old women’s one-a-day vitamins. (The vitamins are really old; they’re not for really old women.) I always forget to take them. Which is probably for the best now that they’ve long-since expired. Then we’ve got some aloe gel (which I usually like to keep in the fridge so it’s all cool and soothing when applied to a sun burn), some razors, and some more aloe gel. And a bottle of Bayer.

Moving on to the middle shelf! We have a prescription of one sort or another. And then yet another bottle of aloe gel (why isn’t any of that in the fridge?). Then a face scrubby thingy. A razor, the icy hot that I wanted to make out with and/or bathe in after climbing Pike’s Peak, and a purse-sized packet of kleenex. Because the logical place to keep a purse-sized packet of kleenex is obviously the bathroom cabinet.

Time for the bottom shelf. Ummm…that looks like some of Tim’s old razor refills. And some old cough drops. A couple more prescriptions, of the prescriptive variety. Hiding behind the pill bottles is something that I think is called a butterfly clamp? Butterfly mount? Butterfly something-or-other, anyway. Oh, look! Some one-a-day men’s vitamins. Also really old. Also frequently forgotten by the man who is supposed to take them once a day. (At least we are alike in our vitamin deficiencies.) Then there’s some Afrin no-drip. I made fun of Tim a lot the first time I saw him use it. Then one day I had a stuffy nose and he talked me into trying it out. And, well … I have now seen the light. Never again will I make fun of a man and his magical nasal spray. (But I will make fun of the word “nasal.” Because, come on. Really. “Nasal.”) Next up is some floss. And some hand scrub. And, Oh! Look! My cuticle cream! I love that stuff! My cuticles are always cracking in this dry climate, and the cuticle cream really helps. I should definitely remember to use that stuff more often. Maybe if I took it out of the medicine cabinet and put it with the rest of the every-day stuff, there would be a slight chance of that actually happening. Maybe. Behind the cuticle cream, it looks like there’s some sort of tropical-scented lotion. And thus concludes our journey into the depths of Audrey and Tim’s medicine cabinet.

So, what all have you learned about me after this amazingly insightful glimpse into my bathroom cabinet?

November 13, 2007 | Filed Under NaBloPoMo 07 

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9 Responses to “They say you can learn a lot about a person from the contents of their medicine cabinet.”

  1. Stephen on November 13th, 2007

    I learned that A&T need to clean out their medicine cabinet.

    Is that true learning or am I just factualizing my opinion of the situation?

    Also, I need to try IcyHot and cuticle cream.

  2. Stephanie on November 14th, 2007

    I learned that my over the toilet storage cabinet thingy is my version of your medicine cabinet. Shit I never use and should probably just throw away. I also learned that I am so glad to not be the only one who has a giant botle of one a day vitamins that is probably at least 4 years old.

  3. Anna on November 14th, 2007

    I totally have issues with taking the vitamins as well, but my problem is I keep buying MORE. I think I have six different bottles right now and at least half are expired. Go me.

    Also? Now I’m really interested to see what your “every-day” stuff looks like.

  4. Laurel on November 14th, 2007

    You must be a paled skin wonder with all that aloe! It’s great in the fridge, though.

    Also! I keep my cuticle cream next to my bed and it really helps me remember to use it.

  5. Stacey on November 14th, 2007

    Icy-Hot is my hero. Seriously.

  6. the real jessie but secretly kat at work on November 14th, 2007

    i keep lotion by my bed or i always forget to use it. cuticle cream too.

    you suck at taking pills. i always remember because i win. it’s just a fact.

  7. Erin on November 14th, 2007

    I learned that you really need to clean out your medicine cabinet! That stuff starts to go bad after a while!

    And IcyHot is good stuff. :)

  8. the real Jessie on November 14th, 2007

    Be glad you can’t see inside mine…scary!

  9. Lindsey on November 16th, 2007

    When we moved into our house the bathroom walls were painted a really, really dark purple. I painted over it with a bright green. I have bright pink towels to go with it. It’s my fun room. Also, I’ve dropped things in my toilet…we pretty much have the same set-up in the bathroom I think!

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