Confession time....

Okay, I admit.
I've realized that i have a strange addiction that I can't fully explain or rationalize.

Whenever I stay at a cool hotel like the "W", they always have really nice, quality bath products. This time it was by "Bliss", and times that I've stayed before, they had products by "Aveda".

Well, this stuff is really nice! It smells yummy, and it feels nice to use.
...and I don't use it at home because it's pricey stuff, and I can't get it at Costco! ;)

So when I stay at places like this, I .... um.... well......OKAY, I admit it! I tuck the extra bottles away, and take them home with me!

ahhhh, it feels good to say it out loud.

"My name is Trina and I am a collector of nice hotel bath products."

I totally know where I get it from, too.
My parents have several shelves full of miniature bath goodies!
It's in the genes. I cannot deny it!

I keep these little bottles (shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion) in my toiletry bag, so when I go on vacation to other hotels or friend's houses, I'll have my own stuff, and won't have to worry about using theirs. Plus, because I like these little goodies so much, and don't usually use them at home, it's a nice treat to have while on vacation! :) ... and I don't have to go to the Drug Barn or Target to buy overpriced travel-sized bottles before I leave! (...she said, rationalizing)

I also used to keep these little guys in our guest bathroom so that our guests could use them. I don't really do that now, because we don't exactly have a guest bathroom. We have a bathroom upstairs ("hers") and a bathroom downstairs ("his") so we keep full-sized products in each. Our guests can use either/both showers when they stay with us.

The best part of this story is that last year, my dear friend Sheri was up in Cupertino, on business from Southern Cal. We met at her swanky hotel, and went up to her room for a bit before I needed to leave. I noticed that she had some nice Aveda products in the bathroom, and said something like "Don't you love it when hotels have that stuff?". She said that she didn't even notice because she makes it a habit to travel with her own stuff. So she offered me her whole kit-and-caboodle. I thought that was really nice, and kind of funny all at the same time. That's a sign of a good friend: "Here Trina, have my complimentary hotel toiletries".

Even funnier is that Sheri went on a business trip either at the end of last year, or earlier this year. I don't know where she stayed, but it was somewhere that had Aveda products again. Long story short, one day, the postman delivered a fat envelope from Sheri. It was filled with a week's worth of hotel-sized Aveda products! (big smile!) She had sent me the mother load of hotel-sized bath products! What a friend!

sometimes, I can't believe what I spill on this blog....
how embarrassing.