Origin: Various salutary and cosmetic objectives.
How long kept: The "papier poudre" was in a cosmetic bag I used to keep in my office at my last corporate gig...which ended over 2 years ago. Procurement date: can't even begin to make a guess.
Usage: The Claritin is the most recently used item -- I had a sinus thing that blocked my ears and had to fly in September, 09.
Why kept: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, and Aaargh (the empty Advil container? Why, why?)
Destination: Trash, recycling, and the NYC Sewage system.
Confession: I'm sure that the Claritin could have gone to some kind of pharma pickup. I apologize for flushing 2 more pharmaceuticals tablets into our water table. The papier poudre, maybe I could have recycled it? But it had all of that "poudre" cracking off of the "papier". Sigh.
Confession, cont.: This was a hail Mary pass. I was about to go to bed without having "blogged" anything today. I'm glad I reached for it; it only kept me up another 15 minutes.
Confession, part III: There are a couple of questionable items remaining in the medicine chest:
- Lipsticks. Some can be recycled at the Mac counter, I believe. (Though, trashed last week: some Avon sample sizes in unflattering colors, the gift of a moonlighting colleague circa 2007);
- An aerosol can of Evian, from the days when you could bring this sort of thing onto an airplane for facial refreshment. I sprayed some on my face tonight. Refreshing, hopefully not toxic, Nostalgia;
- and, several items of the bandage variety.
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