It's Time to Talk About Travel-Size

It's Spring Break, Minimalist friends!  Many of us are loading up our cars and boarding planes for beaches and mountains, trying desperately to economically pack only what we need for that week away from our burgeoning 2500+ square foot storage facilities in which we reside.  Which brings us to today's focus:  the travel-sized toiletry.  

You know you hoard them.  Who can resist taking home those hand lotions from the insanely priced Mickey hotel with the little ears on the bottle?  And what about the free shampoo the Ritz provides that has their beeyootiful lion logo reminding you of luxury and pampering? The nice lady at the department store kindly filled your bag with free samples of perfume and eye shadow when you bought that one lipstick; you can't just THROW THAT AWAY, can you?  Of course you can.  

Because I did.  Truthfully, I donated them to the women's shelter in our town who provides toiletries to women who escape with nearly nothing from abusive homes.  Which I recommend you do instead of filling up a landfill.  But in the name of all that's holy and clutter-free, get rid of them.  And yes, it counts as one of your 40 bags in 40 days.  

I keep both my travel toiletry kit and my passport at the ready.  It's not that I travel all that frequently, but if someone wants to take me to Paris at a moment's notice, I know where my conditioner is that meets TSA standards.  But I don't need 30 conditioners in a three ounce size.  Neither do you, my free sample loving friend.  So, do the area under your sink a favor. Decrapify, recycle, and have an excellent and minimalist spring break!