I am sure that many of you have already come to this revelation, but I have just been so thrilled that I thought I would share.
Just like many people, I have been saving all of those socks that just do not cut it in the drawer anymore. I have been saving them for years and barely ever use them for anything practical, but just can not bring myself to throw them out. I could just fix the hole...but that seems like too much of a hassle. But I have found a practical idea for them......and of course you all are going to say DUH! when I tell you but oh well. I have been using them for cleaning. This is not a new concept by anymeans, I have actually known about it for a long time, but never put it into practice. But I decided to change that.
Here is what I do. In my laundry room I have a shoe box full of socks and other small bits of fabric. I do not cut the socks or anything, I leave them intact. But how I use them eliminates two things that I used to use constantly to clean.
1. my rubber cleaning glove- I would use these daily and would constantly be replacing them.
2. paper towels- I would use these more than dish rags to clean with.
I just put the socks on my hands (like you would on your feet) and I do the the things that I used to do with gloves (unless I am wanting to keep my hands dry, then I still use the rubber ones). And obviously they can be used in place of paper towels as well...Then when I am done with them, I just throw them in the laundry basket and wash them with the other stuff. And I have plenty of them for me to use. This has been so very helpful to me.
It saves money by not having to buy gloves and paper towels as much and it helps keep things out of the landfills! Yippy skippy!
Take it or leave it....
Just like many people, I have been saving all of those socks that just do not cut it in the drawer anymore. I have been saving them for years and barely ever use them for anything practical, but just can not bring myself to throw them out. I could just fix the hole...but that seems like too much of a hassle. But I have found a practical idea for them......and of course you all are going to say DUH! when I tell you but oh well. I have been using them for cleaning. This is not a new concept by anymeans, I have actually known about it for a long time, but never put it into practice. But I decided to change that.
Here is what I do. In my laundry room I have a shoe box full of socks and other small bits of fabric. I do not cut the socks or anything, I leave them intact. But how I use them eliminates two things that I used to use constantly to clean.
1. my rubber cleaning glove- I would use these daily and would constantly be replacing them.
2. paper towels- I would use these more than dish rags to clean with.
I just put the socks on my hands (like you would on your feet) and I do the the things that I used to do with gloves (unless I am wanting to keep my hands dry, then I still use the rubber ones). And obviously they can be used in place of paper towels as well...Then when I am done with them, I just throw them in the laundry basket and wash them with the other stuff. And I have plenty of them for me to use. This has been so very helpful to me.
It saves money by not having to buy gloves and paper towels as much and it helps keep things out of the landfills! Yippy skippy!
Take it or leave it....
