I had my first crisis.
I lost my toothbrush.
OK, maybe it seems dramatic to call it a crisis, but as I looked around my bathroom, and it slowly dawned on me that my toothbrush was nowhere to be found, I realized I was about to have my first "But do I NEED it?" conversation with myself, and, frankly...I did not want to.
I have been using an electric toothbrush for several years.
But, like, not a nice one, ok?
A cheap, disposable one.
When my husband asked why I couldn't just clean the base and replace the head, I replied "because it was the disposable kind..." and he busted out laughing at me and said "Oh man! Really?!? That is the height of consumerism, babe!"
I was like "...I see that...now...but...obviously I didn't really ever THINK about it.
Or, if I am honest, I'm sure I did, and I dismissed it.
I justified.
I made a choice to do what I wanted to do and remain willfully ignorant.
So.
My electric toothbrush is gone.
And I DO need a toothbrush.
My MIL puts a plain, non-electric toothbrush in my stocking every year, so as luck would have it...I DO have a new toothbrush available, so no.
I do not need a replacement for my "height of consumerism" disposable electric toothbrush.
I will be using the perfectly good REACH toothbrush my MIL lovingly placed in my stocking. When that one wears out in a couple months...I doubt I will be replacing it with the kind I like. I was making a lazy, selfish, thoughtless choice. I might buy another electric toothbrush (when the time comes), but I will be more thoughtful about the waste I am creating when I do.
-Saving money on stuff I didn't need since, like, 12 days ago.
<3 EJ
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