lol. Why? I thought having only having two towels was bad until I got to this. I think it's time to move out of the dorm. Go to Target and get two nightstands. Then your guests can use your Rubbermaid containers.
lolol, I just can't imagine. I use two towels on me alone.
On days I wash my hair (so, not every shower) I use one towel for my body, one towel for my hair, one over my shoulders for warmth. And I take a used towel out of the dirty laundry and drop it on the hardwood floor in the bedroom while I'm getting dressed. That's FOUR towels for me alone. And my sons seem to have picked up the "towel over the shoulders" habit from me.
No exaggeration, we have AT LEAST 20 towels, and probably closer to 30. And this doesn't count hand towels!
Whattheeverlovingfuck? Get a robe, dude. Seriously, I'm all about do whatcha want, but this is 30 kinds of ridiculous.
lolol, I just can't imagine. I use two towels on me alone.
On days I wash my hair (so, not every shower) I use one towel for my body, one towel for my hair, one over my shoulders for warmth. And I take a used towel out of the dirty laundry and drop it on the hardwood floor in the bedroom while I'm getting dressed. That's FOUR towels for me alone. And my sons seem to have picked up the "towel over the shoulders" habit from me.
No exaggeration, we have AT LEAST 20 towels, and probably closer to 30. And this doesn't count hand towels!
I just saw a special on pillows come across my FB feed - Kohls has them for around $3.50 (there should be a discount code, if you google).
KMart also usually has specials on pillows - I got some fairly nice ones there on sale for like $5-6. They have the sale every few months.
Also, for pillow cases, I ordered these (in white) from amazon, and they were really nice. A lot nicer than other $5 pillowcases I've bought in the past.
swizz, have you tried using vertical space for storage in your place? I get the not having storage space. H reorganized a number of things this weekend though and we have SO much more space now. It was just stack things more intelligently and getting things off the ground with shelving and nails/hooks.
Honestly, it's less about money and more about where I'm supposed to keep four extra pillows for the once per year guests we have. We don't have a guest room and I have only a very small linen closet.
I'm gonna see what my mom has (I'll get extra pillowcases) and go from there. I'd rather just borrow her guest stuff instead of buying and storing my own.
Got it. If you do decide to buy stuff, Space Bags are awesome!
Why do you have to stand on a dirty towel when getting dressed? Why not barefoot or slippers or flip flops or whatever? And why then don't you need things on your feet for when you aren't getting dressed? I have a lot of questions about things in this thread, but that's really my number one.
swizz, I think air mattress + sheets + pillows + something to keep guests warm while sleeping + 1 towel per guest is perfectly fine. Everything else is just luxury. And I think it can be hard for people who live in large homes with lots of storage space and guest bedrooms and all of that to relate to the world of urban apartment crashing.
Are your friends driving? If so, I'd ask them to bring their own pillows maybe?
But then you'd need to have like 7 so you could wear a clean one every day so as not to be all gross and shit.
Dude, I have more than 2 towels, but I'm on your side here, lol. I use one towel after a shower, and reuse it all week. I stand on a bathmat and put my robe on when I'm cold. It's even easier than it sounds.
Why do you have to stand on a dirty towel when getting dressed? Why not barefoot or slippers or flip flops or whatever? And why then don't you need things on your feet for when you aren't getting dressed? I have a lot of questions about things in this thread, but that's really my number one.
swizz, I think air mattress + sheets + pillows + something to keep guests warm while sleeping + 1 towel per guest is perfectly fine. Everything else is just luxury. And I think it can be hard for people who live in large homes with lots of storage space and guest bedrooms and all of that to relate to the world of urban apartment crashing.
Are your friends driving? If so, I'd ask them to bring their own pillows maybe?
Seriously. When I went to NYC last summer, I crashed on my friend's couch in Brooklyn. I don't think I even had sheets.
I will also vouch for the air mattress getting a bit cold. BUT if they're going to be here any time other than winter, I don't think it will be a problem. Ours only bothered me when I slept on it while H was sick during the winter. During last year's blazing summer, it felt really nice!
Clean bedding, clean towels, halfway clean apartment. DONE AND DONE. They are getting a free place to stay. If they want a hotel, they can pay for one!
I'm also with v on the towel thing! But then maybe this relates back to my thread about pants - when I don't have roommates, I just waltz around naked post-shower.
But then you'd need to have like 7 so you could wear a clean one every day so as not to be all gross and shit.
Dude, I have more than 2 towels, but I'm on your side here, lol. I use one towel after a shower, and reuse it all week. I stand on a bathmat and put my robe on when I'm cold. It's even easier than it sounds.
I don't know why, but the bolded made me laugh SO HARD.
lolol, I just can't imagine. I use two towels on me alone.
On days I wash my hair (so, not every shower) I use one towel for my body, one towel for my hair, one over my shoulders for warmth. And I take a used towel out of the dirty laundry and drop it on the hardwood floor in the bedroom while I'm getting dressed. That's FOUR towels for me alone. And my sons seem to have picked up the "towel over the shoulders" habit from me.
No exaggeration, we have AT LEAST 20 towels, and probably closer to 30. And this doesn't count hand towels!
This cracks me up. I survive with one towel and a housecoat. I step on my hardwoods with my feet. I am dirty like that.
BTW swizz, my best friend (who was quite pregnant) and her husband crashed at our place over New Year's and they liked the air mattress we bought for the occasion. Or at least they pretended to, but they specifically mentioned that it did not get cold like other air mattresses (and they were staying in our cold living room when it was cold outside). And it has built-in pillows, so I think you could get away with one pillow per guest! It was Insta-Bed brand, from K-Mart.
lol. Why? I thought having only having two towels was bad until I got to this. I think it's time to move out of the dorm. Go to Target and get two nightstands. Then your guests can use your Rubbermaid containers.
Christ, who cares? Lol
They work for us, no one sees them! Just not at the top of my to-do list.
We care swizzbecause you're doing it wrong. That's why internet message boards exist. So complete strangers can correct the total wrongness of the minutae of strangers' lives. YWIA
I LOVE the one post that said they have different color towels for guests! I often see odd colors on sale and that would be a great thing to use them for!!!
I LOVE the one post that said they have different color towels for guests! I often see odd colors on sale and that would be a great thing to use them for!!!
If you are a good hostess you will match the color of the towel to your guest's personality. Anything short of that would be inhospitable.
I LOVE the one post that said they have different color towels for guests! I often see odd colors on sale and that would be a great thing to use them for!!!
My husband grew up in a house with one bathroom, and his parents assigned each person a color of towels so people would only use their own. My husband was tan. Guests were navy. The system worked, but if you were particular about matching towels to your bathroom it could be hard to find 5 matching colors.
Dude, I have more than 2 towels, but I'm on your side here, lol. I use one towel after a shower, and reuse it all week. I stand on a bathmat and put my robe on when I'm cold. It's even easier than it sounds.
I don't know why, but the bolded made me laugh SO HARD.
I'm glad to bring some humor to an otherwise very serious topic.
Wow, I supply guests with towels and sheets and that is it. I'm off to buy an alarm clock, Chapstick, hair dryer,Kleenex, and 20 more towels for my guests. Here I thought food and lodging was enough.
Post by emilyinchile on Apr 17, 2013 8:51:02 GMT -5
After having read far too much about towels at this point, my verdict is that even though only having 2 towels for 2 people is odd to me, it is less odd than the vehement "all guests must get 2 towels per shower because I use 5 a day, and anything less than 2 would be like being in Guantanamo" position.
I don't think I'm a total eco-crunchy person, but for the love of god, people, stop using - and then having to wash - all the towels in the world! You can dry yourself, dress, and then use the. same. towel. to wrap around your hair! I promise your body is not SO wet that you won't be able to find a dry spot for hair wrapping! And you can use this towel all week because you come out of the shower clean!
I LOVE the one post that said they have different color towels for guests! I often see odd colors on sale and that would be a great thing to use them for!!!
If you are a good hostess you will match the color of the towel to your guest's personality. Anything short of that would be inhospitable.
But guest towels must be white! Do y'all remember that discussion from TN?
Why do you have to stand on a dirty towel when getting dressed? Why not barefoot or slippers or flip flops or whatever? And why then don't you need things on your feet for when you aren't getting dressed? I have a lot of questions about things in this thread, but that's really my number one.
swizz, I think air mattress + sheets + pillows + something to keep guests warm while sleeping + 1 towel per guest is perfectly fine. Everything else is just luxury. And I think it can be hard for people who live in large homes with lots of storage space and guest bedrooms and all of that to relate to the world of urban apartment crashing.
Are your friends driving? If so, I'd ask them to bring their own pillows maybe?
I didn't realize my comment was so controversial! I toss a towel on the floor to protect my floors from my wet feet. I make it a dirty towel so as not to waste a clean one. It's whatever towel is on top of the dirty laundry, and honestly, sometimes it's even a ratty t-short, because like I say, it's to protect the floors, not my feet. And i don't use flipflops or slippers because MY FEET ARE WET. Wet feet in flipflops are slippery, yo! And wet feet in the slippers would make the slippers stinky. And once my feet are dry, I pit on socks and shoes because we DO NOT LIVE LIKE ANIMALS.
MixedBerryJam, you don't dry your feet as you get out of the tub? That would solve that problem. I wouldn't want to walk from the tub to the bedroom with wet feet. Which is why I dry my feet right away.
After having read far too much about towels at this point, my verdict is that even though only having 2 towels for 2 people is odd to me, it is less odd than the vehement "all guests must get 2 towels per shower because I use 5 a day, and anything less than 2 would be like being in Guantanamo" position.
I don't think I'm a total eco-crunchy person, but for the love of god, people, stop using - and then having to wash - all the towels in the world! You can dry yourself, dress, and then use the. same. towel. to wrap around your hair! I promise your body is not SO wet that you won't be able to find a dry spot for hair wrapping! And you can use this towel all week because you come out of the shower clean!
No, no, no. If my hair is not wrapped FIRST, it will drip on my body that I've dried with my one towel. And my shoulders will be cold, to boot, and don't you realize cold shoulders will dry slower than warm shoulders with a towel on them? Clearly LOGIC DICTATES that you need three towels to dry off (and that's assuming you have carpeting in the room you dry off and dress in, otherwise you're gonna need something to keep your wood floors dry, too!) Sheesh, it's like I have to explain everything!
I feel like your making bath time more complicated. I dry off head toe with one towel. A couple of good squeezes of the hair to get it to stop dripping. Dry rest of body, including feet. Step out of shower (onto bathmat!), wrap hair in damp towel I've already used, and put robe on. All dry, floors not wet, body not cold, and only one towel used!
Note to self: never have MixedBerryJam as an overnight guest!
Post by emilyinchile on Apr 17, 2013 10:49:13 GMT -5
MixedBerryJam just you wait. I have now realized that my calling in life is to write an e-book explaining how to efficiently, hygienic-ly and warmly deal with the time between the shower and being dressed using just one towel. I have no heat, long, thick hair and wooden bedroom floors. I will teach you the ways.
No but really, squeeze your hair out as much as possible so it's no longer dripping frequently, dry your body including feet and shoulders in the bathroom, wrap hair, and either dress in the bathroom if it's cold or in summer just walk from bathroom to bedroom naked. Done. I now have this image of you just burrito-ing yourself in towels waiting for absorption to work its magic and not doing any active drying. Dry, woman, dry!
After having read far too much about towels at this point, my verdict is that even though only having 2 towels for 2 people is odd to me, it is less odd than the vehement "all guests must get 2 towels per shower because I use 5 a day, and anything less than 2 would be like being in Guantanamo" position.
I don't think I'm a total eco-crunchy person, but for the love of god, people, stop using - and then having to wash - all the towels in the world! You can dry yourself, dress, and then use the. same. towel. to wrap around your hair! I promise your body is not SO wet that you won't be able to find a dry spot for hair wrapping! And you can use this towel all week because you come out of the shower clean!
No, no, no. If my hair is not wrapped FIRST, it will drip on my body that I've dried with my one towel. And my shoulders will be cold, to boot, and don't you realize cold shoulders will dry slower than warm shoulders with a towel on them? Clearly LOGIC DICTATES that you need three towels to dry off (and that's assuming you have carpeting in the room you dry off and dress in, otherwise you're gonna need something to keep your wood floors dry, too! Sheesh, it's like I have to explain everything!
Okay, I understand wrapping your hair first. But if hair water isn't dripping onto your body, why on earth does it take more than one quick wipe with a towel for your shoulders to dry off? Do you have a special skin condition that makes you not dry like normal people do?
I don't wrap my hair (but again, understand that) but I just quickly wipe myself off with a towel when I get out of the shower, and then my skin is dry and I can put on a bathrobe that doesn't end up wet. I don't understand why you're wet for so long.
MixedBerryJam, you don't dry your feet as you get out of the tub? That would solve that problem. I wouldn't want to walk from the tub to the bedroom with wet feet. Which is why I dry my feet right away.
This is why I have a bathmat outside the tub.
And it's memory foam, so it's nice and comfy to stand on.
BUT WAIT! My dog regularly sleeps on it while I take a shower (so as to protect me from bathroom intruders of course) so I'm probably disgusting for standing on that.
Okay, I'm going to shock you both with this: i, too, have a bathmat next to my tub and I cannot help but dry my feet on it when I step out of the shower because of the physics of an absorbant substance coming in contact with moisture. So If there's another reason I stand on a towel when I'm drying off in my bedroom, I cannot think of it. But it's what I've always done and I'll let you know, given this new awareness, if I stand on a dirty towel tomorrow! Insightfully yours, MBJ