Soap.com ~ Absolutely Fabulous!

Just like all the other NY'ers, I got a coupon or postcard from Soap.com this month.

I am a cleaning product addict. (Please - no comments from the peanut gallery about whether or not I actually use said products. I am internally organized. Just like the Boy Scouts, I am prepared. Prepared for any cleaning whim which may overwhelm my normally mellow state of mind.)

Anyway, I have to buy a new broom and swiffers for the new apartment. I was hoping my old swiffer would suffer through until it met its fate in the trash room on my current floor. But, fate was not on my side. The dust bunnies and hair balls are mocking me. The broken swiffer has forced me to take serious action.

To answer the one dear reader who cared enough to email me regarding my post last week:

"Are you really that crazy that you believe it is bad luck to bring an old broom to a new house?"

Yes. I am that crazy. A spinster I may be, but I listened to all you old wives.

And my old swifter dry dust mop broke last week. I love having such BIG problems. I remember the days of actual due dates and real work, a broken 10 year old swiffer mop does not compare, but still..... I have to fill my thoughts before I fall asleep in the evenings and befor my 2 daily naps....

So, here I am. A broken Swiffer dry dust mop. A fever. Its cold out. AND The nearest CVS or Duane Reade is a whole 1/2 block away. Serious problems require serious solutions.

Suddenly, I remembered, my ol' pal had recommended I stock my new apartment with cleaning supplies from Soap.com vs sending him out in another snow storm for Lavender Dr. Meyers Dish Soap. (No, I don't like the Basil. I am washing dishes, not making a pizza)

So, I grabbed my trusty iPad and was online in a jiffy. 10 taps later, I was in the Soap.com site. Typically I am not affected by a website. But I have to say, Soap.com did have me at the first page. They have tons o' stuff. I happily filled my basket with a bevy of bottles I couldn't possibly live the next two weeks without. The new Aveeno spf 42 lotion - promised to reduce the look of lines and wrinkles, must be that extra 2 spf, the stuff I had before was only 40 spf. Phffft ! 40 spf? I laugh at you! Weak 40 spf little lotion! I need the powerful stuff. Freckles are waiting beneath my epidermis, just ready to spring to life. 42 spf: Now we are rocking.

Luckily I remembered my bathroom needed to be scoured. I found the miracle of all miracles. How could I clean my old bathroom properly, to ensure I would get my whole security deposit, without the "Naturally It's Clean Tub & Tile, Natural Enzyme Cleaner?" Really. Seriously. I have been cleaning my kitchen, tub & tile and preventing mildew without natural enzymes all these years. The shame of it all.

So, tap, tap, tap, the items flew into my little basket. I found all the lotions and potions, cleaners & swiffers I had to have, entered my credit card, punched in the coupon code and poof ~ my shopping was done. I received an email letting me know my critical items will all be delivered later today. Sure enough, right before Mike's Pizzeria brought me my raviolis, a gentleman knocked on my door. Owen let me know and within seconds I was opening my the sturdy box filled with stuff guaranteed to clean, renew and refresh my home and my face. Who could ask for more? Okay, it would have been a little bit better if the delivery guy had looked like Billy Crystal or Robert Guillaume , but I'm not exactly a Jessica Tate myself.

So, after a healthy low carb dinner of ravioli and garlic knots, I was energized and enthusiastic - ready to take on every dust / hair ball, determined to show that mildew which enzyme is boss. Throwing caution to the wind, I assembled my new swiffer dust mop, without one glance at the directions, wondered what Benson would wear as he swept the apartment and reached for the remote. Tomorrow is the perfect day to clean.