With dismay, I realized I had a dollop of conditioner in my hand instead of shampoo. There was no easy way to get it back in the bottle, and a penny-pincher would not willingly waste it. Even the stingiest miser would not want outside help at that point. Don’t even try to imagine the scene. I know what I did, but not how I did it. I opened the shampoo, put some in the other hand, and proceeded to wash the hair with one hand without losing the conditioner in the other. Using two hands, the rest was easy – rinse, apply, and rinse again. It’s comforting to know that my brain could solve an unexpected problem while preparing for the day.
Mistake in the Shower
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Mehrling Muse 
I did that not long ago; I just opted to ‘pre-condition’ my hair and then shampoo.
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Great! You pre-conditioned your hair!! You didn’t waste it!
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I’ve done that. I’ve also not realized it till I put it on my head…😆
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Excellent thinking and washing! A friend often uses conditioner instead of shampoo- her hair always looks so soft and shiny – I sometimes do!
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I hadn’t thought of skipping shampoo. It would be easier than juggling.
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Yes, but not nearly as clever as the single hand shampoo. 🙂
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That is funny Anne! I wouldn’t waste it either.
I would have mixed shampoo and conditioner and applied it together. There are shampoo+conditioner in the market, and this would be my own creation. 🙂
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Brilliant suggestion! I wouldn’t have thought to mix shampoo and conditioner.
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Quick thinking! I would have mixed the two probably. I hate to waste as well.
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I didn’t think of the easy way out.
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Now see…we can make decisions in our later years.
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Yes, our brains still work, although if I had been attentive, I wouldn’t have had a problem.
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Ha ha! I have done the same. I usually just mix the two. Many are the times I wonder why we only have two arms. A third or more would sure be handy at times!!
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I might be able to handle a third arm, but more than that would take a lot of brain power.
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I have applied shampoo twice before I realized my mistake.
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At least your hair was doubly clean, perhaps unconditionally.
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LOL. Perfect pun.
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Ha! I’m glad someone else does stull like this! 🙂 Very resourceful, Anne!
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I’m still surprised I didn’t drop a bottle on my toes.
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That must have taken some real manual dexterity. I might have coped with that but never the mental dexterity to work it out. It would have gone down the plughole with some very old-fashioned cursing.
Hugs
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I am not saying I might not have uttered profanity when I realized my error. 🙂
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I’m not sure I could repeat the action of getting shampoo into the free hand, while the other already had conditioner.
Unconditional Hugs
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Haha, sometimes those little things are quite normal happenings especially now that we are growing old.
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I’m not as focused as I used to be.
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Let me just say that I am impressed! Not sure I would have thought that all through! Michele
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If I had thought it through, I probably would have gotten rid of the conditioner in my hand and started over. I lost time, but saved conditioner. Oh, well. I’m retired, and I could afford to lose time.
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If we can’t laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh with???
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LOL! Literally!!! And yes, I did try to imagine!!!🤣🤣🤣
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You were very brave to use your imagination, Ruthie.
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My daughter-in-law makes her own 2-in-1 shampoo by merging them in a fresh bottle. I’m not sure of her ratio. I’m very impressed you used both hands effectively without mixing or spilling.
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It was rather amazing, but I won’t try to replicate it and take a video.
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I have to buy shampoo and conditioner from different companies. I can’t see without my readers and if the bottles look the same I can’t tell which is which.
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That’s a great idea to have very different bottles for shampoo and conditioner.
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You are exceptionally dexterous! I would have lost both the shampoo and the conditioner!
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Luck was with me. I dropped the shampoo bottle, but it landed without spilling anything! Can’t you just imagine shampoo slithering over the shower floor and my slipping up one side and down the other???
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I’m certainly glad that I’m not the only one that’s done that. I was getting worried for a bit there.
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I am blind as a bat without my glasses and have to pull things up close to my face to see so I’d have to study the bottle label first. 🙂 You are a smart cookie Anne, but we readers always knew your head was more than just a place to hang your earrings.
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LOL!
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Did the same as you, Anne! Eye roll! Much more careful now, though!
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I am more careful, too.
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Such a talent!😄Awesome!
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