Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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I like things to match. Yeah I know, not in fashion sez the pundits who warn “don’t be matchy matchy”. I like having my underwear coordinated [what is it with the sellers of bras and panties that you can’t find sets these day? Seriously, bras on one page, panties on another and they don’t look at all alike. But I digress]. I like it when my shoes and pocketbook match. I like it when my jewelry coordinates with the outfit. And when things don’t match, it makes my eyes hurt – like plaids and stripes; color combos that jar; toenails that are painted a different color than the fingernails. I don’t judge what others wear/do, but I am pretty set in my ways for myself.
Now, let’s talk about bathrooms. No I am not going to get into the etiquette in public places – Gem in the Potty Talk segment of the late, lamented Bucket podcast did a great job with that. And I am not going to talk about the Squatty Potty or the need/market for Poo Pourri or lament the lack of the bidet in public bathrooms. No I am talking about the way that my bathroom LOOKS. When I moved, it was the first room in the new apartment that actually looked “finished” and became a restful place, so the appearance is rather important to me.
When I got up in the middle of the night last night, and dropped the ceramic cup in the bathroom sink, I have precipitated a crisis. The cup chipped. It is still usable, but the cup is quite definitely chipped. The ceramic trashcan and the ceramic tissue holder are already history [why in the world would you do CERAMIC for the bathroom anyway?]. The soap dispenser and now the cup are damaged. The towels are starting to fade a bit. In short, the entire bathroom set is about eight years old and beginning to look it. So why haven’t I replaced it? Good question.
You see, like I said, I like things that match. Right now? The shower curtain matches the rugs matches the toilet seat cover [alas the fashion of doing tank covers is gone] matches the rugs matches the accessories [the cup, the trashcan, the tissue holder, et al]. About a year ago, when the tissue holder broke, I decided to upgrade the look of the bathroom. And I ran smack dab into a wall. I started out with AMAZON – couldn’t find a whole “set” for the bathroom. Tried all kinds of different search criteria, nada. I could find accessories. I could find towels. I could find shower curtains. I could find rugs. But sets? NADA.
Okay, I thought. I’ll try Bed, Bath and Beyond. NADA
JC Penney’s? NADA
Sears? NADA
Walmart for heaven’s sake! NADA
This is really weird! What about eBay? NADA
Wow! okay, well it might cost more but what about Etsy? NADA
I googled, searched, rummaged, then gave up and went into a couple of stores. Not a single complete set was to be found, not even one that I could kinda, sorta piece together to my satisfaction. Am I the only person in the world who likes things to match? We’ll see if I have better luck this time.....
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