Patience is a virtue..

jendean I remember DM sticking old pieces of soap to the new bar, I hated it too & would never do it now.

As I have very sensitive skin I tend to buy the same products so no need to open before old one used up.

New clothes however that's a different matter I sometimes try them on straight away

Sorry....I mean of course ‘shampoo bar’

Where can I get a sop bar?

Wait. Sometimes months. I've always been able to "delay gratification" as they say!

I waver. I try not to open any new toiletry type stuff before the last lot runs out. Because I can guarantee I will like the new stuff better, and won't return to finish off the old stuff.

My lack of willpower explains why I have so many bottles of two thirds empty products

tipples were all conjured up from hedgerow supplies, mis-shapen vegetables and windfalls

Sounds like life chez merlot these days, widgeon. We have a fairly self-sufficient lifestyle wherever possible and there's plenty of home-brew.

What goes around comes around but I do like the wine rack to have a good supply of the real

* din't don't.

I din't use deodorant as I don't sweat and anyway, I don't agree with the contents which can be harmful.
I hope GNers rinse their used kitchen and bathroom sprays/empty shampoo/shower gel/hand wash bottles etc and put in recycling bins
I decided to only buy paraben/sulphate free toiletries and gave away the many unused volumising mousses/shampoos and other toiletries.
I only have 1 shampoo, 1 pump bottle of hair masque and that's it. I use Korres Mango in the shower/bath and Palmers body butter afterwards. Palmolive original or Imperial Leather soap for hand washing. It feels so good not to have to make choices from dozens of bottles on my (now empty) shelves, mind you, the items I do buy are more expensive but exactly the right products for my skin and hair.

It has never occurred to me to open a new package until I have opened the old one unless I am not keen on the one I am using in which case I would put it to the side until I run right out.

My father now deceased used to have the irritating habit of slapping the nearly used up piece of soap on to the new bar. Even as a small child this offended my sensibilities, particularly if the two were of different colours. It took away the pleasure of having a new bar of soap to wash with! Does this resonate with anyone else?

I never open a new anything until the old one is finished. My DD, in contrast, has five cans of deodorant on her dressing table, none finished. It would drive me nuts!

merlot gran
I was a war baby and can afford now to buy new if necessary but was used to wearing jumpers from unpicked woollen garments, my' new skirt' made from my grandmother's old one, ironed wrapping paper, string and rubber bands made into a neat ball.... very inventive meals from leftovers
Old habits die hard and my house is full of old stuff waiting to be re-used.... maybe when recycling becomes even more important, my children will show more interest in my caches.
You acquired your Merlot taste early merlot gran, I imagine..... certainly well post war. My grandmother's pre-war and war-time tipples were all conjured up from hedgerow supplies, mis-shapen vegetables and windfalls

I do the same with things like new socks. I can't keep them till I need them. I just have to wear them.

I’m user-upper - same with food. ?

I do that too.
If I can get a couple more weeks out of something, I'm happy. (Tight.Arse.Emoji)

I derive an odd satisfaction from using up something completely, which sometimes includes cutting tubes in half to extract all that I have paid for. Then it’s lovely starting a new item. Guess it’s my hard up childhood.

Your are extravagant, clearly you don't have to count the pennies, lucky you!

I was the worlds worst for opening and trying new products, make up being my weakness.
I got a severe eye infection last year and had to throw away loads of cosmetics so now I’m cured.
I do however have drawer full of my lovely new things, I have a look every now and then but never try!

I don't chuck out existing products, but I do love new ones so will often have a couple of shower gels on the go for example. I am training myself to stop keeping stuff 'for best', I am 'for best'.

Different if it's a product you really dislike, but to chuck stuff out just because you have bought a new bottle???
(E45 is good as a heavy-duty overnight hand cream).

My father used to save slivers of soap then stick them together to make another bar. The indestructible Imperial Leather label would still be there. I always thought it was a pointless exercise because there was absolutely not a scrap of lather left. They were frugal times though. God help anyone who didn't squeeze the very last smidgeon of toothpaste out of the tube by rolling it up as you went along. Can't do that with today's plastic ones!

I've nearly finished my body moisturiser. Can't wait to open the new one which I won in the Gransnet Sanctuary Spa hamper competition. DD said, 'Mum. I'd be moisturising the cat by now to use it up. What are you like?'

My handwash is like that, too. I'm fed up with looking at it.

I love to actually finish something and throw an empty away, I do start things before others have finished tho, but using something up feels like an achievement. Having recently finished radiotherapy though, I am struggling to use up all my prescribed E45 creams and the like lol x

I’m sick to death of my current shower gel because it’s a large bottle (was on offer) and seems everlasting. I dare not go on to another until it’s used up because I will never want to go back to it. Perhaps I should use a bigger squirt each time!

Simply not curious about trivial stuff like toothpaste or cleaning products.
Clothes I try on right away in case they have to be returned.
Throwing stuff out in order to start a new bottle is incomprehensible!