Posts Tagged ‘bathroom’
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
One of the tasks resulting from my mother’s recent passing is the disposal of her prescription medications.
While researching the best way to do this, I discovered that April 28, 2012, is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day gives consumers an opportunity to safely dispose of prescription drugs so that they don’t affect the environment or fall into the hands of children or abusers. You can find more information on the DEA website, including a Collection Site Locator.
If none of those collection sites are near you, try Dispose My Meds, which also features a site locator. Thanks to this site, I was able to locate a participating pharmacy which is a short walk from my home. I called them to ask if we should pour all the medications into a plastic bag, but they specified that they prefer for me to bring them in their original prescription bottles.
Take some time now to go through your medicine cabinet and see what you can dispose of.
Organizing Your Makeup
My 14 1/2-year old daughter and I share a bathroom, since we use a lot of the same products. When she was younger, we were able to keep all of our makeup in a check box in our medicine cabinet. (That’s right, the box that my checks came in). However, two events have forced us to outgrow such a small box. One, my daughter became old enough to babysit, and she now has more disposable income than she used to. Two, Sephora opened a store a few blocks away. You get the picture.