hand soap

I went to three different stores yesterday in search for bulk hand soap. I knew they had it at Alfalfa's (a bulk shoppers paradise) but I wasn't anywhere near Alfalfa's. I called ahead to Sprouts to ask if they carried bulk soap (and it took 3 transfers to get me to someone who even knew what I was talking about) and he said yes! They did. Fantastic! Errand running will be so efficient, I thought. Unfortunately I didn't think to ask if it was liquid hand soap.  Oh well.

Nothing wrong with bar soap - at all. I intend to use bar soap in the shower (after I use up the gobs of bottles that I have accumulated) but there is something so satisfying about using liquid hand soap.

I went through a stretch where I didn't have a ton of money.  Certainly not struggling, but not wasting my money on frivolous items like liquid hand soap or a box of kleenex (toilet paper works fine). Therefore, now that I have a full-time-well-paying job I am enjoying these delicacies of life and I'm not ready to give them up quite yet.

Thank goodness for Alfalfa's. Added bonus: It only cost me $1.55 for most of a pint-sized mason jar full of really good organic coconut-y hand soap. A bottle probably would cost at least $5. And while it was not efficient in the slightest to go to three different stores to look for this precious gem, I will say that I am proud of myself for asking at the other two locations so they know that someone out there wishes they had bulk soap. Next time I'll just know to start at Alfalfa's.

Side note question: Even though it is BULK it still comes in big plastic dispensers - I realize this is a million times better than buying a small plastic bottle every time you need soap, but does it still count as zero waste?