You know you're a soapmaker when...

[kdaniels8811]

When you are busted at work getting the spent coffee out of the coffee machine - for soap, of course!

 

[thebarof]

When you are busted at work getting the spent coffee out of the coffee machine - for soap, of course!

luckily I work at home so I haven't been tagged for being a spent coffee hoard by any co workers.

However my family, another story. I will save in a paper back our spent coffee then set it outside to dry spread out on a non windy day before putting it in the oven to finish drying.

They really adore them smell. :shock: not... :lolno::lolno:

 

[savonierre]

When your friends save "containers' for you, just in case you can use them for soap..

 

[innerdiva73]

You buy way to many FO's.

I am Soooo guilty of this!!!

 

[Aunt Polly]

When your husband asks "When can we have a real bar of soap, instead of the ends of the logs?"

 

[nebetmiw]

You know when your a soap maker When YOUR soap is way better than store bought, and friends know it too. They start asking everytime they see you if you have soap for sale or to give them.

 

[heartsong]

you're dead-asleep and suddenly wake up and fly out of bed because you forgot to shut the oven off while processing your batch of soap only to open the oven and realize you didn't make soap today...meanwhile the dogs are up and barking and hubby is yelling from the bedroom "what the h#ll is going on?" that's happened to me twice in about 6 years!

this thread is deliciously funny and makes me feel that "i'm not alone" in my obsession!

 

[kazmi]

you're dead-asleep and suddenly wake up and fly out of bed because you forgot to shut the oven off while processing your batch of soap only to open the oven and realize you didn't make soap today...meanwhile the dogs are up and barking and hubby is yelling from the bedroom "what the h#ll is going on?" that's happened to me twice in about 6 years!

this thread is deliciously funny and makes me feel that "i'm not alone" in my obsession!

OMG I'm laughing sooo hard my sides hurt I can just picture that going on in my household

 

[Ruthie]

when... you are saving cardboard toilet paper rolls and hubby assumes they will be soap molds!

 

[heartsong]

ok, here's another one...you store your precious golden mango butter in a plastic container in the back of the fridge & hubby mistakes it for real butter (?) & fries his breakfast potatoes in it...he bought me a used fridge later that week which is now in the garage, and now we are both happy.

 

[kazmi]

How were his mango potatoes LOL My husband is ready to give up his bar fridge in the mancave/basement so I can move my soaping and lotions stuff out of the kitchen fridge :twisted:

 

[heartsong]

How were his mango potatoes LOL My husband is ready to give up his bar fridge in the mancave/basement so I can move my soaping and lotions stuff out of the kitchen fridge :twisted:

when I went to use the mango for my lip balms, it was about 1/3 gone...I asked hubby "did you use any of this" he gave me that deer-caught-in-the-headlights-look, "isn't that butter?" when I calmly explained, he got a little green, but I said it was food grade, so no problem...I got my fridge in the end, and we've lived happily ever after-LOL!

ever so often tho, if he doesn't recognize something he'll ask me "is this real food?"

had a devil of a time coaxing him into some sun-tea I had brewed and was chilling in a pitcher...I wonder sometimes if he thinks i'm trying to poison him? :think:

 

[jean1C]

How were his mango potatoes LOL My husband is ready to give up his bar fridge in the mancave/basement so I can move my soaping and lotions stuff out of the kitchen fridge :twisted:

OMG! My daughter said, "maybe you should think about getting a fridge for your soaps"..My son said, "what is soap doing in the refrigerator". They are 17 and 15 respectively. My thoughts are, "CLOSE THE REFRIDGERATOR!!"

 

[jean1C]

ok, here's another one...you store your precious golden mango butter in a plastic container in the back of the fridge & hubby mistakes it for real butter (?) & fries his breakfast potatoes in it...he bought me a used fridge later that week which is now in the garage, and now we are both happy.

This is good...You all have me laughing sooooo hard... I think the POISE bladder control products are going to make a killing this month...lol! Mango butter, patchouli pasta......what's next...This is a really good thread!

 

[Bicycle808]

This thread makes me feel very thankful that my marriage is so rockin'...

 

[heartsong]

Your husband complains that his pasta tasted like patchouli.

ROFLMAO!!! that's hysterical!!!

some time ago, when I was making lotions scented with plumeria, I just washed my utensils along with the last meal's dishes...the scent was really hard to completely wash off! now I always run my stuff thru the dishwasher!

 

[innerdiva73]

How were the mango potatoes? LOL. This needs to be a show "The Private Lives of Soap Makers". Love this forum!!

 

[heartsong]

How were the mango potatoes? LOL. This needs to be a show "The Private Lives of Soap Makers". Love this forum!!

LOL! maybe we need a reality-tv series for soapmakers?

he didn't notice the difference, but the mango didn't really have a scent to it...it was a pale whitish yellow, kinda like butter...maybe this is a testament to what men will eat while "foraging" thru the fridge? some of the leftovers I sometimes come across of his is a complete mystery to me, too.

 

[kazmi]

LOL! maybe we need a reality-tv series for soapmakers?

LOL It would be a hit show!!

 

[bodhi]

Mango potatos? eh, tell your husband how lucky he was to try such a delicacy. I eat lots of my ingredients, lol.

you know youre a soapmaker when you nibble on your cocoa butter...