Expiration Dates?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

The way I felt getting out of bed today, I've passed my expiration date.

Aw, I feel like this now and again. I think you just put the name on it.

That load of mac & cheese I tossed out; I wasn't going to. I had it in my trunk to take to my sis as her kids love it {and mine quit eating it} but then we never made it to her house and it was hot, so darn hot, I figured that was not a 'cool, dry, place' so then we tossed it.

What about sunscreen? I had some that had expiration dates and then one, that I can not remember when I purchased, does not. I've also seen it on some lotions.

[Morrigoon]

Oh no!.... The cat's eaten it.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We've got a bottle of sunscreen that's at least 10 years old (actually I think it's more like 15) that still works fine. I'm way too cheap to give up on that old bottle until it's empty

[MouseWife]

Me, too!!! This is a big bottle of the kids Coppertone, Costco size. And, it isn't all gunky and full of sand or anything so it even still looks good!

Oh, I am cheap. I have a bag full of shampoos and stuff from hotels that I toss in the bag for when a hotel doesn't have enough or when the kids spend the night somewhere. I don't think I'll ever use them up but I still have them.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Oh, I am cheap. I have a bag full of shampoos and stuff from hotels that I toss in the bag for when a hotel doesn't have enough or when the kids spend the night somewhere. I don't think I'll ever use them up but I still have them.

Same here, though I have no idea what I'll use that shampoo for, since I'm kind of picky about that. I'm currently out of tiny hotel soaps for hand washing and I'm too cheap to buy some, so big bath bar it is

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Same here, though I have no idea what I'll use that shampoo for, since I'm kind of picky about that. I'm currently out of tiny hotel soaps for hand washing and I'm too cheap to buy some, so big bath bar it is

You may remember than Lani collected them once at a MouseAdventure, but such items can be sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

You may remember than Lani collected them once at a MouseAdventure, but such items can be sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hmm, forgot about that. Need to tackle the under-sink cabinet someday, and that's a pretty good incentive.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Oh, I am cheap. I have a bag full of shampoos and stuff from hotels that I toss in the bag for when a hotel doesn't have enough or when the kids spend the night somewhere. I don't think I'll ever use them up but I still have them.

No, you use them for sensible things. Now, my millionaire in-laws are the epitome of cheap - they collect them to use them so they don't have to buy their own soap or shampoo. Seriously. They also save flimsy plastic deli containers because they're too cheap to buy just even one piece of long-term Tupperware.

And, my ex-husband never allowed me to buy a pack of straws (50-cents for 100 at the time). He said we could wash and save them from our occasional fast food drinks.

And, to top off the cheapness - my father bought a carton of OJ at the store and carried it in with us to iHop during one of our trips to DL when I was a kid, because he didn't want to pay the extra bit for a carafe. He even asked them for empty glasses.

[BarTopDancer]

OTC pills last at least a year past their date. They start losing potency, but they are still good.

[frodo potter]

I once had a guest call up and ask if she could give her husband some Valium that expired in 1992.

He had a fever of 102 and she wanted him to stop bitching to her about it so she thought Valium was the way to go.