We have hit that stage of moving where I am now drinking the last half-inch of various random bottles of alcohol so that we don’t have to move them. (This evening brought to you by Jim Beam and Patron.)
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Okay, my rule is "don't drink unless you're already happy" in general. Henceforth, it will be "don't drink unless you're already happy -- or unless you're moving and need to get rid of it." Bottoms up, and happy moving!
We went to a party some friends had to empty out the booze they didn't want to move. It was so much fun but also I drank so many horrible things that evening! Like, the one where the rubber stopper had clearly dissolved into the booze. Cuz it tasted like rubber stopper.
A friend we dog sat for brought us back birch schnapps that had an amazing smell to it but not for anything I wanted to drink. Husband enjoyed it. I just wanted to mix it into perfume
When I was bartending one of my coworkers managed to start a little trend of “whiskeritas” which is a margarita but with whiskey. But that involved replacing the tequila, not adding to it.
If you have to get rid of tequila and whiskey, mix them in a bowl with orange peel and jalapeños. Let it sit for like an hour and make an old fashioned with it. Top with some kind of bland beer for fizz. Works weirdly well.
I would be jamming the weirdest shit into my juice press because I figure if you make a combination baffling enough it’ll break through and end up working.
Heh, the last time I moved, the 2 weeks prior, I was doing crazy skincare every day and night so I wouldn't have to move all my high-end skincare samples, which I tend to hoard like they're gold.
I’d look at random odds and ends and think do I have the energy to pack this? Funny we moved 20 years ago, there’s still a box I’ve never opened. It’s labeled random stuff.
We went through the same exercise this summer. We had inherited some partial bottles from expats when they left Canada, some of it stuff I’d never buy on my own. It was interesting to discover that things that were (long ago) gag inducing no longer are.
Once I had a housecolding party to get rid of my random alcohol, and people brought MORE ALCOHOL. Noooo! OTOH, finishing off my homemade limoncello got rid of most of my decision paralysis about what to move.
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Got the money to move just need a landlord to accept us.
I’d look at random odds and ends and think do I have the energy to pack this? Funny we moved 20 years ago, there’s still a box I’ve never opened. It’s labeled random stuff.