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Strange addiction to Q-Tips, eyeshadow applicators, make-up sponges, etc!?

post #1 of 5
4/30/10 at 9:06am
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My little girl Bitsy is a real card. She has this strange, relentless addiction to Q-Tips; used or new. She will constantly knock over the trash can in my ensuite bathroom and fish out the Q-Tips then carry them all over the house. Or if I forget and leave one on the bathroom countertop, within 30 minutes she's found it and it going crazy with it. How does she know it's there?

A few weeks ago my Mom stayed over and Mom kept her cosmetic bag in the main bathroom. Inside it she had a ziploc bag with Q-Tips. In the middle of the night she got up to use the washroom; turned on the light and there was Bitsy, in her bag, trying to get into the ziploc bag LOL. How would she have even KNOWN there was Q-Tips in it?

A few days following that, I started noticing strange things on the stairs (from my upstairs to my main floor); sponge foundation applicators, eyeshadow applicators, of course Q-Tips. I've since learned to NOT leave any of these items anywhere or she'll carry them downstairs. What a goof! LOL

Here's some pics of her, she's such a sweet, funny, affectionate little monkey.
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post #2 of 5
4/30/10 at 9:56am
She's a girly girl I don't know why but both my cats like to play with Qtips. They only find them if I drop one which is rare. When I see them playing with one I take it away

Tell Bitsy's she's got a beautiful face. She doesn't need makeup
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post #3 of 5
4/30/10 at 10:00am


I'll trade ya!!! Da Magpie is also enamoured with q-tips, but she outdoes Bitsy. She steals them, then crawls into the bed, under the blankets, and deposits her treasures there for me to find at night. More than once I shot out of bed because something was biting my foot - a q-tip stick. She also plucks the cotton of and leaves those lying about in soggy white balls. I did learn to keep things closed except for HER drawer where she deposits other treasures she has found - car keys, loose change, earrings, pens, I am afraid to look anymore
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post #4 of 5
4/30/10 at 10:04am
Lucy and Q-Tips are the reason all of the bathrooms have trash cans with lids. She is obsessive about them. I also have to put away all of my makeup brushes because she will grab those and drag them around the house.
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post #5 of 5
4/30/10 at 11:15am
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I'll trade ya!!! Da Magpie is also enamoured with q-tips, but she outdoes Bitsy. She steals them, then crawls into the bed, under the blankets, and deposits her treasures there for me to find at night. More than once I shot out of bed because something was biting my foot - a q-tip stick. She also plucks the cotton of and leaves those lying about in soggy white balls. I did learn to keep things closed except for HER drawer where she deposits other treasures she has found - car keys, loose change, earrings, pens, I am afraid to look anymore
ahahahahaha...."she also plucks the cotton off and leaves those lying about in soggy white balls." Isn't that the truth!!! When this first started, I remember being perplexed by these little white bits of cotton lying around. Heh. Frankly, I have wondered what happened to a lot of the 'sticks' from the Q-Tips because though I'd find the cotton ends, I've almost never find the stick portion of it. I wonder if they have some sort of secret stash place for such treasures? Her buddy Hobee is keen on Q-Tips but not quite as obsessive about them as her. I expect that someday I'm going to move or open something and dozens of 'sticks' will come out. LOL

And yes, garbage can with a lid, very good idea, think I better get me one of them :-)
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