Ramblings of a Southernbelle

Today Show Segment April 4, 2008

This morning I was watching the Today Show.   They had a segment about the 16 worst places to stash your stuff.  It was in interesting segment about where not to place certain items.  The segment had a wide range of issues from where not to sit on a plane to where not to put your toothbrush.  Anyway, one of the tips was not to keep your toothbrush out on the sink as it is in close proximity to your toilet.  The suggestion was to put your toothbrush in the medicine cabinet and relocate the medicines to another place in either your kitchen or bathroom.  I thought this was a great tip until, I walked into my bathroom and realized neither of my bathrooms have a medicine cabinet in it.  My master bath has double sinks and mirrors but no medicine cabinet.   My spare bathroom has one sink and no medicine cabinet. The tip in the article says in medicine cabinet or behind closed doors. So I was thinking where do I store my toothbrush if I do not have a medicine cabinet? Should I place my toothbrush in a drawer? Both of my cabinets in my bathrooms have a hidden compartment that looks like a drawer but pulls down and has a ring holder built into the cabinet.  So I am just wondering if using this hidden compartment in my bathroom is a good idea or not?   Yes, I know I have lived in my house for almost two years and it never really bothered me not having a medicine cabinet. I have lived in apartments as recently as 7 years ago where the bathroom had absolutely no storage in it at all.  We had a shower, toilet and pedestal sink.  We wound up buying something to use as storage to keep toiletries stored which worked until we moved into our first house 5 years ago.  Granted the apartments that we lived in were old but, they were convenient to where we both worked at the time.  I think if I had to do it over again I would have taken more time to shop for that particular apartment.  We were transferred quickly and did not have much time to search for housing.  Anyway, just wondering what peoples thoughts are on an alternative place to store the old toothbrush?