My Little Experiment with That ‘Lush Toy’ Thing
Okay, so I’ve been meaning to jot this down for a while. It’s about this thing someone mentioned, they called it “the lush toy”. Honestly, the name sounded a bit odd, maybe even a bit posh, not usually my kind of thing. I’m more of a practical guy, you know? But work had been absolutely hammering me, just one deadline after another, and I was feeling properly frayed around the edges. My wife kept telling me I needed to properly switch off.
So, I was wandering around town trying to clear my head, and I ended up near one of those colourful shops, the ones that smell from halfway down the street. Lush, yeah, that’s the one. And there it was, a whole pile of brightly coloured… well, bath things? One looked like a little robot, kinda cute, actually. I figured, what the heck. If it makes the wife happy that I’m “relaxing”, might as well. Picked up the robot one, felt a bit silly carrying it home.
Getting Started: The Setup
That evening, I decided to give it a go. Felt a bit like a kid playing with bath toys again, which was maybe the point? I ran a bath, made sure it was properly hot – none of that lukewarm nonsense. The instructions, if you can call them that, were basically “drop it in water”. Simple enough, even for a tired brain like mine.
The Main Event: Fizz and Colour
- Dropped the little robot guy in.
- It started fizzing like crazy immediately, spinning around.
- Loads of blue and silver colour started pouring out of it.
- The whole bathroom started smelling really strongly, citrusy I think?
- It dissolved pretty fast, leaving the water this shimmery blue colour.
Honestly, watching it fizz away was kind of mesmerizing. Took my mind off spreadsheets and emails for a solid five minutes. The water felt nice too, a bit softer maybe? Hard to tell if that was the “toy” or just the hot water doing its job. The smell was pleasant, not too overpowering once it settled down.
So, What’s the Verdict?
Did it magically solve all my problems? Course not. But, you know what? It was a decent distraction. Forced me to just sit there and do nothing but soak for twenty minutes. The cleanup wasn’t bad either, just a quick rinse of the tub to get rid of the shimmer. No weird stains or anything.
It felt a bit extravagant, spending money on something that just dissolves. But sometimes, I guess you need those little moments of nonsense to break up the routine. It’s like that time I tried learning the ukulele during lockdown – utterly useless for my career, achieved absolutely nothing productive, but strumming away badly made me forget the news for an hour each day. This “lush toy” thing was a bit like that. A small, fizzy, slightly silly escape. Might even do it again when the next work storm hits. Don’t tell the lads down the pub though, yeah?
