Another one that I did: I found a hand-washing liquid that smelled nice and came in a pretty container at CVS. It was cheap, and bar soap on the bathroom sink just doesn't look very attractive. So I bought two bottles of it, and one "refill" bag of it. I also bought the biggest size dish-washing liquid containers of the brand I like. When one of the bottles was empty, I rinsed it out and put it in the kitchen, and filled it from the huge dishwashing liquid container. I keep the big one under the sink and replace it maybe once every 12-18 months when I run low. I wash the dishes by hand since you have to run the faucet to rinse them off and do your crusty omelet pans and crystal drinkware and gold-rimmed fine china anyway by hand, so I never saw any need for a dishwashing machine.
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