Shaving Cream to the Rescue, Part 1

a little bit ago i spilled some port wine on the carpeting. (stupid hips. always causing problems...) and to be honest, for a minute there i wasn't sure what was more upsetting: the fact that i now had to somehow get rid of a wine stain, or that i wasted a very good (and a bit expensive) port. i have no idea how to clean that up, but luckily i have a cable modem and a mac. i went to ask.com and posed my question to jeeves. (and, sidebar, i really kind of miss jeeves. i liked the pretense of a butler standing by to answer my questions. and yes, i know i'm a dork, shush.) several home remedies included things that i did not have: hydrogen peroxide, certain types of carpet/tile cleaners, blue dawn dishwashing liquid (does it have to be the blue kind? what if you only have, say, yellow?). however, i found one suggestion that required something i did have - shaving cream. now, granted, it's aveeno sensitive skin cream with aloe, but i was running out of options.

so i squirted the shaving cream onto the carpet, rubbed it in, and attempted to clean it up. i totally forgot how much shaving cream foams up as i usually just use soap. at this point the carpet is saturated, but there doesn't seem to be a violent scarlet blemish there anymore. which means that either a) the shaving cream worked like a dream - and who would've thought? or b) i've simply diluted the port and the whole section is actually a nice shade of pink. we'll have to see in the morning.... i'll keep you posted...