How many grooming things does a person with 2 horses need?

Apparently, all of them.

Call this "before."

Not pictured: saddle, two bridles, a breastcollar, several sets of reins, the good halter, a couple of fancy bathing products... lol All stuff that either should not be in the trunk long-term (well, ok, the helmet shouldn't either; I need to change that) or is needed rarely enough that it can just be tucked away to go to the barn in a bag when I leave the house.

For the record, in that state, it was taking me 4+ trips and probably 10 minutes to unload my trunk.  It's freaking annoying.

So I bought a cheap trunk (with wheels! and a handle!) and decided to put my day off to good use by doing an inventory and re-packing.

Let's start off with the preface that this:

I tell my husband these are his brushes.

Is not my fault.  My parents bought me a grooming kit for the Christmas after I bought the ponies.  I appreciate it, but... umm... let's say it maybe might have been unnecessary.

For those counting at home, that would be:
12 curries
2 shedding tools
3 pairs of gloves
3 hoof picks
6 washclothes
11 brushes
and 1 roll of vet wrap that I have no idea why I have it.

What's that?  That sounds like a lot of grooming stuff?

Ha.  Haha.  Ahahahahahahahahahahhaah.

This is:
6 combs
7 brushes
1 rake comb/brush/thingie
1 skein of yarn
1 seam ripper
1 package of clips
2 containers of hair bands
2 plastic needles
and 1 pair of scissors.

Y'all, I haven't braided a horse for a show since 1996.  But I am effing prepared for if and when I ever need to.

What's that?  You don't see bathing stuff?

How about three separate sweat scrapers, four sponges, a bottle of magic horse bathing fluid, a spray-on detangler, Cowboy Magic, two bottles of fly spray (in my defense, one of them is nearly empty) - oh, and antibacterial gel and the hardware to repair a lead rope?

Halters?  We've got halters.

Halters for a good boy - although I guess I don't still need the halter he grew out of...

Halters for Miss 'Standing Tied Is Boring.'

Halters stretched out to draft size by Miss 'Standing Tied Is Boring.'

9 halters.  7 lead ropes.  *facepalm*

Other horsey stuff?  Sure, we've got that too.

1 pair of nylon split reins
1 dressage whip (okay, it's technically a pig whip, but there's... not much of a difference)
1 riding crop, well-aged but barely used
1 pair of garden gloves that... I honestly have no idea why I bought them and put them in the trunk, but I assume I had a reason?

1 uber-soft sorta-chamois cloth
1 weight/height tape

2 round lunge lines
1 pair of driving reins

1 flat lunge line
1 hat I've had since the 1990s that miraculously still fits and has not fallen apart

2 girths of a size that didn't fit Cessa
1 pair of side reins with extra hardware that I got as part of a pacage
1 pair of the most awesome European gloves, well-loved and with at least two holes from lunging escape attempts

1 surcingle
and 1 girth that really does fit a certain fat bay mare

How about human stuff?  YEP.

1 helmet, of an age that it probably ought to be replaced even if it hadn't spent the last few years in my trunk

1 pair of mud boots

1 pair of nice Ariat paddock boots
and of course, the most hilarious box to hold the boots ever.

Or maybe it's just me that wonders just how Santa's beard got glitter all over it and whether Mrs. Claus knows...

Net result?
Victory.

Note to self: next time, maybe buy new paint pens and don't use the paint pens you bought like 9 years ago that miraculously still worked, but tended to get paint places you didn't intend to put paint so that you then had to go out of your way to make it look intentional rather than clearly a drip or mismark...