Rubbing Alcohol Bath

I have decided to start a new trend in my bathing routine. It doesn't involve a loofah sponge, washcloth, soap, or even water. Last night, I discovered that all I need is a couple of paper towels and rubbing alcohol.........then again maybe not...let me explain...

For the longest time, I have wanted to be a little more more of a "crafty Cathy" and delve myself in to making things for my home. So I thought that there was nothing more initiating than trying to stain my own shelf to hang up in my living room! Let's just the the maiden voyage into the seemingly endless sea of opportunity of crafts sank like a lead weight. I got all excited about staining my first shelf. I went to Michael's and bought the shelf, and the darkest stain I could find so that I could eventually get the wood to match my coffee table and end tables. I even bought sand paper to finish off an rough spots to make sure the stain went on and absorbed evenly. I sanded off the shelf, and then started staining. Right when I thought I was done with that mess, I accidentally knocked over the small can of stain all over my back porch and ALL over me! My visiting teacher told me that stain is very difficult to remove from clothes and skin, (hence why it is called STAIN) so I tried to think of how I could get it off of me, it was all over my hands, feet, and legs. I remembered that I had a bottle of rubbing alcohol I never use in our medicine cabinet, but oh boy, was I about to use it! I sat my butt on my tile floor and soaked paper towels in rubbing alcohol and proceeded to give myself a combination microdermabrasion rubbing alcohol bath because I had to rub so hard! I am lucky my skin isn't raw! That stupid stuff wouldn't come off! After about 30 minutes of scrubbing it was mostly off, and I was so frustrated with myself, I changed clothes and went for a late evening jog. I left my shelf out to dry overnight and when i checked on it this morning it was all goopy and totally screwed up. I am trying to decide if it would be worth it to sand it up a bit and start all over. I am still debating such an undertaking.