Wow, a lot to unpack here. But I shall try.
On the usage of soap: If I am using a bar of soap (about half the time), I use no secondary articles to apply it and just run it bareback over all the bits, bytes and kabobs that need cleaning and place it back in its proper holding dish. No need to worry about nether region cross-contamination, since being the only other one to use the soap, my wife has already has enough firsthand experience with that. If my wife's choice of bar soap is a little weak or too frou-frou smelling for my taste, I will use my manly scented body wash in lieu and will apply it with an admittedly unmanly pouf. If I ever owned a washcloth, it was likely one "borrowed" from a hotel stay and became a rag for cleaning something other than human skin.
On the application of shoes: Always put both socks on first, then followed by shoes under the theory if I'm interrupted for some reason before finishing being seen in just two stockinged feet is less laugh-inducing than one socked & shoed foot and the other bare. Though I should note shoes are only applied prior to actually leaving the house and removed when returning as inside bare feet or just socks (depending on mood and temperature) is standard procedure and house rules for at least those regularly residing there (cats get a pass).
Did someone mention stairs? I live in Florida. There are houses with stairs? Next question.
On breakfast cereal: Always put the cereal in bowl first (after measuring serving sizes) and then put in exactly 1 cup of fat-free milk afterwards (making up the empty volume with filtered water). Yeah, if you guessed I'm obsessive about keeping track of my daily calories and not going over, you guessed right.
After consuming the cereal, I will than sip the remaining, somewhat watered-down, milk from the bowl. My enjoyment of the act will depend upon said cereal; maximize satisfaction being received from something that turns the milk a different color. Boo Berry...yum! Though I should note I only usually eat cereal for breakfast every other day as I alternate with instant oatmeal or grits followed by a whey protein shake. I usually time this for the morning after a weight training day as my muscles after 8 hours deprivation will wake up screaming "High protein, now!" Orange juice in cereal...are you mad?!
Well hope my routine routine offered an insight onto my character make-up, if only to make me look even weirder than I already am.
