What did you buy today?

a time-wasting curiosity thread! ta da!

So, weekends are my days to get household shopping done. today I bought:

--a bright blue plastic adirondack chair. They didn't have the ottomans for it, so I also bought
--a tiny kids bright blue plastic adirondack chair. to put my feet on.
--rubber interlocking padding for my concrete patio when I work out
--Three Cups of Tea Book for my granddaughter's birthday, 'cause B&N didn't have the Howard zinn book I wanted
--cat food, hair color, liquid plumber. How fun!

--rubber interlocking padding for my concrete patio when I work out

Do you mean like the puzzle mats?

I bought Microsoft Office Pro Plus, for $10, and just finished installing it.

I bought a cake mix and frosting for my stepdaughter (couldn't eat the cake myself, but I had several forkfuls of frosting straight out of the container,) plus I happened to pick up paper towels and napkins while I was there. They didn't have the other things I wanted.

yeah, I guess they interlock like puzzles--for workout floors

Keryx got a bunch of books at yard sales, and I got a frisbee. And I hooked up with an old acquaintance today.
And we got a bunch of fruit and garlic stuffed olives, and garlic cheese bread.

Good for her fargon! Books anyway they come are great.

@ cloud. I bought cat food and liquid plumber too! I discovered Science Diet. They are on the 5th bag of it and they are doing great. Slimming down and getting all healthy and they should. That stuff is expensive but worth every penny. Well maybe not too expensive considering the price of the fattening hair falling out over the counter grocery store products.

I didn't buy anything today but yesterday I bought five $1 dollar notebooks a pack of pens.

Last weekend I found a steal chair for $29.99. I am not in the position to buy an anti-gravity chair but it looked like a good knockoff and at $40 percent off. Patience pays off. lol sometimes.
I had been waiting to find a chair on sale for months.

yum @ fargon. and sorta yum @ Clod, but -- icing/frosting is better on cake.

@ skysidhe -- I just dumped one like it in the trash and bought the new chair to replace). After a year (or two--can't remember); the metal parts were broken, the fabric discolored, and the webbing rotted. I just can't keep anything good out there; the conditions are too harsh!

2 paint brushes.

USB cable

Cloud;664550 wrote:

@ skysidhe -- I just dumped one like it in the trash and bought the new chair to replace). After a year (or two--can't remember); the metal parts were broken, the fabric discolored, and the webbing rotted. I just can't keep anything good out there; the conditions are too harsh!

Out there? Well if it rusts there then it will rust here double time.

I bought it at Ace hardware. I think they are still on sale and at that price everyone can have one. lol

I don't like plastic too much. I get all obsessional about the dirt that attracts to it. I would be cleaning it all the time and that would annoy me.

I think I can handle the rust a little better. I'll just call it a patina. :artist:

I am glad you found some comfy chairs though. I know that is what is mostly out there these days. I did see some nice tomato colored ones. I like those but white? no way.

Griff;664551 wrote:

2 paint brushes.

What are you painting?

Undertoad;664553 wrote:

USB cable

What are you hooking up?

J's camera. It has a micro-USB connection.

Technology just keeps changing doesn't it.

I'm painting on my house above where I've been fiddling with a stone splash zone/entrance.

Cloud wrote:

and sorta yum @ Clod, but -- icing/frosting is better on cake.

Well of course, but I can't eat the kind of cake she wanted, and she wouldn't want the kind of cake I can eat. It was frosting-out-of-the-container, or nothing. I chose frosting. :)

Griff;664559 wrote:

I'm painting on my house above where I've been fiddling with a stone splash zone/entrance.

Sounds nice! Maybe we all can see it sometime.

Dinner, large with x-cheese, pepperoni and mushrooms, going to pick it up now (they don't deliver but they're worth it)

Ooh, technically bought two days ago, but just got a shipping notice for: a Japanese tsukemono, aka pickling press. I desperately want to duplicate these pickled vegetables we get at our favorite Chinese place, without having to go to the Chinese place.

I hope maybe you can post some of your successes. I am intrigued. Plus I like pickles.

Groceries, so here we go :

Tomatoes (fresh, dried and canned)
Pasta (fresh and dry)
Parmesan
Chicken cutlets
Turkey cutlets
Pork ribs
Turkey drumstick
Sausages
Olives (green and black)
Flour
Butter
Sugar
Clotted cream
Canned fruits
Garlic
Seasoning mix
Chocolate with a touch of pimento
Milk
Etc...

skysidhe;664562 wrote:

Sounds nice! Maybe we all can see it sometime.

Will do. Of course today I got distracted and started leveling ground for the goat barn... hmm... building permit? I'm still thinking that's un-American.

GunMaster357;664573 wrote:

Groceries, so here we go :

Tomatoes (fresh, dried and canned)
Pasta (fresh and dry)
Parmesan
Chicken cutlets
Turkey cutlets
Pork ribs
Turkey drumstick
Sausages
Olives (green and black)
Flour
Butter
Sugar
Clotted cream
Canned fruits
Garlic
Seasoning mix
Chocolate with a touch of pimento
Milk
Etc...

Good start, needs more red meat. :)

GunMaster357;664573 wrote:

Groceries, so here we go :

Looks like a mighty delicious haul.

Griff;664578 wrote:

Will do. Of course today I got distracted and started leveling ground for the goat barn... hmm... building permit? I'm still thinking that's un-American.

There are so many things Un American these days.
They way I am feeling I would do it without a permit just as a form of anarchy.

Seriously, you need a permit to build a barn? It must be pretty big then?

Griff;664578 wrote:

Will do. Of course today I got distracted and started leveling ground for the goat barn... hmm... building permit? I'm still thinking that's un-American.

Tell 'em to take it up with the goats.;)

Chicken, spices, wine, and charcoal. I am doing a slow cook jamacian jerk on the grill. YUM!

Clod. Why not an old crock or churn?
3-6 packs of beer. dry on sunday here.

nothing.

GunMaster357;664573 wrote:

Groceries, so here we go :

Chocolate with a touch of pimento

Pimento? Pimento to me are red things that go in cocktail olives. Or cheese. I've had chocolate with chiles in them. Maybe a terminology problem?

skysidhe;664582 wrote:

Seriously, you need a permit to build a barn? It must be pretty big then?

Actually, it'll only be 20x20 so I'll call it a shed and act surprised later.

I bought a charm bracelet from The Phantom of the Opera. It has a music sign, a charm that reads "The Phantom of the Opera" (natch), a rose, a charm that reads "Prima Donna", a phantom mask, and a heart that reads Think of Me.

It was a nice show. :)

busterb wrote:

Clod. Why not an old crock or churn?

I don't have one. (And if I did, I'd still have to find another one about the same shape and size to make a weight on top of it.)

Mushrooms, 9 corns, 8 avocados, 2 corn chips, and snacks to send to an old dude down south.

A 50 inch Plasma Hd TV

Beer, tequila and cat food

ah . . . the 3 food groups?

and @ zippy--whoa! I think you win the "today's most expensive" prize

BTW, I tried out the interlocking rubber mats out on my patio tonight--works perfect! I'm curious to see how long they'll last out there.

zippyt;664664 wrote:

A 50 inch Plasma Hd TV

Still got faith in Plasma, huh?

It Flows Better than LCD Or LED
oh and with a 600mhz refreash rate V a 120 - 200 Mhz if is WAY sharper !!
IMHO

Cloud;664668 wrote:

ah . . . the 3 food groups?

and @ zippy--whoa! I think you win the "today's most expensive" prize

BTW, I tried out the interlocking rubber mats out on my patio tonight--works perfect! I'm curious to see how long they'll last out there.

yea that cat is going to get messed up

(pink bouncy laf!)

1) went to a farmers market and bought a cantaloupe, carrots, and a bag of fresh picked rosemary. dunno what I'll use all that rosemary for, but it was only $1 and I liked the guy.

2) Bought a silver cuff bracelet (size large!) and steel necklace (really love their steel jewelry) from QVC. They're having a special--5 "easy payments" today only on EVERYTHING! Pretty good deal, and I've been wanting to try out the easy pay thingy. Thought about buying a new desktop--but decided on something smaller.

ETA: 3) and a watch, also from QVC. I've been needing a new one.

Note to self: no more QVC today!

Salads for the lot of us
$20 labor out of the boy for landscaping work in the hot and humidity
$2.99 on-demand animated movie for the toddler

Today, haven't bought anything.
Yesterday, bought some soft pretzels at the Nats ball game.

big spender ;)

skysidhe;664562 wrote:

Sounds nice! Maybe we all can see it sometime.

done with the stain

Griftopia looks very nice, as usual.

Thanks boss, a lovely day doesn't hurt.

splash zone?

Did you use a sprayer?

Cloud;664771 wrote:

splash zone?

Snow piles up along that wall, which was wood to the ground due to a print reading error by my concrete guy (cousin). Now we have a rot proof "splash zone."

Undertoad;664774 wrote:

Did you use a sprayer?

Paintbrush per previous "What did you buy?" response.

ah, I get it. don't usually think about snow around here.

I also bought a suet cake and put it out for birds this morning. . . only to realize that it's not for warm weather and will probably melt and drip all down the tree. duh.

Oh well, maybe the birds will eat it all up before it does that--they're certainly going to town on it now.

glatt;664768 wrote:

Griftopia looks very nice, as usual.

yep.
Lovely, I like the wood and the uniqueness of it inside and out.

You stained without getting any on the white window and door frames - that's pretty good.

Is that the solar collector/heater on the left?

Can we all come live at Griftopia? Something about it always seems so peaceful. :)

Man you must not mind being at the top of a ladder!

Shawnee123;664630 wrote:

I bought a charm bracelet from The Phantom of the Opera. It has a music sign, a charm that reads "The Phantom of the Opera" (natch), a rose, a charm that reads "Prima Donna", a phantom mask, and a heart that reads Think of Me.

It was a nice show. :)

I'm happy for you.

Undertoad;664747 wrote:

Salads for the lot of us
$20 labor out of the boy for landscaping work in the hot and humidity
$2.99 on-demand animated movie for the toddler

Good call(s) all around.

Nothing again so far.

But I may require beer later.

Also have three books in my Amazon UK cart -may or may not happen today.

And I need to order a swim team tank top and one or two team hoodies -that has a good chance of happening this evening

HungLikeJesus;664794 wrote:

You stained without getting any on the white window and door frames - that's pretty good.

Is that the solar collector/heater on the left?

No stain um... visible.
Yeah, that's the collector.

Shawnee123;664801 wrote:

Can we all come live at Griftopia? Something about it always seems so peaceful. :)

Me and Merc and Redux doing our morning meditations together, serenity now. :facepalm:

Undertoad;664802 wrote:

Man you must not mind being at the top of a ladder!

I've learned to be cool with heights, but today was just the lower story.

How is the solar collector thing working out? One of my neighbors was considering getting one.

It is difficult to quantify. Nothing too dramatic in terms of the whole house since the passive solar face already does a lot for us on sunny days but it does take the edge off the basement room it is plumbed to. On a bright sunny day it will lift that small insulated room maybe 20 degrees F. When the ceiling and finish work is done it'll be interesting to see how it holds heat. I guess an insulated house with poor solar gain or tightly insulated workshop in an unheated building would be good applications. Since it draws from the floor it is heating the coldest air in the space, so that is pretty helpful. I wouldn't over sell it but it is a great feeling when you hear the blower come on knowing the sun is the only input post manufacture.

Thanks Griff.

so beest bought the beer, but I did order the teamwear.

I was naughty.
I've pretended being in my brother's house today is like being on holiday.
I have a cheese & spring onion mix baguette (which comes with a free KitKat) in his fridge.
And a four pack of Stella.

Once his sofa has arrived I am going food shopping (and bill paying) and buying a white bra and a white top for my birthday. I've already earmarked the top - in a closing down sale - I hope they've not sold out! And my two existing white bras are too big and too small respectively. In fact if the particular top I want is sold out in the sale I will wear the one I have already, albeit with a new bra. I haven't been able to wear it for months so I guess it counts as new and saves me £4.00.

I want to get Diz some decent catfood as well. His fallback has recently been Whiskas and I really dislike all the additives. Am going back to Applaws:

You'll see the difference the minute you open the can: the natural consistency will convince you, and your cats will love it!

The most important product features at a glance:

9 different flavours
No artificial colours, flavours, or preservatives
Gluten-free and no vitamin additives
75 % meat content
Hormone-free and natural-fed chicken, dolphin-friendly sea-caught fish

but will kitty eat it?

Oh aye - he loves the Applaws.
And yet sometimes he turns his nose up at fresh chicken.

Meh, this is the same cat brain that thinks it is a good idea to wake me up at 04.20 to shove his paws under my chin. And when I protest, to put a claws out paw on my forehead.

Hello? Can we say kicked out of bed?
He'll try it again before the end of the week though.

a pizza and breadsticks....sigh...I should not be eating pizza. :yeldead:

hmmm . . . pizza!

yesterday I went grocery shopping. I bought approx 40 1lb boxes of pasta, 6 dozen cans of diet coke, 60 beers and a few other things.

40 pounds of pasta? wowee!

Monster, you take stocking up to a whole new level. I'm impressed.

Gas for my truck. $2.39 per gallon.

I have three swimmers, favorite food pasta -lots of it and twice a day, if they had their druthers.. I always shop this way. That's about two month's supply, hopefully by the time it starts to run low, there will be as good a sale again (50c/box). I just shoved 6 boxes of every type we like into my cart. I speed shop too. I was in and out of each of the two stores I went to in 25 minutes.

Today I bought raspberries, hash browns in the grocery store
buckets, stickers, dustpan and brush and wrapping paper in the dollar store
magnets, iron on letters and water bombs in the craft store
shorts, cereal, tupperware, a toy, detergent, softener, cookertop scrubbers, oil, rice, t-shirt, clocks, batteries, paper, envelopes and proab;y something else in walmart
lego and bike lights in toysRus

...and i guess if I don't hit the basement soon, I could "buy the big one"! ;) :lol:

ouch! lots of money! and . . .

water bombs?

splash ball things for the pool

not lots of money really -I shop smart. And in big gluts. I probably won't grocery shop again for two weeks aside from milk, veg and bread.

...and the water bombs were the only thing that wasn't on my list $1for2

You bought cigarettes?

Just bought a replacement battery for my laptop (the original lasted just over 3 years, so I guess I can't really complain.) I was really ticked off at the manufacturer price of $155, but found a compatible one on Amazon for $35, that still comes with a 1-year warranty, so I could buy a new one every year and still come out ahead.

Not today, but yesterday, I bought a new Nalgene bottle to start replacing the ones my company threw out. I also bought some groceries: Carrots, 2 packages of Thomas 100 calorie high fiber muffins, Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage links, Childress White Wine (Trio - its a blend of three whites), pie crust, fish oil, and Cheezit 100 cal packs (cause I had the munchies and figured these were better than buying the whole box).

Later today will be: Light dressing, Provolone cheese (another victim of the fridge clean out), Family size Chicken breast, onion, celery and cucumber. And I will need gas.....again.

The next meat I buy will NOT be chicken. I have enough in my fridge to last a few months. Going to need some red meat soon.

Time for a steak on the grill bbro!

Going to costco to get
garbage bags
cat litter
granola bars
LF cheese
prescription drug for husband
diabeeeetus testing strip
cherries (if they still have them! :yum:)

Then trader joe's for
steaks
coffee
mini ww pitas
chix sausages
silken tofu (trying it for dressings, can't stand ff mayo!)
whatever veggies look good

I just sprung for a revolting beef macaroni in a tin that goes in the microwave thing at the pool because Hebe didn't take enough snacks (I think she swam harder than anticipated at the practice meet this morning) and is coaching there until 1. It was that or bike back over with snack an interupt her class -head coach is scary, so I went for the path of least resistance :lol:

May buy goggles and a large roll of paper this afternoon. And possible even some UnderArmor And perhaps it's time to finally place that Amazon UK order

I have heard that Trader Joes is great store, but I have never been in one.

revolting beef macaroni

I read this as revolving. I'm like "woohooo, that is some seriously FUN beef macaroni." :lol:

TheMercenary;666026 wrote:

Time for a steak on the grill bbro!

Quite possibly. Although the only time I have ever done that "the guy" took over and made them into rubber. Maybe it is time to try again since we aren't friends anymore.....BJ's warehouse - here I come!

bbro;666110 wrote:

BJ's - here I come!

Somebody had to do it.

That's why I put the "warehouse" part in there. :P

goggles -check
paper roll -check
few other bits and pieces of stuff from The Scrap Box -check
underarmor -X
new hockey bag that wasn't on the list -check
used hockey goalie pads for $10 that weren't on the list but srsly -$10?!! -check

going to the pool before I can do any more spending damage.

How bored are we when we are reading each others grocery lists?

and no dildos anywhere - what's happening to you people?

I may have to find another board...

four sets of headphones on woot.com, and one 6" subway turkey and ham.
not very exciting, I know, but I'm coin-flipping on whether or not to splurge on a newly-discounted kindle, nook, or sony touch e-reader.

Paint, brushes, rollers, etc. to paint one of the rooms in the house tomorrow morning after we pick up our keys

Brianna;666175 wrote:

How bored are we when we are reading each others grocery lists?

and no dildos anywhere - what's happening to you people?

I may have to find another board...

you don't find my $10 goalie pads exciting? Hector is sat across from me right now, watching Thor play computer, in a bike helmet, roller blades, and the $10 ice hockey goalie pads. Which really need cleaning.

We just bought some braces for Mav's teeth.

We'll all be eating mashed potato for the next 6 months after paying the bill!

More gas.

Iced tea, xlg, one each, to go.

I got a room at the Marriot Orlando Airport Hotel for $50! I named my price at Priceline and got it. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

TheMercenary;666089 wrote:

I have heard that Trader Joes is great store, but I have never been in one.

My MIL is always going there. The food is cheap and inexpensive. A lot of short dated product, eg aseptic packs of soymilk that have a shelf life of 4 years with a couple of months left on them. Rancid tortilla chips. great stuff, not.

She brought a bag of TJ's wild rice and it smelled like tree bark, was pale brown, broken and dusty, I put it next to the wild rice from the coop which was dark, nearly black, very shiny, unbroken and smelled like wild rice.

You get what you pay for at Trader Joes.

Shawnee123;666090 wrote:

I read this as revolving. I'm like "woohooo, that is some seriously FUN beef macaroni." :lol:

I read it and had instant heartburn. The old stomach can't take what it use to.

Like a primitive ritual, I danced around inside the arcade shop. And finally spent 'my precious' bucks on some PC game DVD, yet again!:nuts:
Damn me!

Bought some gas and will be buying some alcoholic beverages later.

i stopped at Andy's produce stand and bought 2 big red tomatoes. I just had a tomato swammich. wish i'd brought an avocado.

I tried to buy those Amazon UK books, but found my UK credit card expired last month, so now I have to hunt down the new one.

squirell nutkin;666241 wrote:

My MIL is always going there. The food is cheap and inexpensive. A lot of short dated product, eg aseptic packs of soymilk that have a shelf life of 4 years with a couple of months left on them. Rancid tortilla chips. great stuff, not.

She brought a bag of TJ's wild rice and it smelled like tree bark, was pale brown, broken and dusty, I put it next to the wild rice from the coop which was dark, nearly black, very shiny, unbroken and smelled like wild rice.

You get what you pay for at Trader Joes.

Bizarre. I've never gotten anything off/rancid from them; they are my suppliers of choice for coffee, meats, fish and grains. Their cheese section is tremendous and my husband won't eat any other cereal than theirs.

Very strange!

Maybe it's what my MIL buys, but seriously, everything I've tried from them is junk.

monster;666320 wrote:

I tried to buy those Amazon UK books, but found my UK credit card expired last month, so now I have to hunt down the new one.

Log in to Amazon.uk with your US amazon account info, they'll bill the card that's active.

I buy from amazon.de all the time.

Pack of cat treats and a smoothie - both on sale. Last of the big spenders - that's me.

dinner at Red Robin

Coupla tee shirts for friends, some pins that were on clearance from Northern Sun. Despise their politics, love some of their shirts.

We bought an end table and a set of Paula Deen copper bottom stainless steel cookware w/ glass lids. Don't care for her but the pans are the nicest we've ever had.

wolf;666399 wrote:

Log in to Amazon.uk with your US amazon account info, they'll bill the card that's active.

I buy from amazon.de all the time.

No, I want to use my UK card -it's linked to my UK bank account so no foreign use conversion charges and it's a way to get at the funds in my UK bank account -again avoiding charges.

BTW you don't need to login through the US site to use US cards as long as they are Visa/mastercard etc.

lumberjim;666316 wrote:

i stopped at Andy's produce stand and bought 2 big red tomatoes. I just had a tomato swammich. wish i'd brought an avocado.

I stopped at Andy's (honor system garden stand) yesterday and bought 4 huge tomatoes, $1 ea.
Went to the farmers market today and they had huge tomatoes for $4.99lb. The old lady in front of me with 2 almost shit herself when they said her total was $8.50. Then they explained how rare and precious they were at this time of year... she still put one back. If she hadn't butted in front of me in the first place I would have told her to go to Andy's.

I bought rosemary lemon chevre, eggs, and a dozen corns.

did you go to the new farm market yet?

Ya that's what I just said. That's where I bought that stuff.

oh.,..duh.

lol.

(12) 2x8x10' treated boards
cell phone
cement mixer

3 "water cones" (pool toy), a clock and a pack of scotch tape from the dollar store. A noseclip from the sports store, plus I paid for the team cap order but that's not my money.

Pair of 6 ga Bloodwood hoka design earbobs with copper inlays. Pic belongs to Body Art Forms (dot com)

So what's an earbob/how do you wear those?

an earring, and you wear them in your ears. Didn't you ever read Little Women?

In your ears as in through a pierced hole? That hook looks huge, though -are they for regular pierced ears, or the enlarged gauge piercings? I wholeheartedly apologize for not knowing the proper terms.

And yes, I did. A long long time ago and it wasn't all that memorable.

ah, I was just amusing myself! Yes, they are for stretched earlobes. Since they're not conventional earrings, I try not to call them that. My lobes are stretched to 6 gauge; conventional earrings are about 18 to 20 gauge. The picture shows various sizes--my pair will be the smallest one pictured, since 6 ga isn't all that large (to us).

Note: Never called stretched ears "gauges." Although lots of people do, it's considered a newbie mistake. I could get into a whole diatribe about word usage and elitism, which you might even enjoy, but . . . I won't. ;)

and I always liked Little Men and its sequels better.

So (in "layman" terms), do you wear a "porthole" earring to "frame" the hole before you put those in? Ot you just wear those?

you can, and many do wear tunnels and then put hanging style jewelry in there. It helps distribute the weight. I don't, because my holes are fairly small. I wouldn't need it with those earrings/bobs--wood is light.

Usually during the week at work I wear simple plugs that minimize the impact of the hole size. Like this:

Cloud;666658 wrote:

and I always liked Little Men

tee hee hee - thats a first.

not THAT little!

It's just like Out of Africa.

HLJ: I know your comment was meant to be snarky, but there's some truth to it. Some body jewelry is modeled after traditional peoples' jewelry, and many of the aficionados style themselves (or at least follow the trend of) "modern primitives." I have a beautiful book called, "Africa Adorned" full of just gorgeous stuff. Surprisingly, there's a lot of traditional Indian jewelry forms that have not been picked up by our current industry--not sure why.

Not snarky (rudely sarcastic or disrespectful; snide. Irritable or short-tempered; irascible), but I'll admit that I do not find the gauges attractive.

that's a good thing, actually; in terms of a unique body aesthetic. It's not supposed to appeal to everyone.

I, myself, don't like really, really big ones--they look unhealthy to me; and I emphatically try to discourage very young people from doing it, as they are pretty permanent.

I just bought 15 sets of kids' pajamas for under $100. Hot damn!

7.5 pairs each? :lol:

last night I bought 120 cans of beer. For about $75

It's back-to-school time. You know what the hell I bought. :(

Oh, wait. It's back-to-school time. :celebrat:

monster wrote:

7.5 pairs each?

Nah, those dang stepkids think they need stuff to sleep in too. But the oldest had the decency not to grow any this year, so she was already set.

4 new pairs of soccer shoes. That little shit had the decency to stay the same size all last season and then grew a bit we replaced his shoes in June. The little shit grew a full size since June and I just had to replace the whole freaking set.

if he grows again I'm taking money from his college fund.

sleep naked. save money.

;)

today I bought a zillion litres of pop and juice and the like for the littlies and teetotlers. And some wine. not much. Got a redneck image to maintain here..... And some chips and stuff.

A Clark North American Jungle Hammock, with tree straps and an extra large rain fly.



(I didn't actually buy it today - I ordered it on the 18th, but I got a note that it might be delivered by next Monday.)

HungLikeJesus;677838 wrote:

A Clark North American Jungle Hammock, with tree straps and an extra large rain fly.

Bigger than this guy?

Today I did buy some Pimms-alike.
Do you guys have Pimms? It's an alcoholic drink that is never drunk straight (well, not by normal people!) but is a summer institution when served with lemonade, fruit and mint.

Normal bottles go for about £15 I think. This knock-off was £4.99.
I figure once it's diluted, iced up, stuffed with strawberries, orange and mint (no cucumber, I hate the cucumber) no-one will know the difference.

It's part of my Sunday Summer Menu. So they'll be too tipsy to notice if the pork comes out dry!

Also bought some sunflowers for Mum. They were local - always a good thing - and will look lovely on the table tomorrow.

We have Pimms down here. Perilous stuff when mixed, goes down like fruity iced tea or something, then really sneaks up on you when you try to stand up.

Oh aye - only thng more perilous is strawberry beer (Fruili, sold on tap in various Greenwich establishments) which goes down like a cheap whore but sneaks up on you like a mugger.

lookout123;677784 wrote:

if he grows again I'm taking money from his college fund.

Sounds like you need to work on strategies to stunt his growth. He could take up smoking.

I bought ankle socks, and two Beatles themed journals (Abbey Road and Yellow Submarine).

I had intended to get a car charger for my cell phone and a new laptop. I did not get either.

However, because they just remodeled my EvilEmpire store, I had a $5 welcome back gift card, so the socks were free.

Foam swords, booze & a Score candybar, I'm addicted to those mofos, The little one is sound asleep, (we got foam swords today), I'm working on the booze.

I just came back from a junk food run. I don't do that very often and I only meant to get milk, tortilla chips and gum! I swear!



I bought corn Doritos for homemade salsa.
Balsamic and sweet onion potato chips. To go with tuna sandwiches, I tell myself.
Pillsbury mini brownies ( chocolate and vanilla is a great combination so I get.....
Slow churned vanilla ice cream with half the fat, mind you. ;)
Black forest gummy worms,because I am a gummy worm /bear freak.
2 gallons of fat free milk
2 liter bottle of Squirt. I have been craving it.
3 pack of Orbit peppermint gum. Special request.

gas. and ceramic classes for two.

I bought a beach club sub from Jersey Mike's for lunch. Mmmm.

A bunch of classroom supplies and turf shoes for Lil' Griff.

I can't believe we bought the whole thing !

We went looking... and came back broke (again)

very pretty. what is it?

A car.

[/smartass] ;)

Supermarket run, probably could have survived without going, but I wanted bananas and it sort of gets out of control after that, because that forces me to start at the front and work my way sequentially to the end wandering past all those evil little sale tags. Bought very few things that weren't on special. You can't pass up $1.88 Tasycakes, especially while Spice Kake Krimpets are in season. And some yeast, just in case I break through the bread-making inertia. And I really needed the garlic bread pretzels nuggets. And some organic chocolate chip cookies, but we're having girl's night and one just HAS to take a snack. And they've never had crab chowder before. See, I really needed it. I just have to decide how I'll do the hamburger. I bought lunchmeat so I don't want to do a meatloaf. And I forgot to buy breadcrumbs. Oh crap. Unrelated to the meatloaf, I forgot to get mayo. I always forget something if I'm not using a list.

Cloud, as Clod said, it is a car, for sure

It currently goes by a name of Subaru Impressa Outback Sport.
But my wife will see to that as soon as she gets a feeling for it's personality...
probably something soft and feminine, but then who knows.

it's not a car, it's a wagon! /smartassbackatya

it's purty, congrats Lamplighter

Three Plymouth Whalers kids club memberships , printing for Thor's hockey shirts, a few tourney entries and goalie coaching for Hectors team and a large beer at the game. All about the hockey today.

SCHWEEEEEET Ride Lamp Lighter !!!!

Some pens and two mini lanterns. :D

A hatchet, a big shifting wrench and a 1966 West German Army surplus combination folding shovel/pick. Less that $60 the lot.

ZenGum;685017 wrote:

...a 1966 West German Army surplus combination folding shovel/pick. Less that $60 the lot.

Bargain...will you be trying your hand at opal mining in CB?

I finally bought something so I thought I'd post. I bought a meltaway danish and an apple fritter.

today's purchases:
pizza crust
moz cheese
pepperoni
pizza sauce

new lounge pants and tank (i.e., house wear).

funny how all those black clothes look the same. on the floor.

Laurie Henderson;685079 wrote:

today's purchases:
pizza crust
moz cheese
pepperoni
pizza sauce

Excuse me, you forgot to mention what time. :yum:

I am starting my Chirstmas present making... so, I bought 6 wooden boxes to paint and decorate, 3 small flexable wood (balsa?) pouches. I will use these for Rune Set. I also bought some stained glass paints, and some glass beads.
Total $21.50

Then beacuse my dog was so good on our 25min walk to the store, and the 10 min wait while I shoped, we went into the pet store, and I bought her a treat as well as found this little tag pouch. Neat little gadget, hopefully it will stop the constant jingling of Freya's two tags.
Total $7.21

Laurie Henderson;685079 wrote:

pizza crust
moz cheese
pepperoni
pizza sauce

Wegman's?

beer, chicken, bread, celery, lettuce.

XTR shifter cable and housing due to inopportune failure deep in teh woods this lovely fall morning.

Laurie Henderson;685079 wrote:

today's purchases:
pizza crust
moz cheese
pepperoni
pizza sauce

OH? Are you making Stomboli?

An '86 F-250 4x4 4 speed

86 goddamn! Does it still have the original rust?

:)

Well that looks pretty nice for something that age.

OK, I want one.

I think I can get antique plates for it next year! ;) It has rust but the interior is immaculate and the owner was a gear head.

A little duct tape & rustoleum will make it gooder than new. Can you get farm plates?

xoxoxoBruce;685143 wrote:

Can you get farm plates?

Yes! That is its new job, Farm Truck :)

I needed a phone with a good keyboard. It is simple. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles of other phones. I cannot upload pictures but I can send them to people. I can also check email from the phone and send pictures to email via the phone.The keyboard is great. The font is large and clear. I wasn't expecting such a nice little phone for the price. I am very happy with it.

There's a new iPhone coming out, after the first of the year, that is Verizon compatible.

black shoes for work. Clog-y mary jane ones, this time. I hope they fit! I swear I've spent hundreds of dollars on shoes that I end up not being able to stand to wear.

Wide feet + extra sensitive toesies = not many shoe choices.

over-priced chicken tenders for my son and overpriced gas. Son and car were both running on vapor.

sometimes ya just gotta

yeah, but we try not to in the car and/or in front of the son....

Do It In the Road?

Nuts, $400 worth.

(raises eyebrows) that's a lot!

xoxoxoBruce;687510 wrote:

Nuts, $400 worth.

Are these nuts gold plated?

You'd think so the way they've gone up, especially Macadamias and Pistachios. :rolleyes:

Della's Halloween costume:

Can you teach her to bark, "Arrrrr!?"

;)

@ Bruce. Be Like The Squirrel!

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@ Bruce. Be Like The Squirrel!

I've prepared my nuts for winter. :D

Lunch at Long John Silvers...that was a fucking stupid idea.

an overpriced, overvalued team warm-up suit for Thor because we're not broke enough/ principled enough to let him be the only kid on the team without one.

And a hot roast chicken and french stick because Hebe and I were starving.

Today I bought a bunch of incandescent light bulbs, because these fucking CFLs are dead to me. 20 minutes to warm up to full strength? Hell no. Mother Earth can just hang on a little longer until LED technology becomes widespread.

Nothing yet, but I'm going shoping for a liquor cabinet when Max wakes up.

second hand clothes and shoes abd toys, new undies, food, drink, and we're about to buy some agitator dogs.

Agitator dogs? My neighbor has six.

we just need 4

Your neighbors must be more sensitive.

They're probably closer -this is a cookie cutter neighborhood.

Aliantha;688035 wrote:

Nothing yet, but I'm going shoping for a liquor cabinet when Max wakes up.

Will he be providing imput into your choice? :D

Actually, I think he contributed to a better discount for cash. lol he's a little charmer when it comes to strangers. They all love him.

Turns out the sales lady just lives up the street from me too, so that also could have helped. :)

Today I bought...



Time

Oooh! Let me know where you got it and how much it is, I never seem to have enough!:cool:

Aliantha;688091 wrote:

Actually, I think he contributed to a better discount for cash. lol he's a little charmer when it comes to strangers. They all love him.

Turns out the sales lady just lives up the street from me too, so that also could have helped. :)

:)

two empty picture frames (one with a backboard, one without), purple sequinned mask, blonde wig, gallon of milk, left-handed street hockey stick and gas.

This is the new cabinet.

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Wino. :haha:

hehe...yeah I guess so. Actually most of those wines are reds which we don't really drink a lot of, hence the dust. White wine never stays in the house long enough to collect dust.

I'm going to put some of those glass slide thingies on the wall above to hang my wine and cocktail glasses on. I think it'll look really nice when it's all done.

Will there be wine cabinet inauguration drinkies?

49.92 worth of groceries. Hazelnut chocolate was successfully surreptitiously purchased and bagged. I had to drag out the old lemon cookie sleight of hand gambit, but it worked. I am now enjoying, admittedly late in the season, a Mr. Qcumber soda. Very passable, that, very passable...

I bought the hanging racks for my glasses and installed them.

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Looks good, Ali!

very nice.

Oh yes, that makes it. Good job.

Cloud;687486 wrote:

black shoes for work. Clog-y mary jane ones, this time. I hope they fit! I swear I've spent hundreds of dollars on shoes that I end up not being able to stand to wear.

Wide feet + extra sensitive toesies = not many shoe choices.

Have you tried Clarks?

(I have majorly hard to fit feet when it comes to women's shoes, I end up buying dude sneakers most of the time, but do have to have actual chick-shoes on occasion.)

Another favorite are Aerosoles.

Oh man, I love Clark's. I have wide feet too, and they are the most comfortable shoes I have ever found. Every pair of dress and nicer-casual shoes that I own are Clark's.

2 scones. Yum.

A pair of these.

Those aren't from Axiom are they?

I bought a Webcaster Gun:

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That looks fun. Wonder if you can make candy floss with it?

don't supposed you can use it with a compressed air cylinder ...I just don't have a compressor lying around...

I'm still experimenting with the settings, but it does require a lot of air. I don't think a cylinder would work.

A side benefit is that it has really cut down on the number of flies in the neighborhood.

Maybe I could just use tw?

2 dozen eggs, half gallon of milk, quart of yogurt, unsalted blue corn chips.

2 lbs Peets coffee - on auto-buy program, so once a month they just take the money out of my bank account and send me desperately-needed coffee. $30.

Two days of overdraft bank fees, since I didn't have $30 in the account. $70.

Gah - That sucks UT. Still cheaper than going to Starbucks

HungLikeJesus;689073 wrote:

Those aren't from Axiom are they?

Nope, they're made by a little boutique audio company here in LA called "Avant". I put my deposit down on them today, they will be ready by January.

A kindle.

Oooh - nice!
Not tempted myself. But then much as I appreciated your lickle thingy in Glasgow, I'm not into gadgets. I'll be a book gal for a good while yet. I just prefer moving my eyes rather than moving the text. It may be a learned trait of course.

Today I bought a book keeper-aparter. Doesn't work well when you've just started a paperback. Was better than nothing while I was doing my nails though. Ooh - must post pics in another thread while they are still pristine (for Queen of Hearts tomorrow - we're celebrating World Book Day).

Today I bought a few pieces of professional clothing. You know, not pants, but slacks. At some point here I'm going to have to do better than jeans and clever t-shirts, so I figure I'd better start warming up now.

Clodfobble;714702 wrote:

so I figure I'd better start warming up now.

That way lies madness.

A docking station/DAB radio for my i-phone.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/iwantit-iphdbtp10-ipod-docking-station-05057318-pdt.html

This huge ass keyboard for youngest son (not the one pictured.) And also a whole bunch of other Christmas presents. Some call me a weirdo (ahem! :) ), but on years when we don't see my hub's kids at Christmas, we try to celebrate with presents on Spring Break and they are on their way here!

This one was a pain to wrap, by the way.

a terrific assload of groceries, like $280 worth, still have to buy meat and fruit and vegetables...

That's nice Kerosene.

Foot, that's a lot of grub!

I didn't buy anything today, but yesterday I bought niger/nyger seed.

Leki Nordic Walking poles!

footfootfoot;714931 wrote:

a terrific assload of groceries, like $280 worth, still have to buy meat and fruit and vegetables...

That high and still no meat??? Or produce even??

kerosene - I don't understand the 'not the one pictured' part of your post.

it aint the one in the pic

Yeah, but why? How many times are you gonna have a big keyboard box in your house that isn't the one you got for your son, but your son is in the picture with that box?

Just of sort of threw me is all.

I bought $250 worth of beer, wine, and alkehol for the Referees Party in a weeks time.

So the referees really are blind... drunk at least.

Well at least the day before the tourny many of them may be. Actually the Ref accessors who come to town, about 10 or so this year, drink a hell of a lot more than the actual refs. I bet there are about 1/3 who drink moderately, 1/3 who drink occasionally, and then 1/3 who don't drink at all. And of course there are the one or two who push the limit, but they are rare in this group. Everyone takes it pretty seriously. The Beer is mostly Guinness and Bass which is not cheap.

The blind part is probably more true. :D

Pico and ME;714953 wrote:

That high and still no meat??? Or produce even??

I do most of the shopping and I haven't shopped since my surgery three weeks ago. It got pretty spartan...

kerosene;714911 wrote:

This huge ass keyboard for youngest son (not the one pictured.) And also a whole bunch of other Christmas presents. Some call me a weirdo (ahem! :) ), but on years when we don't see my hub's kids at Christmas, we try to celebrate with presents on Spring Break and they are on their way here!

This one was a pain to wrap, by the way.

How's he going to get it back home?

Pico, what I meant was, the son in the picture was not the son receiving the keyboard. I took a big risk in involving the pictured son in the acquisition, because the kid cannot keep a secret, even for the 2 hours between wrapping and unwrapping. Within 10 minutes of seeing other son, pictured son asked unpictured son if he liked music.

HLJ, he isn't taking it to his mom's house. He will be back here in 2 months for the summer. It's an "at Dad's house" item. We do that because items that go to their mom's house end up mysteriously disappearing, being sold on Ebay, broken or just boxed up and stored.

I know you meant nothing by it, HLJ, but for future reference, you should be careful when talking to a joint-custodial parent about where "home" is. It has the potential to offend.

Dscf7093 by zippyt, on Flickr

Tasty

AND for a future project

DSCF7095 by zippyt, on Flickr

No offense taken, Clod (and HLJ.) The only time that phrasing really bothers me anymore is when people say it that way to them. I don't want them to feel that they are just visiting here. I want them to understand that this place is also home.

Its Tough having to have 2 sets of toys and stuff for kids in this kind of situation ( been there done that ) ,
take the Hi Ground , Dont talk trash about Psyco Mom in front of the kids , they will figure it out for them self's

zippyt;715098 wrote:

AND for a future project

Zip, I don't think you've got enough hay bales for a maze. :D

Yeah, having two sets is weird, and clothes we just can't do. Usually we end up just adding to the clothes repertoire and hoping they get a chance to wear them after the summer, too. Kids grow out of them fast, anyway.

We try to suppress the urge to trash talk. Pretty successful at it. They have begun to figure it out. Not old enough to make "the choice" if they want to, but I wonder what the next couple of years will bring.

I bought a small bird feeder to replace the one I made. Then when they stick up their little beaks at that one too, I'll buy them a primo- mesh awesome bird feeder.

Bought some shoes for not pictured child and shoes for me. Bought groceries, too.

got more groceries again. I love grocery shopping.

limey;714594 wrote:

A kindle.

Yay!! Congratulations!!

You'll be wanting a copy of Calibre (free) with that so you can convert PDFs on your own.

nuffink

monster;715852 wrote:

nuffink

Frugal Mom.

yarly. And nuffink so far today either.

Coffees for hubs and I, goofy sugary drink for daughter.

wolf;715850 wrote:

Yay!! Congratulations!!

You'll be wanting a copy of Calibre (free) with that so you can convert PDFs on your own.

Where do I get one of those? Convert what to PDF? Please lead and guide me ....

HTC EVO 4G from Sprint


Ebay bidding on a pair of old school RayBan Wayfarer sunglasses

Grilled House Zalad from Zaxby's. That's what I bought today.

monster;715922 wrote:

yarly. And nuffink so far today either.

....but then I bought beer


Today, I need to buy an orange bedsheet, two orange t-shirts, toothbrush heads, teethbrushi and dental floss. no genital floss.

I just bought my first dslr camera!

The little casio pocket camera was ok but it really wasn't up to the job of large-scale archival study. Kept overheating, and wasn't stable enough in the archive's tripods which meant I had to hold the camera over the books: bit of a pain in the neck when taking 400+ shots.

I've gone for a pretty basic starter camera, no need for all the bells and whistles. Though I did also get a set of filters in case I need to go in close for smaller writing. It's had mixed reviews, but I feel safe with Canon, so have gone for a Canon EOS 1000D

http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/EOS_1000D/

Not today, but a week ago I ordered all of the parts for a new computer. They arrive today.

I has more than a little happy.

DanaC;716122 wrote:

I just bought my first dslr camera!

Exciting!

Haven't bought it yet ... but it looks like I'm buying Cylinder #1 (of six).

Tuesday, car was fine.

Wednesday, noticed a wee bit of hesitation occasionally while driving. I'm pretty sensitive to changes in the engine noises.

Thursday, riding really rough, nearly wanting to stall out at idle, problems spinning up the RPMs, ran mostly okay while puttering along.

Then the idiot light came on. The one that's a little picture of the engine, in yellow.

While driving grab owner's manual out of center console, hold it against steering wheel, page through to find ... on steady indicates fault, usually in emissions control system, or possibly means gas cap is loose.

Pull over and check in pouring rain.

Gas cap wasn't loose.

Light stayed on.

Drove onward.

Idiot light starts flashing.

Manual against the steering wheel again, notice second sentence for first time ... if light is flashing indicates more serious problem, could result in fire.

FIRE??

mother fuck.

stopped flashing.

Had very nervous ride to work (not from home, of course, I was about 20 miles away, with lots of turns and traffic lights between here and there. Sat at lights in park revving engine over 1K RPMs to prevent stall.

Limped it home, and then into the mechanic today.

Diagnosis took about 1/2 hour (there wasn't anyone ahead of me), and when the guy came in with the estimate he chatted with me a little about my Kindle ... and I said, "okay, you've distracted me a little and calmed me down ... go for it."

After he was finished his explanation, I replied, "did you just say it will be under $1000? May I hug you?"

wolf;715850 wrote:

Yay!! Congratulations!!

You'll be wanting a copy of Calibre (free) with that so you can convert PDFs on your own.

Thanks wolf. I installed Calibre and am playing with it instead of doing my work.

Naughty!

I haven't bought anything today (yet)

monster;716121 wrote:

Today, I need to buy an orange bedsheet, two orange t-shirts, toothbrush heads, teethbrushi and dental floss. no genital floss.

But it didn't happen. I should probably go do that now. ugh.

Bought a bunch of seeds and a new soaker hose. It's springtime, bitches!

maybe in crazyland, we still have a couple of feet of snow :(

There's this mysterious bright orb in the sky. Things are, well...it's like some kind of light is making things brigher, easier to see, less melancholy.

I have some vague recollection of this phenomenon.

Today, I bought the much-appreciated help of a few friends (and relatives of friends) to drag away a bunch of trees and brush I've been whacking back this past week.

Twenty dollars cash to each participant - $80

Awesome homemade chili - $8

A little something to drink and smoke - $40

My enthusiastic thanks and a hearty handshake - $0

The fact that I'm not out there in the rain and the mud; they are - [COLOR="Indigo"][SIZE="6"]PRICELESS![/SIZE][/COLOR]

A salad. At bob evans. I ate it in the presence of sausage patties, breaded mushrooms and fried cheese.

But I had the salad.

Buncha galvanized hardware for a cheese press.

not tellin'.

but it still wasn't the toothbrushes et al.

I had a gift card, so today I bought a coffee and a pretty nice cup.

Breakfast and lunch. I may start buying sex soon if this dry spell continues.

Photos with the Stanley Cup.

Not today, but last night: an I-pad2 for mum's 65th Birthday.

monster;716121 wrote:

....but then I bought beer


Today, I need to buy an orange bedsheet, two orange t-shirts, toothbrush heads, teethbrushi and dental floss. no genital floss.

Orange bedsheet not for the bed?

casimendocina;720648 wrote:

Orange bedsheet not for the bed?

NO. For a banner for the swim team :D

A house!

Hubby's dad co-signed, and we signed off on subjects last week. Posession Sept 15, move in sept 24.
Never expected it to happen, and when it did... it was fast- from thinking about it, to signing off on subjects was 2 weeks!

Good timing!

I bought bras, a house number plate and some letter stickers, vaccum cleaner belts, tampons, mouthwash, lens solution, moisturizer, diet coke, a padlock, D batteries and chips.

CONGRATS Jay!

Last Friday I bought a used hydraulic forging press. It should be here on Friday. They will load it into my truck at the freight terminal. I'm excited and terrified that I have to rent a forklift to get it out of the truck and into my garage....

Today I bought digestive enzymes, 3 new CDs for myself, a new immersion blender, and a real watch for Minifob.

two cups of coffee and a croissant ( yes breakfast ) but give me a chance.. it's only 9.30am.

Clodfobble;751973 wrote:

Today I bought digestive enzymes, 3 new CDs for myself, a new immersion blender, and a real watch for Minifob.

Does that make it a fob watch?

Nothing.
Yesterday I bought a HUGE baking potato (big enough for Mum, Dad and me), a red onion and a tin of chopped tomatoes. That was for baked sardines with layered potato and onions.

Today I am marinating salmon with ingredients already purchased (and used often).
Mum bought the salmon, but it was a freezer pack, so bought weeks ago.
It's a bit of a cheat, but I feel good about not spending anything anyway.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh baked sardines...."dreaming of Greece"

They were really yummy!

Mum is happy to buy the protein if I supply the sides, and more importantly cook them :)
She's come round to the idea that although I cook differently, she actually enjoys what I make, or at least employs constructive criticism, which I can take without rancour.. (usually)

Happiness all round.

Salmon with ginger, spring onion and soy sauce tonight.
Oops, perhaps this should be in the recipe thread!

7 yards of elastic cord,

and then 30 minutes later I did it again.

A 12oz CO2 tank, two pairs of shorts and two belts.

Five bananas, four "pink lady" apples, some Crazy Jack figs, a granary loaf and a pot of peach and wholegrain yoghurt.

mrs. G bought one of these placards last night.. now we just have to put it up in a location where the neighbourhood dogs will see it.

A ticket for the homecoming dance and the class shirt, and a student athletics pass. Bloomin' hemorrhaging money I am

A bottle of my favourite perfume. Narciso Rodriguez For Her edp.

My hub wears 32/36 jeans. We haunt Goodwill because this is an odd size. We frequently score brand new or almost new jeans. Anyway today I scored a designer handbag in mint condition , retail $499. [ who pays that for a purse? :eek:} The grand total was $2.70. Oh and at Wally World I bought a 20 ft long line lead for Victor so I could continue his herding training. That was $7.50. $4.80 more than the purse. Now when I carry my "new" purse, people can think, wow that dumb ass paid $499 for a purse ;) :blush:

Nirv, somewhere here I posted a pic of a handbag in a store window in Japan. IIRC, it was 2,300,000 yen, maybe 20 thousand dollars.
$500 is cheapskate territory. No pretty office lady is going to put out for her salaryman boss for anything less than a $1,000 Louis Vuitton which she can resell for $500.
And yet, I would routinely see three or more LV products in each subway car. Hell I even saw an LV backpack on a dog!

I know about expensive purses I just never had the disposable income to purchase them. ;) I have champagne taste and a beer budget. I would rather pay $300 for a herding seminar to help me train my dog better.

Priorities, Priorities :)

another spiritwear shirt. $10. And a pull buoy and paddles. $30. Yesterday i also bought a large bag of ice for the swim meet.

and i got the final cost for hockey.

:eek:

but I got paid for my gardening. So at least the purchases are covered......

new LG Flatron 23" inch monitor for my bday!