What have you bought recently?

PamfromTx said:
Went to Ross and bought my g-nieces a set of mittens, muffler and a cap.
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Do they still make mufflers for little girls? ... had those years ago for my girls. They were practical.

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hollydolly said:
My sister had one of those when we were kids.. I don't know where she got it from but she was the only one of us who had one
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I remember girls and women having them when I was very young. I never wanted one - how could I form snowballs in those crazy-fun battles with siblings and neighborhood friends if my hands were tied up in that ridiculous thing?

Gloves or mittens made a lot more sense to me.
 
Remy said:
I've been cruising the thrift stores for holiday decor items since we didn't have christmas growing up. Made some nice cheap scores including deer items and animal theme ornaments I just put on the wall.

I have wanted to do some holiday dioramas but I doubt I'll get them done this year. I can work on them all year and got cards and other items to use. I was really glad to find these little trees still in the box. They were two dollars. What also got my attention was they were from the Bon Marche department stores, now defunct I believe. Box says 1994, original price 4.50. Made In China.
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So cute!
 
win231 said:
As for restaurants, I stopped getting food poisoning since I stopped going to them.
I really miss the 3 days of fever, vomiting & diarrhea. :ROFLMAO:
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Dear Win231
I have changed my mind about shopping for groceries too. There is powerful education by reading labels and I have been reading a lot of labels lately and the news ain't good!

1. For example I bought some Stagg Chili from Costco; a product of USA (Sorry there good neighbours). Whey you eat Stagg Chili you are feeding your suffering body, 26% fat, 31% sodium and 40% saturated fat. WOW! I have 4 cans left and I will never buy it again. I used to make chili in a slow cooker. It's easy! I must be getting simple but I'm going to stop killing myself.
2. I got Campbell's Chunky Vegetable Beef. I love soup but this stuff is a real killer for high blood pressure. The label says that the can is 37% sodium. Anyone for a heart attack or a bad stroke? My brother makes his soup from scratch. My late wife never bought this junk but always made her own. I gotta start learning how to cook or I'm gonna kill myself and I don't want to die!
 
Bonnie said:
Love my down comforters! ^^^ .. have winter and summer versions

I bought my doggie a HuggiePup for his Christmas present ... They make them for training puppies, but I thought maybe an older dog might enjoy one too. Will see.
It comes with a pulsing heartbeat unit inside, that runs on batteries, and a heat pad that warms in the microwave.
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We love the one we just bought, don't need another one but we're considering buying an extra just to have around. The price was right and seems to be good quality, very comfortable at night and durable for the dog/cat on the bed. The HuggiePup sounds wonderful, never heard of them before. 💚
 
SeaBreeze said:
We love the one we just bought, don't need another one but we're considering buying an extra just to have around. The price was right and seems to be good quality, very comfortable at night and durable for the dog/cat on the bed. The HuggiePup sounds wonderful, never heard of them before. 💚
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Just ordered another one, with a $50 off black friday code, was a surprise. 👍
 
Packerjohn said:
Dear Win231
I have changed my mind about shopping for groceries too. There is powerful education by reading labels and I have been reading a lot of labels lately and the news ain't good!
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Very true. This past year I‘ve tried to spend less time in the store, so I’m not being as careful about labels. I brought home a bag of Walmart frozen strawberries - from Peru. There’re a couple of other items that were sourced from countries that I wouldn’t have expected. Many things like pickles come from India, as though we don’t grow enough cucumbers here. I could rant on and on about our food.
 
I purchased a new vape mod a Geek Vape Aegis Solo 2 (S100) starter kit and some atomizer coil heads that fit it. The FG is trying to outlaw all Vape related items. :mad: Got to get them while I can. My older ones are just about wore out.
 
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Grocery store this morning. Mall this afternoon to look for one Christmas gift. Needed a new scarf for winter; bought two. They were half price and an extra 25% for Black Friday. Also bought a dress. Not really sure why & it was a final sale. Picked up a small bottle of brandy to make @GeorgiaXplant‘s cranberries.
 
Although I fully expected to not purchase anything for myself over the Black Friday weekend, yesterday I found a deal too good to pass up.

A little background - just the night before my son was telling me about a book he'd read (The Art of Invisibility) by hacker Kevin Mitnick. He teaches people how to be safe/safer in a cyber world.

One of his recommendations was to use a separate, dedicated computer for managing online financials. Meaning, don't surf the web with it, or go on social media, or do any of the things we commonly do with computers. Just financials. Likewise, don't use your regular computer to go on any of your bank account, investment, Social Security or other financially sensitive websites.

He said an inexpensive Chromebook is fine for the task.

So with that in mind I decided to do a little online shopping. Found this:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-c...mmc-wifi-5-usb-type-c/6471196.p?skuId=6471196
$100 off, so $109.00 plus tax! I checked with Consumer Reports - it gets a pretty good rating. Downside is that its battery isn't easily removable (don't care) and the speed is a little slow (not a big deal to me).

Ordered it online and picked it up a couple of hours later at my closest Best Buy. Was in and out of the store in five minutes. Maybe less.
Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.
 
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