What have you bought recently?

Decided to kill a hour DT so went to my favourite thrift store. Four of the five things were on for half price and they looked like new. Two were boutique type buys. Now I need someplace to wear them. I kept looking at a really striking dress that was on display but decided not to try it on because I’d have to shorten the intricate hem. Checking the label, it was incorrectly priced at $6. My DD might have liked it but it didn’t feel right getting an accidental steal at a charity store. The helper fixed the price. I was thrilled with everything else I got and went home and washed them.
 
Went out to lunch with my husband yesterday. We had a terrific meal at a small Mexican place that he'd found about through Yelp. Delicious, very fresh food that was quite reasonably priced at $32 for lunch, including a beer each. Our little dog was welcome on the patio, and the service was terrific.

I paid for the lunch with a CC and handed our waitress a $20 cash tip after signing the tab. Hubby raised his eyebrows at me as she walked away and said, "Was that a twenty?!" I nodded yes. He smiled broadly and said, "Nicely done."

Even after more than 40 years together we're still in sync. ❤️
 
I bought some gold coloured fake flowers, ( just 3 to make a statement in a clear Vase on a shelf ).. in a bedroom that has an orange coloured comforter.. ...however much to my chagrin, when I put the flowers into the room, I realised that the coverlet isn't orange at all ( who knew, I've had that cover for more than 10 years ) .. more of a cross between a blood orange...and a dull pinky hue... and the flowers are far more yellow than they looked in the store, so the flowers completely clash... Next time I have to take a swatch with me...


I know the cover looks pinky/red in this pic, but it's just the light, it's definitely orange.. a deep umber

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here's a corner of the bed, still not picking up the exact colour ...but as you can see , it's far more orange..

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Omigosh! The excitement! The anticipation! For some reason there don't seem to be any local stores that carry Chore Boy Golden Fleece Scrubbing Cloths. I've been looking for a couple of years and even checked the dollar stores with no luck. DD suggested Amazon and checked...yup! They have them. She has Prime so no charge for shipping.

Just in case anybody else wants to try them, a word of caution: don't use them on any surface that can be destroyed by being scratched and certainly not for SS appliances! They are gr8 for scouring pots and pans...not the ones coated with Teflon or whatever it's called these days.

I also keep one in the bathroom for scouring that nasty ring that sometimes forms in the toilet and for scouring under the rim because I wore down my pumice stone to a nub.
 
Jules said:
Decided to kill a hour DT so went to my favourite thrift store. Four of the five things were on for half price and they looked like new. Two were boutique type buys. Now I need someplace to wear them. I kept looking at a really striking dress that was on display but decided not to try it on because I’d have to shorten the intricate hem. Checking the label, it was incorrectly priced at $6. My DD might have liked it but it didn’t feel right getting an accidental steal at a charity store. The helper fixed the price. I was thrilled with everything else I got and went home and washed them.
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Before Covid, I bought lots of clothes at Goodwill. I always find high quality clothing that is like new in appearance. My son came home after discovering that Goodwill store, and he was thrilled with the Italian wool sweaters he had bought there for next to nothing. All very stylish and like new.

One time I bought this great Woolrich wool-lined spring/fall jacket for $7 -- like new. I got on the elevator in a hospital in Atlanta, and a man who got on with me told me that he had the same jacket, and that he had been wearing it for 35 years, and it looked as good as mine did.
 
I discovered Goodwill bargains completely by happenstance. In this day and age of instant wardrobe fashion that disappears as quickly as it arrives, my dear g'daughter (aka DGD) likes to shop there for clothes that fit her nearly non-existent budget. One day I happened to be along when she asked to go there. The rest is history...
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Omigosh! The excitement! The anticipation! For some reason there don't seem to be any local stores that carry Chore Boy Golden Fleece Scrubbing Cloths. I've been looking for a couple of years and even checked the dollar stores with no luck. DD suggested Amazon and checked...yup! They have them. She has Prime so no charge for shipping.

Just in case anybody else wants to try them, a word of caution: don't use them on any surface that can be destroyed by being scratched and certainly not for SS appliances! They are gr8 for scouring pots and pans...not the ones coated with Teflon or whatever it's called these days.

I also keep one in the bathroom for scouring that nasty ring that sometimes forms in the toilet and for scouring under the rim because I wore down my pumice stone to a nub.
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Good to know - I'm unfamiliar with these, but will put some in my Amazon cart and give them a try. My toilets get hard water rings and vertical stains where the water courses down when the bowl refills.
 
hollydolly said:
I bought some gold coloured fake flowers, ( just 3 to make a statement in a clear Vase on a shelf ).. in a bedroom that has an orange coloured comforter.. ...however much to my chagrin, when I put the flowers into the room, I realised that the coverlet isn't orange at all ( who knew, I've had that cover for more than 10 years ) .. more of a cross between a blood orange...and a dull pinky hue... and the flowers are far more yellow than they looked in the store, so the flowers completely clash... Next time I have to take a swatch with me...


I know the cover looks pinky/red in this pic, but it's just the light, it's definitely orange.. a deep umber

IMG-1628.jpg
here's a corner of the bed, still not picking up the exact colour ...but as you can see , it's far more orange..

cover-cropped.jpg
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As per my monitor I would call it coral. I think black and a little white goes very well with coral.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Omigosh! The excitement! The anticipation! For some reason there don't seem to be any local stores that carry Chore Boy Golden Fleece Scrubbing Cloths. I've been looking for a couple of years and even checked the dollar stores with no luck. DD suggested Amazon and checked...yup! They have them. She has Prime so no charge for shipping.

Just in case anybody else wants to try them, a word of caution: don't use them on any surface that can be destroyed by being scratched and certainly not for SS appliances! They are gr8 for scouring pots and pans...not the ones coated with Teflon or whatever it's called these days.

I also keep one in the bathroom for scouring that nasty ring that sometimes forms in the toilet and for scouring under the rim because I wore down my pumice stone to a nub.
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Gosh they still make these? My mother had them when I was very little!
I don't think I've seen any since then.

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RadishRose said:
As per my monitor I would call it coral. I think black and a little white goes very well with coral.
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Coral..that's the word I've been searching for. Yes!! The thing is, I had it in one bedroom and it looked very orange, then I put it in the other room which has different daylight..lighting... and it definitely looks Coral, now that you say it .. and when I was shopping I was thinking of it being Orange ..

Fortunately it's in a room now where the furniture is all black and the flowers were to go on the black shelf ..but I'll have to see if I can find something a little more coral.. and put them in my White jug Vase.. and not the clear one...
 
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GeorgiaXplant said:
Yup. Those are Golden Fleece, and they're worth every penny that Amazon wants for them.
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I thought I might give those a try after your glowing review. We have really hard water here and of course the loo has to have Kill rock on it regularly as well as the pumice stone on it occasionally .. so I looked them up on Amazon uk.....I'm sure you're not paying these prices for them...:eek::eek: £23.27 for 2 cloths... ( $31.60 US dollars)... think I'll have to pass.... :ROFLMAO:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Chore+Boy+Golden+Fleece+Scrubbing+Cloths&ref=nb_sb_noss
 
hollydolly said:
I thought I might give those a try after your glowing review. We have really hard water here and of course the loo has to have Kill rock on it regularly as well as the pumice stone on it occasionally .. so I looked them up on Amazon uk.....I'm sure you're not paying these prices for them...:eek::eek: £23.27 for 2 cloths... ( $31.60 US dollars)... think I'll have to pass.... :ROFLMAO:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Chore+Boy+Golden+Fleece+Scrubbing+Cloths&ref=nb_sb_noss
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Holy buckets! They're $5.37 here. Free shipping with Prime. When they could still be had in stores, they cost about $1.50 for a box of two.
 
This week I've spent out a little more than I have in a little while.

I bought a whole array of new Framed paintings and art for my living-room and hallway... .got to spend some time thinking how I will arrange them . One of them which I'd earmarked for the livingroom is just going to be the wrong colours , so I'm going to have to hang it elsewhere, perhaps in the hall.. but it'll take some thinking about...

Some new plant pots for indoors and some gold autumn colour imitation flowers and grasses .

I also bought myself the new fragrance released this year by Ghost perfume..called Orb of Night... it's a light floral fragrance for those who are interested.. :giggle:
 
I don't know how to do the username thing where you are highlighting it, sorry not saying it correctly. I messed up the insert quote on the meatloaf thread, too.

Anyway, HOLLYDOLLY, and anyone else, maybe you know you could if you wanted to, paint the color you want your flowers to be if they are not just right. Watercolor, food coloring, acrylic paint watered down slightly. these types would work to change the original flower colors. Even paint pens, sharpies, gel pens.

What have I bought recently? Too much. Autumn and winter clothes to get me out of the frumpy funk and let go of clothes I've kept because I like the colors and the softness.

I also bought some mini lights to string across the porch when I put the Christmas lights back up. I had them on the pillars, but they are too difficult to reach, so I am going to string them horizontally instead.

There is a gallon of paint for me to put on the kitchen walls. I bought it on Wednesday. As soon as some of the pain subsides I will tackle this and hope to finish it over 2-3 days tops.

I tried to buy mulch, but the employee pointed out all the mold in the bags and wouldn't sell it to me. That was very nice of him. I'll check Home Depot or some other store this coming week for mulch.
 
@Owlivia ,thanks for that tip re colouring the flowers. (y) here's a tip back in return.. how to hi-light someone's name so they get notification at the top of the page that someone has referred to them in a post... . Just type the @ sign directly in front of the member's name.. no spaces.

Not @ Owlivia.. but @Owlivia with no space between the @ and the first letter of the name (y)
 

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