What have you bought recently?

Oh yes that was the other thing I got today.. a tank of petrol at Costco.. It's £1.30 per litre there..compared to £1.39 at garages locally... a huge difference in price on a tank of fuel...
 

well I did get a delivery from amazon of a type of stick on door
strip to plug the hole at top edge of the door, it is easily 1 inch wide in spots...so just now I heated the door with a hair dryer and got on the low step stool and managed to attach the
thing without falling !!!!! and I think the strip will do the job
tonite when the big chill hits me......
 
Hold onto your hats, kids, I went shopping yesterday. Yup. Hit the dollar store and spent a whopping $12.89, including tax. Got a new toilet brush & holder for $5.00, a long handled brush for cleaning the shower ($1.00), a package of stainless steel pot scrubbers ($1.00), a pound of iodized salt (80¢), a tube of toothpaste ($1.29), a pound of zucchini ($1.00) and four large green bell peppers (50¢ each).

Don't want to rub your noses in my glamorous life but can't help showing off just a bit. :cool:
 

@StarSong It looks like I'm gonna have to give up my Queen of Glamorous Wild Spending title to you;)

When DD and I did the Walmarting yesterday, there was no tart cherry juice so I figured I'd bite the bullet and get our store brand today ($8.99 a quart). Imagine my surprise when I discovered the store brand was $5.99 today. I got three bottles.
 
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@StarSong I'm definitely the Queen of Glamorous Wild Spending. I bought a padded envelope today. $1.09. Was a little worried yesterday that you'd overtake me, but no longer. I'm it👑.
 
I bought 3 different sized washbags/make-up bags... different patterns and makes...

I need them to hold various items to keep them tidied away. I have a had a really top quality large leather washbag that I've had for many years and always take away on holidays with me. these are not that kind of quality, but they're good enough.. and what's more they were all for sale on Amazon, and I got them from temu.. for a quarter of the price....they all arrived today

in fact with this one I got it at almost 10 % of the price that Amazon is selling it at...Amazon want almost £35 for it..I paid just over £5 on Temu...

Amazon bag

Temu bag
 
hawkdon said:
well I did get a delivery from amazon of a type of stick on door
strip to plug the hole at top edge of the door, it is easily 1 inch wide in spots...so just now I heated the door with a hair dryer and got on the low step stool and managed to attach the
thing without falling !!!!! and I think the strip will do the job
tonite when the big chill hits me......
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Stay warm, Hawky! 🔥
 
Georgiagranny said:
@StarSong It was easier to get it at work than be bothered going to Walmart. So I spent a buncha $ at work and saved a buncha hassle.

@holllydolly I like the one from Temu with the bears.
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I didn't get the one with the bears I got the Navy one with the Rose flowers... another bonus I hadn't realised is that the whole inside is insulated and waterproofed..
 
A bottle of V8. They’re finally back in one store, though not many on the shelf. We were walking so just one. The size hadn’t changed but the colour of the cap is now white instead of red. I can’t believe there was a cap shortage.
 
Jules said:
A bottle of V8. They’re finally back in one store, though not many on the shelf. We were walking so just one. The size hadn’t changed but the colour of the cap is now white instead of red. I can’t believe there was a cap shortage.
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all our milk bottles/cartons have been changed to white from red=skimmed, Blue= full fat, Green=semi skimmed etc... and the reason is that coloured tops are harder to recycle...
PYU243
 
Inspired by some bathroom cleaning and putting-away yesterday, this morning I cruised online offerings of undersink bathroom and kitchen organizing shelves.

Started to figure out what I'd need, then realized the better way to go. Instead of buying more stuff - in this case shelving units to organize clutter - it's time to toss or donate what I'll never use.

After it's gone there should be plenty of space without purchasing organizers.
 
StarSong said:
Inspired by some bathroom cleaning and putting-away yesterday, this morning I cruised online offerings of undersink bathroom and kitchen organizing shelves.

Started to figure out what I'd need, then realized the better way to go. Instead of buying more stuff - in this case shelving units to organize clutter - it's time to toss or donate what I'll never use.

After it's gone there should be plenty of space without purchasing organizers.
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Co-incidentally I was looking today also at how much bath and shampoos and hair stuff.. that I have... I stocked up years ago when I was just retiring, and really stocked up far too much....I was then stocking up for 2 people of course..

In my bathroom I have 2 very deep drawers which hold soaps, toothpaste, shampoos.. sponges scrubbies, you name it everything for cleaning me, and cleaning the bathroom as well..

However in my bedroom I have a full size drawers, which holds a another 10 years worth of all of the above and creams and lotions... many of which have not even been opened yet.. so I was wondering if Food donations sites would take all of it...
 
hollydolly said:
Co-incidentally I was looking today also at how much bath and shampoos and hair stuff.. that I have... I stocked up years ago when I was just retiring, and really stocked up far too much....I was then stocking up for 2 people of course..

In my bathroom I have 2 very deep drawers which hold soaps, toothpaste, shampoos.. sponges scrubbies, you name it everything for cleaning me, and cleaning the bathroom as well..

However in my bedroom I have a full size drawers, which holds a another 10 years worth of all of the above and creams and lotions... many of which have not even been opened yet.. so I was wondering if Food donations sites would take all of it...
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Do you have a local buy and sell WhatsApp group? I know people who are on those groups and they seem to do really well by selling stuff which they do not want. If we had a local one, I would be tempted to put some of my unwanted things on there. You could have a small fortune sitting in those cupboards. :)
 
Trish said:
Do you have a local buy and sell WhatsApp group? I know people who are on those groups and they seem to do really well by selling stuff which they do not want. If we had a local one, I would be tempted to put some of my unwanted things on there. You could have a small fortune sitting in those cupboards. :)
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dya think people would want to buy second hand ( albeit unused) shampoos, and hair potions and lotion etc ? I've never seen them for sale on ours
 
hollydolly said:
dya think people would want to buy second hand ( albeit unused) shampoos, and hair potions and lotion etc ? I've never seen them for sale on ours
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Yes. My sister is on one and I have seen all sorts of products on there including perfumes, hand creams etc. You should give it a go. (y)
 
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@hollydolly, could you sell them at a car boot sale. Lots of people sell those type of products at what we call a flea market. I would hold onto them until all are your finances are settled. You would have to buy those products at a higher cost now than you paid for them, I bet.

I always stock up on those things when they are on a good sale. It is kind of nice to have a stash. I don't have to think about buying those things for a long time. You might just go through and see what you bought for him who should have not be named. Sell his stuff and get something nice for you!!
 
Blessed said:
@hollydolly, could you sell them at a car boot sale. Lots of people sell those type of products at what we call a flea market. I would hold onto them until all are your finances are settled. You would have to buy those products at a higher cost now than you paid for them, I bet.

I always stock up on those things when they are on a good sale. It is kind of nice to have a stash. I don't have to think about buying those things for a long time. You might just go through and see what you bought for him who should have not be named. Sell his stuff and get something nice for you!!
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I don't do boot sale any more..not for many years now. so now I wouldn't sell them there..anyway people that go to boot sales would want something for a penny if you were selling it for tuppence so no...
 
Blessed said:
@hollydolly, could you sell them at a car boot sale. Lots of people sell those type of products at what we call a flea market. I would hold onto them until all are your finances are settled. You would have to buy those products at a higher cost now than you paid for them, I bet.

I always stock up on those things when they are on a good sale. It is kind of nice to have a stash. I don't have to think about buying those things for a long time. You might just go through and see what you bought for him who should have not be named. Sell his stuff and get something nice for you!!
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Oh that is a great idea! 🤭 :)
 
Blessed said:
@hollydolly, could you sell them at a car boot sale. Lots of people sell those type of products at what we call a flea market. I would hold onto them until all are your finances are settled. You would have to buy those products at a higher cost now than you paid for them, I bet.

I always stock up on those things when they are on a good sale. It is kind of nice to have a stash. I don't have to think about buying those things for a long time. You might just go through and see what you bought for him who should have not be named. Sell his stuff and get something nice for you!!
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when he first left, I tried to sell his brand new unworn , still tagged , Chinos..there was 8 or 10 pairs unworn modern all colours... tried on FB market Place...no-one was interested apart from a couple of scammers...
 

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