What have you bought recently?

horseless carriage said:
The nose pad on my favourite pair of sunglasses has gone awol. Time and again I've meant to buy another pair, so when I was in the supermarket buying salad items for our meal this evening and saw the sunglasses on the stand, I treated myself to a new pair of shades. Joe Cool, perhaps not.
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I love that color of blue!
 

katlupe said:
I order another package of those furniture sliders. These are the larger sized ones for the cedar chest, dressers and vanity. I loved the ones I got for the bed and the table. Makes life easier for me so I don't have to ask for help. Thank you, @hollydolly for recommending them!
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you're so welcome, I use ours all the time, our furniture is so heavy, that it would be madness to try and move them without those sliders. They're great to keep permanently under the leg of each and of the bed.. or the fridge or washing machine as well to make cleaning so much easier..

I have Large ones and smaller ones...

For anyone who is interested in these, and doesn't already have them, just thought I'd mention that you need different ones for hard wood floor or tiles.. than you do for carpet..

https://www.amazon.com/Furniture-Sl...ords=furniture+sliders&qid=1627058690&sr=8-23
 
My DD just rang and said she went grocery shopping tonight after work at 5.30pm.. and the supermarkets where she lives were stripped bare..! She had to go to 6 different stores to get groceries enough to stock up . She couldn't even get any sparkling water , anywhere.. :eek:

Thank goodness she's like me and keep her freezers stocked up with food, especially fresh meat for the dogs..
 
hollydolly said:
My DD just rang and said she went grocery shopping tonight after work at 5.30pm.. and the supermarkets where she lives were stripped bare..! She had to go to 6 different stores to get groceries enough to stock up . She couldn't even get any sparkling water , anywhere.. :eek:

Thank goodness she's like me and keep her freezers stocked up with food, especially fresh meat for the dogs..
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I hope things normalize quickly. Glad both of you keep a good supply of food on hand.

When I went to Costco March 12, 2020 to pick up just a few things, checkout lines were 54 shopping carts long at each register (I counted). The lines went to the back of the store. I bailed out, but the mental image of panic shopping remains with me.
I posted a photo and description of that experience here: https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/panic-shopping-at-costco.47068/

If it pans out similarly to how it went in most of the US, your stores will limit purchases, lines will be long, and shelves will be picked clean for the next couple of weeks. Things should settle down after that.
 
StarSong said:
I hope things normalize quickly. Glad both of you keep a good supply of food on hand.

When I went to Costco March 12, 2020 to pick up just a few things, checkout lines were 54 shopping carts long at each register (I counted). The lines went to the back of the store. I bailed out, but the mental image of panic shopping remains with me.
I posted a photo and description of that experience here: https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/panic-shopping-at-costco.47068/

If it pans out similarly to how it went in most of the US, your stores will limit purchases, lines will be long, and shelves will be picked clean for the next couple of weeks. Things should settle down after that.
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Well I have TP this time so I am ready 😂
 
Aneeda72 said:
Well I have TP this time so I am ready 😂
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Unless the US gets hit with a Covid variant that isn't covered by the vaccines, I don't foresee widespread panic buying anytime soon.
Like you, I have plenty of TP on hand. Not hoarding quantities, just normal levels. (36 roll pack in the garage pantry plus whatever's in the bathroom cabinets.)
 
StarSong said:
I hope things normalize quickly. Glad both of you keep a good supply of food on hand.

When I went to Costco March 12, 2020 to pick up just a few things, checkout lines were 54 shopping carts long at each register (I counted). The lines went to the back of the store. I bailed out, but the mental image of panic shopping remains with me.
I posted a photo and description of that experience here: https://www.seniorforums.com/threads/panic-shopping-at-costco.47068/

If it pans out similarly to how it went in most of the US, your stores will limit purchases, lines will be long, and shelves will be picked clean for the next couple of weeks. Things should settle down after that.
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yes we had months of that back in the early part of 2020.. until it all got back to normal.. and now here we are again a year later with empty stores once ,more, but this isn't just to do with the Pingdom, and the pandemic,but also to do with Brexit, where red tape and ridiculous bureaucracy created by Europe has prevented drivers coming into the UK , as they usually would and always have ..
 
hollydolly said:
yes we had months of that back in the early part of 2020.. until it all got back to normal.. and now here we are again a year later with empty stores once ,more, but this isn't just to do with the Pingdom, and the pandemic,but also to do with Brexit, where red tape and ridiculous bureaucracy created by Europe has prevented drivers coming into the UK , as they usually would and always have ..
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Yeesh! I hadn't considered the exacerbating effects of Brexit. Talk about a double whammy.
 
StarSong said:
Unless the US gets hit with a Covid variant that isn't covered by the vaccines, I don't foresee widespread panic buying anytime soon.
Like you, I have plenty of TP on hand. Not hoarding quantities, just normal levels. (36 roll pack in the garage pantry plus whatever's in the bathroom cabinets.)
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I am below hoarding and above normal in the TP department, wipes, and hand sanitizer. Not getting caught short again.
 
I order two cartons of Madhava agave light from Amazon. There has been so much talk about agriculture suffering from droughts and prices rising I figured I'd better get some at the current price. Each carton contains two 46 oz. bottles and the best buy dates are great....exactly two years from today.
 
Repel 100% DEET. Mosquitoes LOVE me. I was using the "Coleman" brand, but they outsourced the manufacture & it was watered down & doesn't work any more; I woke up with 3 bites. This stuff works; not one bite since.
Repel 100
 
hollydolly said:
hahaha.. how can you love Ikea if you've never been in one :ROFLMAO:.. that's so funny...:ROFLMAO:...I like Ikea, my hubs hates it... so instead of going to our nearest store in North London just 1/2 hour from here (albeit high volumes of traffic)..., he pays the high delivery price so I won't ask him to come with me to pick all the heavy stuff off the shelf..:rolleyes:

Today I bought some tumble dryer woollen balls , I'm going try them instead of my usual dryer sheets, and see the results if any. My dd swears by them she only ever uses them..and not the sheets

I got 2 bags of groceries, including 3 bars of dark chocolate Aero.. to store in the freezer ..as everybody knows in these high heats, you have to eat frozen chocolate.. :LOL::giggle:
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I admire Ikea online.
If i could do a total change of everything.......would all come from Ikea. ;):D😁😀😃
 
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