What have you bought recently?

New here! Widow, just 6 months now, and in UK considered a senior which they point out as OAP. I've had my first Black Friday sales experience this past Friday LOL. Thankfully, it was great. Daughter and I suffer from photophobia and I'd planned with hubby (at beginning of this year, we did that every years) to change our double-headed lamp which glared too much.

As we were rearranging furniture (due to Window repairs next week) the base of lamp was found broken and being held up in place by sofa only. Once we moved it, it fell apart (it was also 15 years old). So, we decided to get a new one. OMG what a difference! The new one has 6 colours and 6 temperatures. There was a video with the item so, after watching it, it was built up in 2 minutes. It's easy to work and VIP non-glare. We now have 2 combo settings we like. The LED bulb is guaranteed for 20 years, LOL let's hope so. Fingers-crossed!

Saturday night, disaster happened. Microwave oven smoked bad and crackled. As it was on guarantee still, I'll get a new one in a few days. Wow, you never realise how much you use that small appliance until it goes bust. That was the weekend that was, literally!
 
fancicoffee13 said:
I love shopping online, however, I do not like wanting to buy something at Wal Mart and find out you can only buy certain items online. That sounds a little backwards or whatever. I like it online, but not at Wal Mart. Well, I am used to getting certain things like right now plus it is local and easy to get, wrong. That is the problem. But, I will go back home and get it online and wait a few days and voila! I have it. I just deal with it and get it anyway. I wanted those fuzzy lined leggings, online.
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I shop locally as much as possible but when I want something not available in shops then I shop online. Groceries (that changed after hubby passed away) the same shop for decades but was let down by them. Long story I won't bore. Nowadays, I have a new food outlet with major savings which we visit bimonthly. Online, strictly when something is needed quickly. Also, I've a personal site to sell online as I'm an author.
 
Bought two denim skirts for my GD for Christmas. She can choose the one she likes, or keep both.

For myself I bought the most wonderful set that goes in the drawer where I keep ziplock bags, plastic wrap, etc. My drawer is just a hair over 3" deep, and this set fits perfectly. It came in a week ago and wow, what a difference. My husband told me he sometimes opens the drawer even when he doesn't need anything in there, but because of how nice it looks now.

On Thanksgiving I surreptitiously opened my daughter's bag/wrap drawer to gauge the depth. Definitely a little over 3". Ordered a set for her for Christmas! On sale right now, down from $40 to $23. I looked at a bunch of similar products and chose this one based on the reviews.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097CBYF2L?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

p.s. I looked at similar containers for foil, waxed paper, plastic wrap, etc, but the reviews are not nearly as good, and the boxes the wraps come in remain neat in the drawer so I decided against bamboo boxes.
 
Leann said:
Not buying anything today but am returning a pair of shoes that I had hoped would be comfortable walking shoes. Wasn't the case so I'll be returning them.
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What brand were they if you don't mind me asking? I've been looking at some Sketchers but I'm not desperate for shoe's at this time. Walking shoes are all I wear anymore.
 
I just bought more than I wanted on Cyber Monday on Amazon. I got a few things with good discounts. Got a wine colored parka for 30 percent off! Really reasonable. It's going back if it's too tight. Also lots of dog treats..and a pair of yoga pants. A few other things too that I needed.
 
When I spend….I do a good job…
24 - 354g tins of dog food for my wee girl, Shaalee.
FortiFlora probiotic supplement for everyone……$198.00 later, all from the vet.

50.00 for grand daughters birthday tomorrow.
60.00 for foster daughter and family for their Christmas tree…..I buy them their tree every year.
30.00 for snow removal from last Monday.

Stay tuned for tomorrows expenses……
My Corgi, Micki, goes for dental cleaning and 2 extractions for sure, tomorrow……she’s not going to be a happy camper…..no bedtime snack…..no breakfast…..keep my fingers crossed, I don’t get called to pick her up earlier than supposed to be, because she’s being a BRAT !!!! Little Miss ATTITUDE.
 
Just ordered these two amazon items. The inexpensive 1GB flash drive 10 packs are useful for occasionally giving computer files above email file size limitations (often ~5mb) to other peoples. In my case that would especially be my short GoPro8 video files that tend to be a few hundred megabytes or A6000 camera photography and map files.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083SDPD8D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
1 each at $17.59
10 X 1GB USB Flash Drive, Exmapor Thumb Drive Cap Design USB Stick with LED Indicator Lanyards Multi Colors(10 Mixed Colors: Silver/Light Green/Pink/Sky Blue/Purple/Orange/Green/Red/Blue/Black)

Can always use more larger capacity flash drives for medium term backups. I have a few decade old external usb hard drives with short term backed up data that supposedly last about 5 years. Two are buried in the ground out in natural areas in case my residence burned down. Flash drives generally have better long term reliability ~10 years, so will soon be replacing the buried drives with the below. Also have box fulls of even older expensive bulky CDROMs with high 50+ year lifetimes. Beyond then won't be around haha. Note cloud storage for peon capacity speeds above 100s of GB's takes far too long to upload/download. Memory products with more capacity are always coming out. Amazing to now see 1 TB at this tiny size for just $20.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4H289ZW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
2 each at $19.99
USB 3.0 Flash Drive 1TB, SXINDE Ultra High Speed Flash Memory Stick 1000GB Compatible with Computer/Laptop, Portable Metal Thumb Drive 1TB with Rotated Design - Read and Write Speeds up to 60Mb/s
 

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