What have you bought recently?

I spent some Amazon holiday gift cards:

A new pullover sweater for Doggie, it's too big *sigh*, have to return .
Set of 2-cup, reusable, freezer containers. What few I have are too big.
A replacement George Foreman grill, this time with removable plates. Love chicken and salmon in it.
New toilet brush and holder
Big 52 oz. Beggin' Strips treats for Dog
Small bag Pedigree kibble for Dog
Canister for flour
Mouthwash
 
bought purina one cat food. weight control for indoor cats,a little pricey but he is getting really big. not sure if he would like it. well he likes it alot i have to keep it in the cabinet under the sink so he cant get to it between feedings.
 

Didn't buy any eggs, but I kid you not. These are the prices yesterday:
A dozen jumbo eggs at a local grocery chain (Vallarta) - $9.39.
Aldi large eggs - one dozen - is the photo below - $5.87.
DD was there and couldn't believe her eyes so she sent me the photos.

Costco is frequently out of eggs and continues limiting purchases. I'm fortunate that I happen to have 3-1/2 dozen left over from my holiday baking marathon and don't tend to use many eggs on a regular basis.

The avian influenza is forcing culling of flocks in an effort to keep the virus from spreading. The virus is extremely infectious and 100% fatal to birds and spread through droppings, saliva and contaminated feed or water. In the US, it's led to the deaths of over 40 million commercial egg-laying hens from Feb - Dec 2022.

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Jeez ^^^ @StarSong .. we have a shortage of eggs here too.. but the prices are only half of yours...

I tell you what has peed me off.. This time last year.. and in fact up until just 3 months or so ago, Aldi sold 1 litre cartons of milk for 50p.. I bought in bulks always... now they've risen to 90p a carton... almost doubled in price.. so now 10 litres of skimmed milk costs £9.00... when just a short time ago the same milk was £5 for 10 ...:oops:...I've also noticed that there's a huge difference in the amount we're getting in our basket at Aldi..

Before it was a very much discounted store compared to all others, where £60 would get you a whole trolley (cart) full of food... ( not that I ever bought a cart load in Aldi.. but others did... and now, it's easy to spend that just on a Basketfull.

Fortunately I don't do all my shopping in Aldi and in fact it really was because ther milk was much cheaper that I did any shopping there at all.. but now I'm thinking I may as well just do all my shopping back in the Regular BIG 4 supermarket chains
 
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StarSong said:
A dozen jumbo eggs at a local grocery chain (Vallarta) - $9.39.
Aldi large eggs - one dozen - is the photo below - $5.87.
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Holly chicken, I eat lots of eggs & at that price I would be broke. I get all my eggs at a local farm store on my way into town. These eggs are from the local farmers & I consider them the best eggs you can get. For a long time they were just $2 a dozen, then $3 and now $4 - no sales tax either. I guess I'm still getting a good deal.
 
Got some black ink for my Canon printer and two boxes of bullets for my .44 Mag handgun today.......can't afford to do that everyday I'll end up in the poor house. :)

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Jules said:
Eggs - limit 1. I didn’t check the price because I buy them in another store that I plan to go to on Sunday. Maybe I’ll buy two dozen. That’s bad, I shouldn’t be thinking like a hoarder.

The milk wasn’t fully stocked either.
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the good thing is, that you can freeze eggs..
 
TeeJay said:
I didn't know you can freeze eggs! Should I feel stupid about that? :oops:
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Nope, I did not know either but I do know now. Got an email from one of grocery stores a few weeks ago. A reward thing, eggs for 2.04 a dozen, no limit. Got as many as I could fit in the freezer. I freeze them scrambled, one or two to a small freezer bad. They lay flat and do not take up to much space. Some people put them whole in muffin tins or ice cube trays, then transfer to a freezer bag.
 
Besides groceries, from Amazon..a couple of cases of cat food for our fur baby and a navy knit beanie hat. In fact, I think I inadvertently ordered two. Something crazy was going on with my tablet yesterday. Amazon makes returns so easy, I'm not even worried about that.



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Blessed said:
Nope, I did not know either but I do know now. Got an email from one of grocery stores a few weeks ago. A reward thing, eggs for 2.04 a dozen, no limit. Got as many as I could fit in the freezer. I freeze them scrambled, one or two to a small freezer bad. They lay flat and do not take up to much space. Some people put them whole in muffin tins or ice cube trays, then transfer to a freezer bag.
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Thanks, eh? ... I'll have to pass this exciting info along to my egg cooker! Of course, she's gonna tell me she already gnu about it! :rolleyes:
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Besides groceries, from Amazon..a couple of cases of cat food for our fur baby and a navy knit beanie hat. In fact, I think I inadvertently ordered two. Something crazy was going on with my tablet yesterday. Amazon makes returns so easy, I'm not even worried about that.



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So funny, I had ordered dog food one time on Amazon. I received no dog food but two cases of cat food. I called them to pick it up, they said just donate it, so I donated it to "Twigs" the next door neighbors watch cat. He sits in the front window on the reading seat window and keeps an eye on the neighborhood!
 
1955 said:
I'm a retired EE too but I don't feel old yet. I would rather have your Keysight bench meter. My OLD HP34401A is becoming an antique!

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1955, nice,to,see another EE here, bravo for the nice lab. You still work professionally?

The Fluke 87 at right of my post tests 100% vs,the lab standards, and left-hand side Keysight 34465a. Has Ethernet web interface, stats, 6.5 d. wells worth the 1k$ I paid.
The HP bench DVM you have tend to get LCD issues as they age.

Jon
 
I treated myself to a hooker, earlier today.
She looks just like the one in this picture.

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I can 't hardly wait to take her on a test run!
 
Bamboo soap dishes for my newly-remodeled bathroom.
Amazing - I searched several big stores & only saw a few overpriced ones, then looked on Amazon for 5 minutes & found 4 that cost less than 1 at the stores.
 
StarSong said:
Haven't bought anything yet, but when I get a spare moment I'm going to look for some nice percale sheets and perhaps a new comforter - or at least a new duvet. Also some new throw pillows for our bed and the family room couches. Never did find new furniture that suited us for the family room... maybe in 2023.
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I should have gotten a new comforter, too. I'm sick of my usual one.
 

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