What have you bought recently?

WheatenLover said:
@Jules Glove season is that long for me, too. I have to buy some more for the winter, otherwise I will freeze to death.

I did buy a packet of thin cotton gloves for next to nothing -- about 50 pairs, for like $10. They are for -- when I remember to do it -- putting Gold Bond lotion on my hands, topped by the gloves, for when I am sleeping at night. I also have to find the gloves.

I am hoping my hands won't look quite as over-used. People who are waited on hand and foot don't have these problems. I never could find that silver spoon that I was supposed to be born with. And I never could find the Queen from whom, as an alternative, my mother was supposed to have kidnapped me. And the lottery! It's a sunk cost for the $20 I spent on that over the years.

So Gold Bond is gonna make me look the part! Just wait and see! It's cheaper than a face lift or Botox.
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see, people think that Royalty et al have lovely skin because they don't have to use their hands as tools as we mortals do... but it's not the case... the Queen for example always wore gloves to hide her old wrinkly hands...
 

hollydolly said:
see, people think that Royalty et al have lovely skin because they don't have to use their hands as tools as we mortals do... but it's not the case... the Queen for example always wore gloves to hide her old wrinkly hands...
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Well, she dealt a lot with dogs and horses, and she was older than I am by quite a large margin, Ms. HD! Why, I do believe she was even older than you!
 
Money is tight, but my neck and shoulders have been so, so painful lately that I splashed out on a massage device.

I have a sedentary job, but I make sure to get up and move around, do a quick 10-minute workout, go walk on the treadmill (or outdoors in nicer weather). Still, my shoulders are knotted and painful. I hope this helps.

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Llynn said:
Ordered and received a butch of grocery items which will be my contribution to my Daughter's family dinner tomorrow. All three of her kids will show up plus one of my late Son's daughters who is flying in from San Francisco.
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well if anyone deserves to have a wonderful celebration this year it's definitely you Llynn.. so I hope you have a fabulous time with your family
 
KSav said:
Money is tight, but my neck and shoulders have been so, so painful lately that I splashed out on a massage device.

I have a sedentary job, but I make sure to get up and move around, do a quick 10-minute workout, go walk on the treadmill (or outdoors in nicer weather). Still, my shoulders are knotted and painful. I hope this helps.

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Try doing some shoulder rolls w/2lb weights. That really helps.
 
I bought a 3 in 1 Microwave/Bake/Airfry machine. I didn't do any research at all, I was flustered because my over-the-range microwave stopped working (with a burnt smell and loud popping sound) yesterday evening and I was afraid I'd have to wait until after Thanksgiving to get a replacement.

I do all my "cooking" using the microwave (don't even own a tea kettle), so I was frantic. Luckily Home Depot was open until 10 PM and so I drove in the dark for the first time in a long time, and managed to heave the heavy thing up on a table when I got it home. Microwaves are heavy!

It doesn't have any number keys, so I guess all my microwaving (and potentially baking and air-frying -- assuming I figure out how to do those functions) will have to be in combinations of 5 minutes, 1 minute, and/or 30 seconds (it has buttons for those).
 
There's a rather rude joke about a snow blower, but as children can access this site I will leave you work out what the joke might be.

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My lady saw this delicate, hand-made broach at a Christmas market. The price put her off, which was very handy, now I have what my late mother-in-law termed, a stocking filler. It will be a surprise left on the Christmas tree.
 
It was recently, though I can’t remember where or when, I bought a box of cookies that were on for sale prices. Based on the info, they’re European, though I can’t find the country. They’re a dark and light biscuit with a kakao filling. The importer stuck a large label over the ingredients, etc. I don’t like cookies but I sure like these.
 
I bought a new Microsoft Surface Pro 10, with Intel core i5 processor(as opposed to the cheaper Snagdragon processor), 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD. I also bought a new Dell 27 inch monitor.
 
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KSav said:
Money is tight, but my neck and shoulders have been so, so painful lately that I splashed out on a massage device.

I have a sedentary job, but I make sure to get up and move around, do a quick 10-minute workout, go walk on the treadmill (or outdoors in nicer weather). Still, my shoulders are knotted and painful. I hope this helps.

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do let us know how you get on with this would you ?...currently as part of my weekly physiotherpy on my car crash injuries, I have bicep and shouder tendonitis, which the therapist is trying to improve.. without much result, so I'd be interested to know if this is helpful for you..
 
hollydolly said:
do let us know how you get on with this would you ?...currently as part of my weekly physiotherpy on my car crash injuries, I have bicep and shouder tendonitis, which the therapist is trying to improve.. without much result, so I'd be interested to know if this is helpful for you..
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Will do, @hollydolly. Now I'm going to look up shoulder tendonitis, because my pain level is so bad. I can't afford to go to the doctor (despite my outrageously expensive health insurance), but if this device doesn't help then I may do that.

It should be here Wednesday or Thursday.
 
KSav said:
Will do, @hollydolly. Now I'm going to look up shoulder tendonitis, because my pain level is so bad. I can't afford to go to the doctor (despite my outrageously expensive health insurance), but if this device doesn't help then I may do that.

It should be here Wednesday or Thursday.
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please do look it up... and there are quite a few Videos online to help you deal with it ... it' a very painful thing....I hope you can get some relief.. not being able to afford to see a doctor, is just horrible..

This is the sitaution which helped birng in the National health service in the uk 80 years ago..people just couldn't afford to pay for a doctor...
 
I bougt some Prints to frame.... A new diary/notebook... for my handbag , I carry a notebook everywhere... a bag to hold some small essentials in the car boot... a mint green hoodie...
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hollydolly said:
please do look it up... and there are quite a few Videos online to help you deal with it ... it' a very painful thing....I hope you can get some relief.. not being able to afford to see a doctor, is just horrible..

This is the sitaution which helped birng in the National health service in the uk 80 years ago..people just couldn't afford to pay for a doctor...
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I did, and I will look further for videos; thanks, @hollydolly.

I've been a little worried because my shoulder blades, especially my right one, are painful even to the touch, which made me think this might be more serious than a simple (well, "simple") muscle issue, like cancer. But I got up the nerve to do a search on that, too, and I'm thinking the pain likely is due to repetitive stress, probably exacerbated by age.

I'm really hoping to get some relief, and I promise to follow up here.
 
KSav said:
I did, and I will look further for videos; thanks, @hollydolly.

I've been a little worried because my shoulder blades, especially my right one, are painful even to the touch, which made me think this might be more serious than a simple (well, "simple") muscle issue, like cancer. But I got up the nerve to do a search on that, too, and I'm thinking the pain likely is due to repetitive stress, probably exacerbated by age.

I'm really hoping to get some relief, and I promise to follow up here.
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yes it does sound possibly like a repetative injury.... or a trapped nerve....

We all do it, especially if we live alone, if we have a continual unexplained pain... we think it might be cancer....the odd are it is not.. so don't get too worried...


 

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