Last Thing You Bought?

Tom said:
Today I did a bulk purchase of 34 pounds of oats! WHOA! I lugged them about 5 blocks, too- that was my workout for the day instead of a visit to the gym- but I'm getting too old for this. I remember when I could handle a full, unopened 50 pound bag. I probably could still handle it, but I'd be hurtin'... I had to put the load down 4 times as it was.

Yesterday I bought 4 frozen veggie burgers and a pint of Ben & Jerry's non-dairy Cherry Garcia frozen dessert. It's in my freezer along with 2 of the burgers....:drool::lick:
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Curious if you get organic, and how much you save?
I buy generic 42 oz canisters for like $2.29, but wonder if I should I wait for bulk organics to go on sale- I think about $2 a pound maybe?
One thing I keep meaning to try is to grind oats in my bullet blender and add to dry cereal, thinking adding some cold water would make like an instant oat milk? Have you tried that?
 
@silva I usually get organic- that's mostly what they sell. I get 10% off the regular price unless they happen to be on sale, in which case the sale price applies. I'm trying to remember how much they cost, but the 34 pounds cost around $60. I'm sure I still have the sales slip around someplace.

I've heard of oat milk but never tried to make it. I once bought soy "milk" powder and it was really just finely pulverized cooked(?) soybeans... I finished it but never bothered buying it again. It appeared to be minimally processed, which was good I suppose, but it was also minimally satisfying...
 
  • 4 Founders All Day IPA tall-boys (cans)
  • 1 package Flatout Light Italian flatbread
  • 1 bag Kettle unsalted potato chips
  • 1 bottle Silk almond creamer (hazelnut)
  • 1 tub Kroger (deli) guacamole
  • 1 container Simple Truth organic baby spinach
  • 1 Bai Malawi Mango beverage
  • 1 itsy-bitsy green apple Smirnoff vodka
 
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I stopped at the discount store for cat food for Guy and of course a few other things
I've been liking Coffee mate almond creamer in vanilla-they were out, so I got caramel. I'm having black tea with it and not a fan. You can taste the almonds, you really don't with the vanilla

They were out of Pierres dark chocolate sorbet- what I really wanted! I have another store just like this the other way from my house, I could have gone there for vanilla creamer and the sorbet!

They do have a big aisle of Kosher goods and I got a raspberry jel bar with dark chocolate - the kind you find in assorted chocolate boxes.

I did get the book Seitan and Beyond by Chef Skye Michael Conroy. Think I'm making pepperoni seitan later
 
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New toy! :woo:

I just ordered an Echo Dot from Amazon, in white. They knocked $20 off the regular price of $49.99 for the holiday season. Plus, they have a limited time promo: Buy the Echo Dot right now and get a smart plug for just $5, regularly $22.99. I live in a studio apartment, so I really only need one plug, methinks. I’ll plug the lamp on my nightstand into it.

I also got a two-part soap dish, with holes in the top tray that allow the water to drip into the bottom tray and keeps the soap relatively dry. I really need this. :)

I can’t wait to have fun with the Dot. :p “Alexa, turn on my lamp. Alexa, who won the first Super Bowl?”

I had $32.22 cash back from my credit card and a $5 Amazon gift card, so the whole order cost me $10.08.
 
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I finished that pint carton of B&J's "Cherry Garcia" dairy-free frozen dessert. It was quite good, but even so, I only ate 1/4 of the container (one serving, according to the label) each day. I love anything cherry, and the whole cherries and bits of hard-frozen chocolate added a nice touch. I probably won't be getting it again too soon- it's kind of pricey (understandable, as it's made from almonds) and each serving has 40% of your daily allowance for saturated fat (evidently it's got coconut oil as a main ingredient too)!

I'll probably get that or the Chocolate Fudge Brownie Chunk again before I try the Chunky Monkey or one of the other vegan flavors though. I like them both, even if they won't be an everyday thing.
 
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I was reading this clothes blog last week and I finally understood why I feel like I never have any new outfits to wear.Building a Remixable Wardrobe, Part 2: Shopping for Remixable Pieces - Putting Me Together

I have bought quite a lot of clothes lately, well, by my standards, as I don't really like clothes shopping. I bought some clothes brand new and then some from various charity shops.

I only spent about £100 in all for 25 items of clothing and they will probably last me a long time too.

I was very happy with that!:) I did look at that blog a few years ago, but clearly the information didn't sink in the first time!
 
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Last night at Discount Health Foods I bought 0.44 lbs of bulk nutritional yeast flakes... only two containers left, maybe I should go back & get 'em.

And at Kroger I bought:
  • 6-pack Founders All Day IPA bottles
  • 1 Bai Costa Rica Clementine beverage
  • 2 bags unsalted Kettle potato chips
  • 1 bag Private Selection blue corn tortilla chips
  • 1 tub Kroger Deli guacamole
  • 1 bag Kroger frozen chopped broccoli
  • 1 bag Kroger frozen Brussels sprouts
  • 1 Febreze Air (Big Sur woods)
I also had a coupon for $1-off an EVOL frozen meal... nothing for me, of course, so I got Jerry a chicken Teriyaki meal, which he gobbled happily. :rolleyes:


Oh, and I got some Christmas crap at Dollar Tree... two chintzy wreaths with bells & bows (to do the "Wreath of Khan" idea ;)), and two tin containers for the mini-soaps I hope to make....

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I bought about 13 lbs of dry organic white beans (Great Northern) and about 5 lbs of dry-roasted unsalted peanuts earlier this week. It didn't give me the workout that my oats purchase did about a week or so ago, but it was quite a haul, and will keep me supplied for quite some time. (Cost about $50, but it was worth it.)
 
Tom said:
I finished that pint carton of B&J's "Cherry Garcia" dairy-free frozen dessert. It was quite good, but even so, I only ate 1/4 of the container (one serving, according to the label) each day. I love anything cherry, and the whole cherries and bits of hard-frozen chocolate added a nice touch. I probably won't be getting it again too soon- it's kind of pricey (understandable, as it's made from almonds) and each serving has 40% of your daily allowance for saturated fat (evidently it's got coconut oil as a main ingredient too)!

I'll probably get that or the Chocolate Fudge Brownie Chunk again before I try the Chunky Monkey or one of the other vegan flavors though. I like them both, even if they won't be an everyday thing.
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Thanks to you and this post, I am now working my way through a pint of Cherry Garcia, lol.
 
Shopping trip to the 99 Cents Store today. I bought:

1 roll of packing tape
1 roll of duct tape
A plastic carrier with handles
1 bag of tortilla chips
1 box of tissues
6 bottles of drinking water
4 Hershey bars with almonds
 
Organic red miso
A tub of very yummy sounding Tom Yum paste that's actually vegan!
Tofu
Stash green tea with pomegranite. Someone gave me a bag at work--very good
 
KLS52 said:
Nice!
I bought two in Marshall’s today for $14.99. I’ll take a picture later.
I may go back and get one for a grab bag gift for our work exchange.
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Most home goods are far cheaper in the US. I also bought a very similar one (Etoile) in Ross Dress for less for only $9.
They are lovely for the settee when you're chilling out.:D
 
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Sadly, mine get used to cover furniture to keep the cat hair at bay. So they look nice then they can get thrown in the wash. Having a few means I can rotate and keep the furniture covered while the others are in the wash.
 
The cats definitely like them. I have a feeling they are not going to last on the furniture. Stella will be pulling at them and going underneath lol.

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