Last Thing You Bought?
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Love all your gifts for your daughter's new house! I think it's safe to get excited as well. 
I agree that the nest should hang near the bottom.
I agree that the nest should hang near the bottom. I went to Aldi and got so much for $60. I won't list it all because it will take too long, haha, but here are some highlights:
4 bags of Clancy's wavy potato chips (89 cents for a 10 0z. bag!! They are usually $1.79) that will come in handy for my upcoming family gathering
Earthgrown Veggie burgers (the kind that have the sear marks, so more hamburger-like)
Earthgrown Vegan chik'n patties
Red grapes
Apples for pie baking
Fresh spinach
Earthgrown vegan mozzarella shreds
Canned light red kidney beans (49 cents for a 14.5 oz can)
All kinds of baking supplies
And lots more.
I had to go to Whole Foods for vital wheat gluten. My supermarket used to sell it, but it seems it doesn't any longer. I even tried the local heath store, which usually has it, but it was out as well. I got four bags, because it's 10 miles to WF and I'm trying to consolidate trips and whatnot, and it's now out of the way for me. I also got some nutritional yeast flakes and treated myself to a vegan oat and date scone, which was delicious.
4 bags of Clancy's wavy potato chips (89 cents for a 10 0z. bag!! They are usually $1.79) that will come in handy for my upcoming family gathering
Earthgrown Veggie burgers (the kind that have the sear marks, so more hamburger-like)
Earthgrown Vegan chik'n patties
Red grapes
Apples for pie baking
Fresh spinach
Earthgrown vegan mozzarella shreds
Canned light red kidney beans (49 cents for a 14.5 oz can)
All kinds of baking supplies
And lots more.
I had to go to Whole Foods for vital wheat gluten. My supermarket used to sell it, but it seems it doesn't any longer. I even tried the local heath store, which usually has it, but it was out as well. I got four bags, because it's 10 miles to WF and I'm trying to consolidate trips and whatnot, and it's now out of the way for me. I also got some nutritional yeast flakes and treated myself to a vegan oat and date scone, which was delicious.
I'm a thrift store shopper, and am frequently to be found in the Goodwill that's only a few minutes away.
Yesterday, I found this bracelet:
I bought it because of the paw print, naturally. It was brand new, with the tag (but not the price) still on it. I paid $2, and when I got home, I became curious and looked it up. It retails for $40-50.
Yesterday, I found this bracelet:
I bought it because of the paw print, naturally. It was brand new, with the tag (but not the price) still on it. I paid $2, and when I got home, I became curious and looked it up. It retails for $40-50.
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Yesterday i got this:
It's written here: "Microgreens. Germinated pea seeds". But i wouldn't call them sprouts, as they are big enough and they can be called grass already. I don't think i'm able to grow such big pea sprouts myself, because peas become slimy and go bad too quickly while lying in the water in the sprouter. (Well, wheat is easier to grow). I used to looove pea husk when i was little, so this juicy pea grass reminds me my childhood (when my granny Nina grew peas at our summer cottage's backyard). And it goes perfectly with swiss chard, raw beets and azeri tomatoes
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Today i'm determined to go to our vegetarian shop in order to get a tiny gift for my big boss and to buy some treats for myself.
Btw, i liked swiss chard very much. There's an odd feature in our grocer chains' politics: they have soviet mentality, which means that people are supposed to eat what they are given, not what they want to eat. Though it may seem an abundance of products, but every time there's a different "set". E.g. i can't be sure that i can get what i want whenever i want. I have to rely on a random chance. This exactly what happened when they decided not to provide cheap kale to Karousel chain anymore.
OTOH, such things as thousands varieties of ham, cheese, dairy and kielbasa are always available.
It's written here: "Microgreens. Germinated pea seeds". But i wouldn't call them sprouts, as they are big enough and they can be called grass already. I don't think i'm able to grow such big pea sprouts myself, because peas become slimy and go bad too quickly while lying in the water in the sprouter. (Well, wheat is easier to grow
). I used to looove pea husk when i was little, so this juicy pea grass reminds me my childhood (when my granny Nina grew peas at our summer cottage's backyard). And it goes perfectly with swiss chard, raw beets and azeri tomatoes.Today i'm determined to go to our vegetarian shop in order to get a tiny gift for my big boss and to buy some treats for myself.
Btw, i liked swiss chard very much. There's an odd feature in our grocer chains' politics: they have soviet mentality, which means that people are supposed to eat what they are given, not what they want to eat. Though it may seem an abundance of products, but every time there's a different "set". E.g. i can't be sure that i can get what i want whenever i want. I have to rely on a random chance. This exactly what happened when they decided not to provide cheap kale to Karousel chain anymore.
OTOH, such things as thousands varieties of ham, cheese, dairy and kielbasa are always available.
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They have really nice cards.
I love the donkey hand puppet! I’ve always liked hand pupppets.
ETA:
at my spelling of puppets with three p’s.
I love the donkey hand puppet! I’ve always liked hand pupppets.
ETA:
at my spelling of puppets with three p’s.
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CVS Pharmacy today:
Chocolate covered almonds, on special for 2/$12
Pretzels
Bottled water
Diet Dr Pepper
Hand lotion, coupons
Toothpaste, digital coupon
Two bags of Hershey’s miniatures because the AD likes to treat us to chocolate candies after Jeopardy, and she’s almost out and what she’s been giving us isn’t that great anyway.
A couple of Larabars, digital coupon
Two bags of pumpkin seeds
Four Kit Kat bars, buy 3 get 1 free
A bag of YumEarth organic sour fruit lollipops that I saw while waiting to check out. I discovered this brand at the co-op in Santa Monica years ago and love their candy. I grabbed a bag to give to the AD for residents who prefer sour candy to chocolate.
And a prescription refill for Omeprazole, which is a generic for prescription Prilosec. This was what I had to take to heal the bleeding ulcer I had two years ago, and the doctor said I should continue to take it if I take NSAIDs on a consistent basis. Thanks to Medi-Cal, it’s free. Bear in mind that I was diagnosed with the ulcer while recuperating from hip replacement surgery after I fell and broke my hip. This happened the same month my mother passed away. 2017 was a really sucky year for me.
Chocolate covered almonds, on special for 2/$12
Pretzels
Bottled water
Diet Dr Pepper
Hand lotion, coupons
Toothpaste, digital coupon
Two bags of Hershey’s miniatures because the AD likes to treat us to chocolate candies after Jeopardy, and she’s almost out and what she’s been giving us isn’t that great anyway.
A couple of Larabars, digital coupon
Two bags of pumpkin seeds
Four Kit Kat bars, buy 3 get 1 free
A bag of YumEarth organic sour fruit lollipops that I saw while waiting to check out. I discovered this brand at the co-op in Santa Monica years ago and love their candy. I grabbed a bag to give to the AD for residents who prefer sour candy to chocolate.
And a prescription refill for Omeprazole, which is a generic for prescription Prilosec. This was what I had to take to heal the bleeding ulcer I had two years ago, and the doctor said I should continue to take it if I take NSAIDs on a consistent basis. Thanks to Medi-Cal, it’s free. Bear in mind that I was diagnosed with the ulcer while recuperating from hip replacement surgery after I fell and broke my hip. This happened the same month my mother passed away. 2017 was a really sucky year for me.
I bought the stupid My Pillow
Stupidly expensive pillow, a cloth bag with random sizes of cut foam.
I've felt it before, thought "this can't feel good", but see the damn commercials so often and this time, wanted to order things from a store that I couldn't get 'free ship to store'. Adding the sale price of $40. for a MyPillow got me free shipping and the first hand knowledge to write a review
It got returned yesterday
It is an awful pillow. It's touted as conforming to your head, adjustable--every pillow with foam shreds or fibers is adjustable- the difference is they aren't totally lumpy! I put it in a clean pillowcase and tried it for two nights. I kept trying to smooth wrinkles from the case which of course weren't there- it was the chunks of foam.
It does nothing a cheap fiber fill pillow doesn't do. It does a terrible thing that they don't.
It doesn't even have the side trim that allows a pillow to give loft to your neck, it's just two flat pieces of cloth sewn together. Cheap material too, I should add
Stupidly expensive pillow, a cloth bag with random sizes of cut foam.
I've felt it before, thought "this can't feel good", but see the damn commercials so often and this time, wanted to order things from a store that I couldn't get 'free ship to store'. Adding the sale price of $40. for a MyPillow got me free shipping and the first hand knowledge to write a review
It got returned yesterday
It is an awful pillow. It's touted as conforming to your head, adjustable--every pillow with foam shreds or fibers is adjustable- the difference is they aren't totally lumpy! I put it in a clean pillowcase and tried it for two nights. I kept trying to smooth wrinkles from the case which of course weren't there- it was the chunks of foam.
It does nothing a cheap fiber fill pillow doesn't do. It does a terrible thing that they don't.
It doesn't even have the side trim that allows a pillow to give loft to your neck, it's just two flat pieces of cloth sewn together. Cheap material too, I should add
beancounter
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I got an Amazon gift card for Christmas and yesterday I ordered a blue "Damage Done" hoodie (celebrating the Red Sox's 2018 World Series win). What's cool is that within the words "Damage Done" are the last names of each member of the Red Sox roster.
A huge fluffy body pillow from Aldi for $6.99! 
Screw you "My Pillow"
Screw you "My Pillow"
My sister and I both like the contour memory foam pillows from Aldi. Last year, she bought one that had an extra gel layer that was super nice.A huge fluffy body pillow from Aldi for $6.99!
Screw you "My Pillow"
Unfortunately, one of the cats peed on it.
50 pounds of quick-cooking rolled oats. A neighbor/coworker gave me and my stash a ride home in their car, so I only had to lug it from the store back to work. Which was hard enough... so I decided I could skip most of my upper-body workout at the gym that night... Multi-tasking! While I was at the store I had a vegan breakfast hot sandwich for lunch: Fakin' Bacon, tofu "egg", and Daiya cheese. YUM.
I read the receipt after I got home, and I'm not sure they did the 10% discount you normally get for a bulk purchase at the checkout, although I reminded them.
I read the receipt after I got home, and I'm not sure they did the 10% discount you normally get for a bulk purchase at the checkout, although I reminded them.
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That’s a lot of rolled oats! Is it possible to take the receipt back to the store and have them go over it with you? Maybe if they didn’t give you the discount they can give you a store credit or cash back or something. I once went through the checkout process at the supermarket so fast that I forgot to present my coupons before I paid. When I pulled them out, the cashier said it was too late to deduct them from my purchases, but he could still give me cash for the value of the coupons. It was only 2 or 3 dollars, but it was a nice gesture. Not every store or cashier would do that.
I found two pillows for 11.99 in Costco last year that turned out to me my favorite pillow ever. I went back to get more but they were gone. The name is Beautyrest Black and they are super soft. I found them on Amazon and bought two more. Then my daughter decided she loved them too so I ended up getting them for her for Christmas.A huge fluffy body pillow from Aldi for $6.99!
Screw you "My Pillow"
I had a cool gel memory foam but it didn’t work out with my neck issues. And I tried some bamboo type as well. I think the memory foam is too firm and I just seem to do better with super soft. I do like my memory foam mattress though.