This might sound strange, but the last thing I bought was a 6th century Byzantine coin of Justinian I. I don't buy a lot of historic coins, but I occasionally pick up ones that I like. I'm generally into history and reading about history and coins provide a link with the past, or at least an illusion of one. Apart from that, I pretty much only buy food and books. But that squishy moth above looks tempting.
Last Thing You Bought?
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My old implant tooth fell out at work yesterday so I went in to have it glued back in--cost me $75 after insurance 
A jar of (in a nice glass) Dijon mustard. It's the first time that I've seen it in a shop since
it was out of stock. Very expensive, (+ 2 euros)but what can you do when you need mustard?
it was out of stock. Very expensive, (+ 2 euros)but what can you do when you need mustard?
I was walking past a store this morning and saw this wooden loveseat. It was reduced to £69 from £270. I'm getting it delivered next week for my garden.
It doesn't surprise me to see the "shock" emojis from UK folks and the "sad" from USMy old implant tooth fell out at work yesterday so I went in to have it glued back in--cost me $75 after insurance
I've been upgrading my tech. I bought a new Roku streaming stick (my other was a lemon, I think, as it lasted only a year or two), a new MacBook Pro and a new modem/router. This comes a week after the iPhone, lol. Won't be looking forward to the credit card bill (but I get Skymiles, so it's all good). My old MacBook is nearly six years old and I had to keep it plugged in because it needs a new battery. It's still working, so I dropped it off today for the replacement battery. It will be a backup and the one I "play on." I'm trying to keep the new one just for work, but I will probably fail miserably. . It's so much faster between the computer and the new modem/router. My other modem/router had to be at least 7 or 8 years old, but it was a good one for my purposes.
I got 32 gigs of RAM on the new laptop, as my old one had 16 gigs, and I figured if I was going to spend all this money, I wanted more RAM and storage. It's got a 1TB hard drive, too.
. It's so much faster between the computer and the new modem/router. My other modem/router had to be at least 7 or 8 years old, but it was a good one for my purposes.I got 32 gigs of RAM on the new laptop, as my old one had 16 gigs, and I figured if I was going to spend all this money, I wanted more RAM and storage. It's got a 1TB hard drive, too.
Like golden? or different?
I think my produce market has beets on sale this week. I need to get greens too.
Aldi has one of those personal rechargable blenders in next weeks ad. I'm convincing myself I need that to make daily smoothies with greens. Cause Vitamix is too hard
@silva Maybe golden? There wasn’t a sign saying what they were. I just knew by the color. I only had them once before when I belonged to this weekly produce club at my old job. We paid $15 and got a delivery of different vegetables from local farms, whatever was available/harvested for that week. One time the light colored beets were in the delivery.
I have been off beans/lentils and vegetables for a few months now. I need to get back in the game too. I did finally cook some red lentils.
I have been off beans/lentils and vegetables for a few months now. I need to get back in the game too. I did finally cook some red lentils.
The last thing I bought was a 9th century Byzantine coin (a "follis") of the Emperor Theophilus (reigned 829 - 842). It wasn't nearly as expensive as it might sound, but it is around 1,200 years old. It's in the mail.
hungryraccoon
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Yesterday at the coffee shop:
2 oat milk iced lattes (one decaff.)
Vegan carrot cake slice
Vegan banana and chocolate loaf slice
Apple and mango juice for E
2 oat milk iced lattes (one decaff.)
Vegan carrot cake slice
Vegan banana and chocolate loaf slice
Apple and mango juice for E
I need a coffee shop with vegan sweets/treats. Starbucks always has a few (boring) ones on the menu but then you go to order through the app and it says “not available at this location”. I’ve been to four different locations in the area and they all say the same thing. So annoying.
I got “chastised” by a stranger on FB because I thought it was appropriate for omni food service establishments to carry at least a couple of vegan options. He said it would be like complaining about vegan establishments not offering something for omnis. Honestly, I didn’t know how to respond to that, lol. So I ignored him.
I got “chastised” by a stranger on FB because I thought it was appropriate for omni food service establishments to carry at least a couple of vegan options. He said it would be like complaining about vegan establishments not offering something for omnis. Honestly, I didn’t know how to respond to that, lol. So I ignored him.
A "vegan option" is part of the "omnivore diet". It's included. However, I guess it's getting you nowhere starting a discussion with people like this guy.
If there were enough "vegan only" establishments I wouldn't want/need omni-places to stock vegan stuff. Give me an all-vegan restaurant near a steakhouse, please!
What's the point as vegan sweets/treats/bakes taste the same as the vegetarian option.
He also said that the ratio of vegan restaurants to vegans was the same as omni restaurants to omnis so there was no need for the latter to offer vegan options. 
There is no point in arguing with someone like that.
There is no point in arguing with someone like that.
hungryraccoon
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We got lucky yesterday as this was our local coffee shop and there were 2 vegan cake options! They usually just have one option but if you go later in the day it's often sold out.
Their carrot cake is
.We only have this one coffee shop in our town and no chains so it's really great they cater for us vegans.
HappyRoxy
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I was thinking about buying cake after our walk today as there is a cafe near me that does 5 or 6 vegan cake options.We got lucky yesterday as this was our local coffee shop and there were 2 vegan cake options! They usually just have one option but if you go later in the day it's often sold out.
Their carrot cake is
We only have this one coffee shop in our town and no chains so it's really great they cater for us vegans.
The last thing I bought was another air fryer as I use it so much and worked out it would be much cheaper to get another air fryer rather than replace our gas oven. I also bought a solar storm lamp as I was thinking I could charge it during the day and leave it on the landing at night as it gets quite dark there.
Yes, the sugar overpowers everything, lol. I made "Russischen Zupfkuchen" once with Alpro skyr instead of Quark and nobody noticed. The taste of the soy yogurt is simply overpowered by the other ingredients.
hungryraccoon
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What do you use your airfryer for? I've been wondering whether it's worth us getting one.I was thinking about buying cake after our walk today as there is a cafe near me that does 5 or 6 vegan cake options.
The last thing I bought was another air fryer as I use it so much and worked out it would be much cheaper to get another air fryer rather than replace our gas oven. I also bought a solar storm lamp as I was thinking I could charge it during the day and leave it on the landing at night as it gets quite dark there.