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09 July 2008

What did you buy today? →[More:]I bought absolutely nothing. Not even a 99 cent song or a cup of coffee. I love these days.

I was very tempted to buy some pretty fabric and some new FLOR tiles but I thought better of it and pressed X. I'll sleep on it. Maybe I'll buy them tomorrow.

What did you buy?

post by: LoriFLA at: 21:37 | 37 comments

Nothing.

posted by ethylene 09 July | 21:38

Nothing. An upside of never leaving your house is a decrease in the number of things you buy walking down the street. Of course, sometimes the internet wipes that away.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 July | 21:41

3 coffees. A pack of cigarretes. 2 beers at a bar. A six pack of beer at the store and a box of Strawberry Whoppers.

posted by jonmc 09 July | 21:46

Two tanks of gas, doughnuts, water, dinner at Lily's Dim Sum Then Some, parking for 90 minutes downtown.

And FLOR tiles are the shizz. We're thinking of getting some too.

posted by middleclasstool 09 July | 22:05

Breakfast (cereal and a hard-boiled egg), lunch (a Blimpie combo sandwich with a cookie and a drink), and a case of Guinness (I always re-load sometime mid-week).

Usually I take my (frozen Lean Cuisine) lunch to work, so it was unusual that I bought lunch on a workday, but there it is. I forgot it this morning.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 July | 22:09

I also had two Throbbing Gristle CDs show up in the mail from Amazon today, but I bought those days ago, so I don't think they count.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 July | 22:11

2 twelve-roll packs of toilet paper. On sale. Plus a two dollar off coupon.

Score!

posted by bunnyfire 09 July | 22:14

cheeseburger, bus ticket home, apple, half gallon of milk, newspaper, cow tale (snack thing)

posted by jessamyn 09 July | 22:15

I wish I'd bought, like, a houseboat today. Or a factory. I'd win this thread.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 July | 22:17

i treated myself. i bought four dresses at $20 each. three of them seem suitable enough that i can cover them with one of those little half sweaters and go to the office (business casual corporate whore here). that should get me through the summer.

posted by eatdonuts 09 July | 22:17

This print for the boy's room. I just got done painting it a lovely cool grey with crisp white trim. I'm going with a retro robots and rocket ships theme. I picked up these cute pictures from etsy a few weeks ago. I'm considering making him a crib blanket from this material, but I'm worried about getting too "themey."

posted by jrossi4r 09 July | 22:27

I bought 10 rolls of 127 infrared film, 5 rolls of ISO 25 120 film, and 17 ounces of Rodinal concentrated developer.

I think I might need to buy more of the 127 film. At 5 bucks a roll it's a bargain, and preserves well in the freezer...

posted by eekacat 09 July | 22:28

retro robots would be a cool band name.

posted by eekacat 09 July | 22:29

Nothing. But I'm almost out of gas so I'll have to give up my firstborn tomorrow. What happens if you're childless? Do gas stations now accept pets?

posted by desjardins 09 July | 22:49

Nada here too.

posted by arse_hat 09 July | 22:59

Coffee, couscous and a dress because none of my clothes fit, still.

posted by crush-onastick 09 July | 23:03

A politician or two.

posted by netbros 09 July | 23:07

A pair of pretty shoes with cute kitten heels that actually fit my giant feet without looking like canoes.

posted by ninazer0 09 July | 23:24

Puppy food, a bigger collar, two tiny tennis balls, and a nylabone. Yay for the pet store!

posted by rhapsodie 09 July | 23:37

I did not know that Whoppers came in strawberry flavor. I want some.

posted by Kangaroo 09 July | 23:38

Bagel, ice cream sandwich

posted by smich 09 July | 23:38

Four pork chops and a pound of pork sausage at one of the local gour-met emporiums.

A twelve-pack of Diet Coke at the convenience store. A shitty pastry at the Starbucks across the street.

posted by jason's_planet 10 July | 00:09

I bought the Settlers of Catan board game. I also bought fries, sour cream, and ice cream.

posted by Daniel Charms 10 July | 00:31

Two SD memory cards from woot. Two Calistoga sparkling waters (I'm so fucking addicted to these things that I can't fit them into the recycling bin even if I crush them). One bottle of Carlo Rossi wine (yeech, but it's cheap -- maybe I should switch to beer). Yesterday I received, and tomorrow I will pay for, Myst for the Nintendo DS from a coworker who hated it, and I'm not sure I like it, but I'm not sure I hate it either, so that kinda evens out to today.

posted by treepour 10 July | 00:48

Pad thai.

posted by birdie 10 July | 00:53

My train and tram ticket for the week, Buring Noodles for lunch, and, actually, that is it.

I paid my credit card off in full last night, so I'm being good and being frugal, so I can gaze in admiration of my available credit for a little while longer!

posted by jonathanstrange 10 July | 01:00

I bought a houseboat factory. Do I win?

Seriously, I bought a coffee from Hudsons (tall flat white, extra hot) on the way to work this morning, a steak and bacon pie for lunch and I think I am getting fast food on the way home from work.

posted by dg 10 July | 02:52

Nothing! 2 packs of cigs were purchased on my behalf, though, so I'm still doing my bit for the economy despite being housebound (too gross to be in public).

dg, can your factory make the island boat featured in the Imperial Leather soap ads ("Simon, Tahiti looks nice")? Do up the paperwork, I'll take two.

posted by goo 10 July | 04:43

I really wish someone would buy me a baguette - a boulangerie fairie, maybe. If I had a dog I'd train it to go to the shop with a little basket in its mouth with money and a note.

posted by goo 10 July | 05:56

Strawberry whoppers??!?!?!

1/2 gallon milk, dog & cat food. Exciting stuff.

posted by chewatadistance 10 July | 07:04

chocolate covered pretzels, strawberries, chips n salsa, cookies. And stamps.

posted by gaspode 10 July | 07:39

Well, I partially bought something: made loan payment. Someday I'll actually own a car!

posted by mightshould 10 July | 08:16

Another diaper champ. Diapers. Cleaning supplies. Personal items for the recovering mommy. A pint of vodka for daddy.

posted by tr33hggr 10 July | 09:31

A few ounces of walnuts to use in making some pesto for a picnic dinner - $2.91

Admission to the Wailing Jennys concert in the park - $5.00

Diet Coke - $2.00

My share of a six-pack of Red Hook ESB - $4.

posted by Miko 10 July | 10:21

Oh, and admission to the town pool - $2.00

posted by Miko 10 July | 10:22

Yesterday, I bought a pizza and a six-pack of beer. I'd like to say that's not typical, but, yeah, it probably is.

posted by box 10 July | 14:24

The British paperback of Deathly Hallows, a book about Swiss German, a book about Swiss culture,two bottles of water, some chocolate, a bottle of Coke Zero and one of diet Rivella (made with whey and tastes much better than it sounds), two beers, Bangles T-shirt and a salami pizza. Chocolate and sodas not yet consumed.

posted by brujita 10 July | 17:37

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