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Old 02-06-2012, 10:15 PM
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:16 PM
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:23 PM
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A Kindle Touch.
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:25 PM
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:25 PM
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:25 PM
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A season's worth of dance classes
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:27 PM
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Absolutely nothing. But I looked at a Roku on Amazon. I might buy it tomorrow.
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:42 PM
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A package of multi-color gel pens.
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:46 PM
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:54 PM
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:55 PM
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lunch
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:57 PM
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I just bought a banana to beat the mid-afternoon hunger pangs.
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:57 PM
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I bought a soda from a machine, but only so I could use a dollar bill and get a quarter back, because what I really wanted was water from a different machine, and it only takes quarters, and I didn't have any quarters.
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:04 PM
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Matar paneer
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:07 PM
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A post-natal physio session.
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:08 PM
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A mechanical pencil; a brand that I can cut shorter and carry it in my front pocket as a "Quick! Gotta jot down this idea!" pencil.
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:30 PM
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I haven't been out of the house today. Maybe I should indulge in my lens lust and buy something from B & H.
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Old 02-06-2012, 11:31 PM
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A sweet tea from Sonic to take to a late-night rehearsal.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:19 AM
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Not a single thing. I started to say a cup of coffee at work, then realized that the machine is set to give us coffee free, so not even that.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:23 AM
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Domino's delivered dinner.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:25 AM
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A shirt fOr my daughter.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:27 AM
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$48.88's worth of gas. Dammit.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:29 AM
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$48.88's worth of gas. Dammit.
Bargain.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:32 AM
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Two tacos from Torchy's. I'd never had them before and it was sort of like crack. I devoured them quickly, regretted it the rest of the day, but I'm considering getting more tomorrow.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:45 AM
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A fingernail clipper. My previous one broke a week or so ago (another souvenir from Israel down the drain), and my nails were getting kinda gross.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:48 AM
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A cherry pie.
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Old 02-07-2012, 12:48 AM
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Three nine-volt batteries. (Smoke detector was giving the warning beep, figured I'd change them all).
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:38 AM
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A turkey club Toasty Torpedo.

Now my gall bladder hates me.
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Old 02-07-2012, 03:11 AM
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A banana.
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Old 02-07-2012, 03:17 AM
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fresh baked cinnamon bun...$1.79
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Old 02-07-2012, 03:20 AM
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Herr's Hot Cheese Curls
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Old 02-07-2012, 03:51 AM
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Wario Land II for my Game Boy.
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Old 02-07-2012, 04:10 AM
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Coffee pods for the coffee maker.
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Old 02-07-2012, 04:51 AM
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Pumpkin seeds covered in dark chocolate
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Old 02-07-2012, 05:49 AM
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A quarter of a watermelon.
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Old 02-07-2012, 06:32 AM
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Smog test for my car.

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Old 02-07-2012, 07:06 AM
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A Banana Republic shirt at Goodwill.
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:05 AM
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A pack of peanut butter crackers, from the office snack cabinet, for 25 cents. Actually, I didn't buy them yet - I took them without paying. But I'll get change when I'm out at lunch time, and pay for them then - honest!!!

And tonight, on the way home, I plan to buy this. W00ts for me!!!! DALMAC 2012, here I come!!!
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:11 AM
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Gas
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:13 AM
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If all goes according to plan today, I shall buy a package of American cheese food slices.
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:15 AM
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:17 AM
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A Yellow Fever vaccination. Not an every day purchase.
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Old 02-07-2012, 08:25 AM
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A morning glory muffin from the co-op deli.
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Old 02-07-2012, 10:35 AM
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Pesto sauce. (No, I don't make my own...)
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Old 02-07-2012, 10:40 AM
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Caramel Macchiato. We're moving to an office building with a coffee shop inside, my wallet is crying.
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Old 02-07-2012, 11:16 AM
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A new recording of the Brandenburg Concertos by Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart.
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Old 02-07-2012, 11:29 AM
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King Arthur Flour's Baker's Catalog has free shipping on parchment through midnight Thursday! Just bought a couple of rolls.
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Old 02-07-2012, 01:10 PM
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A new plasma TV.
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Old 02-07-2012, 01:28 PM
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A blouse.
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Old 02-07-2012, 01:32 PM
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Breakfast for my husband.
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