By “They,” I mean the great Control Room in the Sky that monitors people’s purchases and preferences and *immediately *shuts down production of any item/food/gadget that I like at precisely the moment that I’ve eaten/used it enough to know that I reeellyreeelly like it.
“Okay, guys! ThelmaLou just bought her second tube of Rimmel Vinyl Lip Gloss in in the shade called “snog” [not kidding about that]–that’s it! Stop the line! Fire everyone! Burn the plant to the ground!”
This happens to me often–surely I’m not the only one?
Starbucks used to have a Valencia (orange) syrup that was so luscious–it perfectly complemented the bitterness of coffee. I had it about four times, then they stopped carrying it. It has happened so many times with lipstick that as soon as I find a color I like, I immediately buy 3-4 of them, KNOWING they will probably stop producing it that very afternoon. Sally Hansen Foundation had the only color I’ve ever found that matched my skin perfectly–yup: it is no more. Arrid used to make a deodorant with a very fresh scent–all gone. My local grocery chain had a chili-lime potato chip flavor that was outstanding. I had it a couple of times–dead in the water.
ASICS 21xx line of running shoes. Perfect shoe for a big guy like me. First pair were the 2150s, and when those wore out I got the next gen 2160, and again with the 2170. About 5 or 6 pair of shoes from this line, and when I went to get the 2180, I learned they discontinued the line. No other shoe of theirs was comparable, so I found another shoe from another brand. Their loss.
My face cream is clearly the best face cream. It’s in a tube, not a pot. It has sun screen in it. It’s not oily, doesn’t smell bad. It has a tiny bit of tan in it, enough that I don’t turn ghostly in winter, not enough to turn me orange. It’s not some ridiculous price. It doesn’t have expensive stuff in it that doesn’t actually exist. (Now: with Regenerist Molecules! Clinically proven to fight wrinkles and make rainbows spring from your arsehole!)
I bought 8 tubes when I managed to find it, but when that’s gone…
And no, that stuff with the funny colour that’s meant to be skin-colour is not the same. Nor is the stuff without sunscreen, what, are you trying to kill me?! :mad:
O’Gradys potato chips. Seriously, seriously -actual- cheese-taste in an au gratin potato chip, and the minute I start really liking them, bang, off the market.
Took me a long time to find an antiperspirant that I don’t have a skin reaction to. About six months ago I found the Gilette gel antiperspirants. They work! They don’t stink! They’re hard to find, but I’m not driven insane by sore, itchy armpits!
And a month ago the one chain I could get them from stopped stocking them. Last week they started stocking the ones with a “new formulation”. Heavy sigh.
Usually the bra style I want. Once I have more than a few, BAM, no more.
If you want your fix on Diet Vanilla Coke, it is available in many of the new Freestyle machines. A couple of restaurants in my previous city had them. I went to some of those places specifically because I could get those Diet Vanilla Coke drinks…
Giant SweeTARTS. Not the chewy ones they make now, but the the ones that were a scaled up version of the regular ones. Too hard to bite, too big to put in your mouth, so you had to lick or suck the edge like a large lollipop.