# Life's little victories. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473 "2018-12-03T01:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/1 "2018-12-03T01:33:15Z")
Today, we made a Costco run, were in and out in less than 45 minutes and I didn’t yell “Get the fuck OUT OF MY WAY!!” once. Got a great deal on rum and fleece sheets, too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/2 "2018-12-03T02:51:38Z")
Jeez, that was a feat to crow about. First of the month in December! WTF, was there a road cut off or something? I won’t even venture to a big box store til well after New Years. I can’t deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/3 "2018-12-03T05:55:53Z")
It feels like I can never get out of Costco for less than $200. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/4 "2018-12-03T12:34:00Z")
The bar I frequent had a Saturday Brunch consisting of a Smoked Beef Brisket Crepe, S’mores French Toast, and a Raspberry Vinegarette Salad. This was served with a flight of Founders beers; Rubaeus, All Day IPA, Canadian Breakfast Stout (2017), and Canadian Breakfast Stout (2018). I was just crushed that I (my gf actually) had made plans for the day. The owners of the bar heard about my dilemma and asked me to stop in on Sunday. I stopped in and discovered they’d arranged to serve the brunch to me. I felt Royal. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/5 "2018-12-03T13:24:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Got a great deal on rum and fleece sheets, too. That’s the sit-on-the-sofa version of a drunk cake? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/6 "2018-12-03T18:15:18Z")
My employer gave me a modest bonus which, for reasons I don’t fully understand, is in the form of a gift card to Target. A few days later we got a coupon for $20 off any Target shopping trip over $100. Those two things will go nicely together. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/7 "2018-12-03T18:20:49Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > My employer gave me a modest bonus which, for reasons I don’t fully understand, is in the form of a gift card to Target. One possible reason is that some retailers kick back a bonus to the purchaser of a gift-card. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/8 "2018-12-03T18:57:30Z")
Drove home from the family’s on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, dreading what is normally a 4 hour drive but can become 6+ when driving the Sunday after a holiday. Between leaving early (8:15 am) and taking an alternate route for the final 30 miles or so (a toll road that avoids the horrible congestion of the northern suburbs), I reached an all-time best of 3 hours and 45 minutes. I didn’t know what to do with the rest of my day. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/9 "2018-12-03T21:39:52Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Today, we made a Costco run, were in and out in less than 45 minutes and I didn’t yell “Get the fuck OUT OF MY WAY!!” once. Got a great deal on rum and fleece sheets, too. > [@Nava](#): > > That’s the sit-on-the-sofa version of a drunk cake? I was trying to figure out how they weave the rum into the fleece… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/10 "2018-12-03T21:58:14Z")
Weave, hell. We just spill it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473/11 "2018-12-04T02:49:56Z")
Liquor. On a Sunday. From a store that also sells fleece. Without yelling fuck you. Around here that would be considered four seperate victories. Bonus victory if you could make all that happen after 9pm.