# One thing you bought today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048 "2012-02-07T04:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/1 "2012-02-07T04:15:16Z")
Vicks NiQuil ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/2 "2012-02-07T04:16:36Z")
Pizza ---
**Author:** ![Dorabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@Dorabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorabella)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/3 "2012-02-07T04:23:03Z")
A Kindle Touch. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/4 "2012-02-07T04:25:25Z")
Sticky Buddy (as seen on TV) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/5 "2012-02-07T04:25:55Z")
Cat litter ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/6 "2012-02-07T04:25:57Z")
A season’s worth of dance classes ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/7 "2012-02-07T04:27:17Z")
Absolutely nothing. But I looked at a Roku on Amazon. I might buy it tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/8 "2012-02-07T04:42:30Z")
A package of multi-color gel pens. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/9 "2012-02-07T04:46:08Z")
Frozen peas ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/10 "2012-02-07T04:54:21Z")
Clementines ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/11 "2012-02-07T04:55:46Z")
lunch ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/12 "2012-02-07T04:57:34Z")
I just bought a banana to beat the mid-afternoon hunger pangs. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/13 "2012-02-07T04:57:47Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/14 "2012-02-07T05:04:16Z")
Matar paneer ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/15 "2012-02-07T05:07:09Z")
A post-natal physio session. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/16 "2012-02-07T05:08:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/17 "2012-02-07T05:30:41Z")
I haven’t been out of the house today. Maybe I should indulge in my lens lust and buy something from B & H. ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/18 "2012-02-07T05:31:17Z")
A sweet tea from Sonic to take to a late-night rehearsal. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/19 "2012-02-07T06:19:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/20 "2012-02-07T06:23:40Z")
Domino’s delivered dinner. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048.md?page=2)