# Stuff you can never buy enough of... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329 "2003-01-27T21:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/41 "2003-01-30T21:54:33Z")
Socks. Pens. Notebooks (I hardly even use them for anything). Socks. More socks. Can’t have too many socks! I was actually going to get some today, but the roads were icy this morning and I haven’t got the energy now. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_of_Graymatter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/42 "2003-01-31T19:27:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalashnikov \* > \*\*Ammo. > There’s no such thing as too much ammo. > > Well, maybe if it bottoms out your truck’s suspension. 🙂 \*\* I believe the official term for the situation above is, “Close, but not quite enough. Two or three more trips should do it.” ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/43 "2003-01-31T22:16:38Z")
I’m really bad about getting Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken soup while I’m at the store. I get it every time I’m there, and I get a lot of it. Then the one time I’m at the store and I say to myself “I don’t need any. I have plenty.” I get home and we are out. I also seem to do this with macaroni noodles, lasagna noodles, campanelle noodles, and spaghetti/linguine noodles. I buy tons of that stuff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/44 "2003-02-01T00:50:08Z")
**Astroglide.** YMMV, but I need at least 3 bottles to get me through the rest of my sexually-active years. So I have much more than I need. Just in case they stop making it. Or it has an expiration date. Or I get really kinky. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/45 "2003-02-01T01:30:32Z")
Repeats from other posters - butter (I ran out once…OH the agony! Never again…) -tea (so many flavors, so little time) -shoes (I have 7 pairs of clogs, at least that many sandals) -chips (potato, tortilla, bagel) Others -chocolate chips -zippered, hooded sweaters (seems like every shirt I buy lately falls into this category) -perfume -vodka (“Honey, do we need to buy vodka?” “Why not?”) -batteries -wrapping paper On the other hand, I have received so much lotion/body wash/shower gel as gifts that I need never buy another Bath & Body Works item again in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/46 "2003-02-01T01:42:18Z")
Iced tea. I lived on that stuff when I was in Canada. Regina water is _nasty_. Now I imbibe every so often. Ahhh memories… Also, bread. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/47 "2003-02-01T02:39:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Proudest Monkey \* > \*\*On the other hand, I have received so much lotion/body wash/shower gel as gifts that I need never buy another Bath & Body Works item again in my lifetime. \*\* Oh you are SO right!! I tend to recycle most B&BW products that I get for christmas into birthday gifts for others through out the year!! ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329/48 "2003-02-01T02:52:31Z")
But Swampbear, chipotle chiles in condensed sweetened milk are so nummy! And you know everything would be super spiffy clean… So we dine at 8, yes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-can-never-buy-enough-of/151329.md?page=2)