# What did you buy today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020 "2023-12-23T01:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/41 "2023-12-23T18:00:43Z")
Later today we’re going to buy the next 2-4 days’ worth of food and ingredients to feed 5 adults and 7 small kids. Times a couple of feasts and a lot of ordinary meals. Gonna be quite the ginormous haul. At least we’re waiting to the last minute to do this. 🤪 ---
**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:** [December 23, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/42 "2023-12-23T18:33:51Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@blondebear](#): > > > > Hey, what a co-inky-dink! I bought 4 mini bottles of single malt scotch. > > You can’t just say that without telling us what they were! I got a Glenlivet 12, Glenfiddich 12, Bunnahabhain 12 and Glenmorangie Nectar d’Or Sauternes Cask Finish. That’s enough for a nice couple of drinks for Xmas and New Year’s Eves without overdoing it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/43 "2023-12-23T19:07:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Later today we’re going to buy the next 2-4 days’ worth of food and ingredients to feed 5 adults and 7 small kids. Times a couple of feasts and a lot of ordinary meals. Gonna be quite the ginormous haul. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/44 "2023-12-23T19:18:10Z")
From Amazon: - A pack of 10 magnetic, 40-lb. limit wall hooks for an upcoming cruise. - A 3-outlet, 4-USB port power strip, also for the cruise (hoping it doesn’t get confiscated). mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/45 "2023-12-23T19:30:52Z")
I bought a handmade woolen skirt on etsy. For myself. My husband bought a load of foam board as he is insulating his shop (he’s the kind of guy who starts insulating when it’s cold enough to bother him and not before). We are only doing one feast this Christmas and that’s just latkes and sausage and homemade applesauce and homemade goat yogurt and sauerkraut that we have every Christmas Day. The feasts already happened. Now there is just church (two services tomorrow because in the morning it’s Advent and then the vigil of Christmas starts at sundown). Am singing Lo How A Rose Ere Blooming as the soprano in a quartet on Christmas Eve. Looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/46 "2023-12-23T20:43:06Z")
I know a 52-ounce fountain Diet Coke isn’t exactly good for me, but it’s my indulgence. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/47 "2023-12-23T20:45:44Z")
Well technically it was yesterday because it’s only 6.45 am here and nothing is yet open, but I went to the fishmonger to buy some prawns (shrimp) for Christmas lunch. Now they had small prawns for around $35 AUD per kg, but I opted for the steroid-enhanced prawns for $50, and bought two kg. Along with baked ham and various salads, that should be enough for lunch for 4 x pax. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/48 "2023-12-23T20:51:51Z")
I had bought daughter a pair of very expensive alpaca socks ($27 😬) at the market - from a local alpaca farmer. So today I bought her a second matching pair, because who gives one pair of dam socks for a Christmas present ! Then I went to lunch with a friend to Applebees - their Christmas special steak and shrimp was no more, so we got something else. 😒 Since we were already there. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/49 "2023-12-23T20:57:31Z")
Took the Cub on a last minute shopping trip, and just going to the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/50 "2023-12-23T21:04:23Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > who gives one pair of dam socks for a Christmas present ! You knew this was coming: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e-r8hvTFVb8/maxresdefault.jpg "A Christmas Story: Bunny Pajamas (Clip) | TBS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-r8hvTFVb8&t=84/) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/51 "2023-12-23T21:10:19Z")
Editing difficulty: Ralphie clip, go to (1:24) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/52 "2023-12-23T21:19:49Z")
🤣 can’t wait ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/53 "2023-12-23T23:36:07Z")
Trouble ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/54 "2023-12-23T23:51:47Z")
Don’t you have enough? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/55 "2023-12-24T00:18:44Z")
2 kilograms of ice cream, for tomorrow’s Christmas celebration Assorted sweets, nougats and marzipan, ditto Enough Leek, Green Zucchini and chicken pies to avoid cooking anything today and tomorrow. 1 Jar of Chucrut Half a kilo of cheese. 2 “prepizzas” (basically pre-made pizzas that need only the cheese mentioned in the previous line and about 15 minutes in the oven to be real pizzas) About 8 pre-made (you only need to cook them) “Milanesas de Soja”, (breaded soy?, basically the soy equivalent of a real milanesa, which is breaded beef steak) ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/56 "2023-12-24T00:33:56Z")
Yes he does. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/57 "2023-12-24T00:55:03Z")
A chocolate-maple-pecan pie from a local bakery for tomorrow’s dinner; some amazing egg nog from a local dairy and sushi for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/58 "2023-12-24T01:04:05Z")
Bought some breakup gifts on Amazon for my girlfriend (she hasn’t announced it yet, but I anticipate she may in the next 1-2 months.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/59 "2023-12-24T01:35:23Z")
So many questions… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/60 "2023-12-24T01:59:10Z")
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