# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**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, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020/34 "2023-12-23T12:20:10Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > a coffeemaker at Target (mine died this morning > > NOOOOOO!!! > > _Somebody_ thought that it would be fun to go to the mall for gifts for some last minute Christmas angel cards and managed to bribe his wife with the promise of cranberry gin to accompany him. Cranberry gin sounds nice. Here’s the rest of the story on my coffeemaker shopping sojourn. > [@Bad bad bad- Against my better judgement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-against-my-better-judgement/995017/4): > > Much out of character for me I had reason to visit a Wal\*Mart today at around noon. My coffeemaker died this morning and we have out of town guests arriving tomorrow. No time to trust a delivery, gotta be cash and carry. I did spend a few minutes online at walmart.com & target.com to see what products they stock. Those two stores are across the street from each other here, so I wanted to be ready for both. Fearing the worst of locust-picked-over shelves 3 days before XMas I wanted to be ready… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-today/995020)._