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. That better be some really good gin. (Hubs started making gin a while back, I don’t know if cranberry gin is a thing, but I will have a bottle soon.)
Technically, I bought nothing. Hubs bought four pair of shoes, four jackets, a bunch of socks and unders, some Christmas sweatshirts and four tech toys.
Flapper ball for the toilet tank,
Frozen chicken patties and other dog stuff,
Weekly groceries,
Fried chicken and potato wedges for lunch,
Small pumpkin and apple pies
Cranberry gin? Hell, I would buy it. But it wasn’t on my list. And I didn’t see it on the shelf. But it will be a definite impulse buy if I ever see it. I’m sorta weak that way.
What I did buy:
Oranges
Lemons
Pants
All at the same shop. And naturally, it turns out that what I really needed was limes. Next time.
I was thinking, “Not a damn thing!” until I read this. I did my shopping yesterday and the day before and I don’t plan to set foot in another store until next Wednesday. Today was dedicated to turning some of the shopping into cookie doughs and pies that I’ve frozen to bake on Sunday. But because I’d turned the kitchen upside down and then cleaned it all up again twice, there was no way I was cooking dinner. We ordered out.
If I could just bake things for dinner instead of the whole “balanced meals” thing, I’d be a happy woman.
Close. I (probably) bought a new RV yesterday. Agreed on prices and awaiting their valuation of our trade-in. If that number is OK, we’ll have the new one home sometime next week.
We try to buy new vehicles a day or so before Christmas. Prices are usually marked down because no one’s shopping for them, and dealers are often keen to move them before year’s end.
Yesterday I noticed that we are out of cinnamon. I like the Vietnamese type from Penzey’s, and there is a Penzey’s store about five minutes from here. But, being a lazy git, I thought I’d just order it online. The product is about $8, but then I noticed that the shipping would be another $9! Guess I’ll be taking a short road trip.
I ordered a new two-piece bundt pan after the old one leaked all over the oven and set off the smoke detector yesterday. Also ordered a tin of Rumsford baking powder (aluminum free) and a new jug of lemon olive oil.
Seems I bought an Empty Box.
Says so right on the box.
Big block letters Empty Box
I forgotten I’d ordered a smallish tabletop mirror for the Lil’wrekker. In a biggish box was the little mirror and a big empty box. Apparently to protect the mirror. Why did they have to label the big Empty box.
So people would not call to complain about the product being left out of their shipment.
People are stupid. After they rip open that box and find nothing, they’ll throw away the rest of the packaging, certain that they’ve exhausted all the possible places their precious purchase could be hiding.
People jump to unwarranted conclusions so easily that they don’t even notice they’ve done it. What’s really just an assumption seems to them to be an absolute incontrovertible fact. One they will never think to re-examine in light of the evidence that there’s no product in the box they did open.
I just got back from the grocery store, buying groceries for Christmas brunch and for making Christmas cookies. Gonna go out later for a bottle of champagne for Christmas brunch mimosas. That’s all I plan on buying today.
