# What I bought today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121 "2002-11-17T03:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/1 "2002-11-17T03:51:55Z")
Ok, maybe I went just a _little_ crazy, but I don’t have many bills to pay, so what the hell. Anyhoo, today in the space of about 3 hours I bought the following: **The Larry Sanders Show** The Entire First Season on DVD **The Simpsons** The Entire First Season on DVD **The Simpsons** The Entire Second Season on DVD **Bruce Springsteen The Complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000** on DVD _Nirvana:_ **Nirvana** _Limp Bizcuit_: **Re-arranged** (CD single) Used _Melissa Etheridge_: **Melissa Etheridge** Used _David Bowie_: **Best Of Bowie** _The Rolling Stones:_ **Forty Licks** _U2:_ **The Best of 1990-2000/B-Sides** _Johnny Cash:_ **The Essential Johnny Cash** _Avril Lavigne_: **Let Go** **The Simpsons: Beyond Forever** Oh yeah, I also saw _Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets_ today. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/2 "2002-11-17T04:27:13Z")
so you spent about $300.00 on entertainment in one day? cool. at least you got stuff you could use over and over ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/3 "2002-11-17T04:35:05Z")
I bought a new computer today. Yeeha! Maybe I’ll actually start to post more now… ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/4 "2002-11-17T19:54:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I bought a new computer today. Yeeha! Ooooooo. What kind **Leapfrog?** Mac or normal PC? > [@](#): > > so you spent about $300.00 on entertainment in one day? One of my exes started off with this sentence and finished up with something quite different to yours. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/5 "2002-11-17T20:22:07Z")
I bought a new couch, but that was on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/6 "2002-11-17T21:48:54Z")
I bought jam! and garlic sauce! and edible chocolate and strawberry body paint! Not all to be used at once, of course! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/7 "2002-11-17T23:01:46Z")
A new hard drive for the kids computer. So he can run the sims unleashed. This will buy me many hours of peace 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/8 "2002-11-18T00:54:01Z")
I went clothes shopping, my favorite recreational activity! ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/9 "2002-11-18T03:32:35Z")
Soon I will be buying $5 worth of $1 stamps. And then I might go looking for a wallet, since it’ll most likely be my Christmas present from my SO, sister, and cousins. ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-bought-today/137121/10 "2002-11-18T05:19:34Z")
You lost me at _Avril Lavigne_. Why? Why? Just say no!