What Did You Buy Today?

[clementinefemme]

A kettle bell! I'm stoked to try it out. (I'm a kettle novice lol). Home workouts, here I come!

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by clementinefemme

A kettle bell! I'm stoked to try it out. (I'm a kettle novice lol). Home workouts, here I come!

I think you're going to like it! Just make sure to watch your form really well. It can do bad things to a perfectly good back.

As for thread compliance, nada. Nihil. Zilch. Zero. Nothing at all and that makes my bank account a happy happy place.

[Blade]

6 heirloom maters
1 cantaloupe
10 gallons of gas
Supper plus a dozen biscuits

[Gemme]

I picked up a few groceries after work: bananas, salads, Honeycrisp apples, soda, frozen lunches, frozen fries, mini Club crackers and Outshine bars.

[kittygrrl]

i bought these stilettos for the weekend

[Kelt]

Today I bought a pair of Birkenstocks, my first since the late 70s, and a pair of Ohana sandals made by OluKai which are a revelation to me, I never knew flip-flops could be genuinely comfortable shoes.

In short, I bought happy feet!

[Gemme]

Today was a big expenditure day for me. I made payments on bills, bought my 'weekly' groceries, bought a few things at Pier 1 before they close down, stopped at Home Goods and got a couple things and I had to get my oil changed. Ella told me it was time so I did.

[easygoingfemme]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Today was a big expenditure day for me. I made payments on bills, bought my 'weekly' groceries, bought a few things at Pier 1 before they close down, stopped at Home Goods and got a couple things and I had to get my oil changed. Ella told me it was time so I did.

Close down like they are going out of business or for lockdown?

[SmoothButch]

Soup
Apricots
Walnuts
Eggs
Dates
ice cream
grapes
Belvita cinnamon/vanilla cookies
Oatmeal
Reese PB cup
Sticky Fingers BBQ sauce
Chobani Greek yogurt
OJ
Stok black chocolate cold brew coffee
strawberries

gas fill up

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by Gemme

. . . bought a few things at Pier 1 before they close down . . .

Originally Posted by easygoingfemme

Close down like they are going out of business or for lockdown?

Pier 1 is closing all of its stores permanently. Their parent company is also permanently closing other chains, including Catherines, which upsets me greatly.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by easygoingfemme

Close down like they are going out of business or for lockdown?

What Georgia said. AND you can't buy anything from them online. All of their merch is in the store. As a side note, I picked up a few fixture pieces. They are selling everything! The salesperson I spoke to said it will likely be next month before they close for good but who knows what merch will be left at that point?

ETA: I almost forgot what I came in here for! I visited Marshall's and Stop 'n Shop today and picked up the following: fake Almond Joys, green bean edamame spaghetti, passion fruit macaroons, fun napkins for crafty stuff and fun colored food clips (because I can't seem to stop breaking mine) at the former and Wahlburger patties, Outshine fruit bars, soda, salads, naan and pizza at the latter.

[easygoingfemme]

Originally Posted by Gemme

What Georgia said. AND you can't buy anything from them online. All of their merch is in the store. As a side note, I picked up a few fixture pieces. They are selling everything! The salesperson I spoke to said it will likely be next month before they close for good but who knows what merch will be left at that point?

ETA: I almost forgot what I came in here for! I visited Marshall's and Stop 'n Shop today and picked up the following: fake Almond Joys, green bean edamame spaghetti, passion fruit macaroons, fun napkins for crafty stuff and fun colored food clips (because I can't seem to stop breaking mine) at the former and Wahlburger patties, Outshine fruit bars, soda, salads, naan and pizza at the latter.

Wow, I kind of wish I wasn't in purge mode. They have some nice things. I'm glad you can make use of the sales even though it's a sad closing. I think there is a lot of that to come...

[SmoothButch]

I ordered an air fryer and a new Magpul ball cap.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

A trans-vaginal ultrasound - $319.72 (my portion after insurance)
3 Krispy Kreme doughnuts - $4.35 (I deserved a break after that ultrasound)

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by easygoingfemme

Wow, I kind of wish I wasn't in purge mode. They have some nice things. I'm glad you can make use of the sales even though it's a sad closing. I think there is a lot of that to come...

I know, riiight? It seems like one place after another is just not able to weather the COVID storm, especially if their sales were sliding beforehand.

They had some rolling display carts that were nice but the wrong color for my design so I opted not to but I wanted to because there's nothing more pulling at the wallet strings than the knowledge that if you don't get it now, you never will.

For the record, the only stuff that I really and truly felt a pull towards was some the dining furnishings but even with the sale, I don't want to pay what they are asking for them so that's that. Maybe in a couple of weeks, if they are still there, the prices might be more reasonable. They are fast selling anything I consider shop worthy. All of the fun stuff that I've gotten before...area rugs, artwork, et cetera...is either totally gone or has whittled down to the ridiculous and less desirable stuff. At least, the store I frequent anyway.

Today, I did not buy anything but I did send away for free flooring samples. Free is the BEST price!

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

A trans-vaginal ultrasound - $319.72 (my portion after insurance)
3 Krispy Kreme doughnuts - $4.35 (I deserved a break after that ultrasound)

I hate those things. They never come in a small size.

I would have gotten half a dozen.

[Orema]

Good in the closet, car, storage chest, garage

[VintageFemme]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

Pier 1 is closing all of its stores permanently. Their parent company is also permanently closing other chains, including Catherines, which upsets me greatly.

Pier 1 is going out of business however they do not have a parent company. They were an individual company publicly owned and traded. I know because I have worked for them in their corporate office for over seven years and am losing my job. I've not only been a customer since the 1970s but after working for them all of these years, I can tell you they were an amazing company with a very employee centric culture. They slipped up a little a couple of years ago in not keeping up with eCommerce and well, the rest is history. The website is just a 'look book' now and you can no longer place orders there but stores should be open through at least the end of August if not maybe even the end of September depending on inventory. Some good bargains to be had now for sure. Their name and intellectual rights as well as the website were auctioned off and the buyer will be relaunching a new Pier 1 website but who is to say what that will even be like. It won't be Pier 1 though as we've known it all of these years. Super sad about it all.

[VintageFemme]

this little guy for my patio although he's not that little, he sits at almost 18" high and so freaking cute

... and some lemon cookies ♡

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Originally Posted by VintageFemme

Pier 1 is going out of business however they do not have a parent company. They were an individual company publicly owned and traded . . .

Thanks for correcting me. I must have misunderstood the news story I read.

[easygoingfemme]

Originally Posted by VintageFemme

Pier 1 is going out of business however they do not have a parent company. They were an individual company publicly owned and traded. I know because I have worked for them in their corporate office for over seven years and am losing my job. I've not only been a customer since the 1970s but after working for them all of these years, I can tell you they were an amazing company with a very employee centric culture. They slipped up a little a couple of years ago in not keeping up with eCommerce and well, the rest is history. The website is just a 'look book' now and you can no longer place orders there but stores should be open through at least the end of August if not maybe even the end of September depending on inventory. Some good bargains to be had now for sure. Their name and intellectual rights as well as the website were auctioned off and the buyer will be relaunching a new Pier 1 website but who is to say what that will even be like. It won't be Pier 1 though as we've known it all of these years. Super sad about it all.

I'm so sorry to hear that you are losing your job with this...