Memorial Day Purchases

[Qenan]

Having just purchased a Dell 2407WFP (http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4335), I'm curious as to what other follies the Memorial day sales may have induced...

[RickH]

Not on sale, but I bought $800 worth of shelves from Ikea.

[WarrenM]

$800+ on stuff for the deck. But, on the plus side, the deck kicks ass now!

[Wholly Schmidt]

Some CDs, since they're mostly all $9.99 at Circuit City. Nothing major.

[awdougherty]

A hot tub and El Guap's little black book off ebay (Buy It Now $999 FTW).

Actually bought my wife some birthday gifts for tomorrow, which would be the birthday.

[shift6]

Two pies and two bottles of wine for the BBQ at a friend's house. And struts for the tailgate on my car (a bitch to install when both the old ones are dead!)

[CounterMeasure]

I finally updated my picture taking gear with a new Nikon D40 that was on sale at Circuit City. Being a camera n00b, and coming from a older 3MP point and shoot, I am pretty damn impressed with it.

[Raife]

I bought a couple of egg rolls and an energy drink.

[Nick Walter]

I bought over $150 of gas. But it was most definitely not on sale.

[Kyle Wilson]

I just bought some new sunglasses, and am now wrestling with whether or not to drop $85 on a stainless steel wallet (http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?source=family&itemId=14795). Key unanswered question: Will it last four times as long as a $20 leather wallet?

[Raife]

I just bought some new sunglasses, and am now wrestling with whether or not to drop $85 on a stainless steel wallet (http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?source=family&itemId=14795). Key unanswered question: Will it last four times as long as a $20 leather wallet?

If you do pick it up, get that steel wallet engraved (http://www.morsa.net/bmf.jpg).

[Mandrel]

I just bought some new sunglasses, and am now wrestling with whether or not to drop $85 on a stainless steel wallet (http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?source=family&itemId=14795). Key unanswered question: Will it last four times as long as a $20 leather wallet?
I prefer metal wallets like some of these (http://www.kyledesigns.com/category/13_unique_gifts.cigarette_cases_wallets/).

[Nathan]

Bread, milk, eggs, breakfast cereal, bag of salad, a couple ears of corn, Diet Mountain Dew, and some Fudgsicles. Very exciting stuff.

[fire]

Two pairs of shoes: JLo black and silver pumps on cork and Michael Kors red patent leather sandals on wood.

[BobJustBob]

Stores were open today?

[Wholly Schmidt]

Yes.5

[BobJustBob]

I can never keep track of which holidays are real holidays and which ones are just government holidays.

[Lunch of Kong]

Empty Altoids tin = cheap metal wallet.

I bought two 6-packs of Belgian beer for a backyard gathering that a friend of my girlfriend's friend was having. This guy was serious about his barbecue and had been smoking the brisket since 2am, in a concrete and tile smoker/barbecue island he built himself next to his deck.

[fire]

Empty plastic PCMCIA card holder = cheap plastic wallet.

[Charlatan]

6 pack of beer, a day-old roast beef sandwich, and some chips.

[Talisker]

$50 worth of rib-eye steaks at Costco, six pack of pilsener, six pack of stout, and a bottle of Knob Creek.

[WarrenM]

Stores were open today?
The sun was shining too. It was great outside!

[snowcrash22]

Civ 4 for $20
Resident Evil 4 for $10

at Circuit City. Maybe by October I'll have played them enough to revive years old threads on the Games board.

Budget gamer FTW (for the wait)

[Cosmic Hippo]

1 sixpack of terrible Mexican beer (Pacifico) upon room-mate's request. Though I have to admit, sometimes Mexican beer is great on a hot summer day
1 pouch of Jester Premium Rolling tobacco (store was out of Bali Shag)

[Glenn]

1 pouch of Jester Premium Rolling tobacco (store was out of Bali Shag)Is Maine one of those fucker states where the 7-11 clerk calls the cops if you just buy rolling papers, or are you actually rolling your own cigarettes?

[Patrick]

18 Bottles of Champagne, 6 Cases of soda, 3 Cases of beer, and 3 Cases of Water.


(I'm getting married on the 10th.)

[BobJustBob]

The sun was shining too. It was great outside!

Your two sentences contradict each other.

[Athryn]

A citrus juicer, a zester, and a rolling pin.

Oh and a fire extinguisher.

[WarrenM]

Your two sentences contradict each other.
You'll understand when you're older.

[Hans Lauring]

A citrus juicer, a zester, and a rolling pin.

Oh and a fire extinguisher.

You like to cook the more advanced stuff.


... but you're not always that good?

[Athryn]

You like to cook the more advanced stuff.


... but you're not always that good?

Nah, it's in preparation for getting the grill ready. One can never be too careful with open flames!

[Slainte Mhath]

My only weekend purchases:

On Sunday at the ballgame (free tickets) I bought my son and myself one Super Hot Pretzel that was neither Hot nor Super and two small drinks, $10.

On Monday I bought my son and daughter each a dish of soft serve chocolate from the local zip dip, $3.

Total expenditure : $13
Happy Kids : Priceless

[Skipper]

Lets see, a refrigerator, a washer and a dryer. "Memorial Day Discount" was 10%, plus I saved another 10% with a moving coupon. Delivery plus power cord, dryer ducting, etc were thrown in for free after a little haggling with the salesperson.

It was a very good Memorial Day shopping experience.

[Dirt]

Lots of beer. I need to stop. I'm spending too much on beer.

[Gary Whitta]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/518874031_990b0bdc2f.jpg

[jeffd]

I too got the 2407 FPW.

[Chris Nahr]

"Neo-Tokyo"? Is that... the Steel Samurai!?

[WarrenM]

I'm guessing it's the bike from Akira. Just a hunch.

[Chris Nahr]

Oh right, that was the name of a movie or something... I didn't know what to make of that name printed on the box.

[Cosmic Hippo]

Is Maine one of those fucker states where the 7-11 clerk calls the cops if you just buy rolling papers, or are you actually rolling your own cigarettes?I roll my own cigarettes. I mean, it's a cigarette 99% of the time. Does that calling-the-cops thing actually happen in some states?

[Dean]

I bought a Honda Civic Hybrid at dealer invoice.

I also bought a fabulous sushi dinner at Fugakyu (http://www.fugakyucafe.com/) in Sudbury, probably the best sushi in the Boston area there.

I also bought one of those digital picture frames because it was my wife's birthday and we don't go away on the trip I bought her for another two weeks, so I wanted to give her something on the day. It was an impulse buy at the mall, and I probably overpaid.

[Derek Meister]

I bought the last available of the 45 Wiis that showed up on Sunday at Best Buy.