Pandemic Shopping Spree

Along the same lines of posting your later purchase (pics of mine to come later, probably), but more specific.

Did anyone else react to the coronavirus lockdowns with gratuitous online shopping that may or may not have been pandemic-related? If so, what did you buy, and was it worth it? Any regrets?

Top of mind...

• A bidet toilet seat—hands down one of the best investments I’ve made in recent memory
• A 24mm lens for my DSLR
• New laptop (MacBook Pro)—needed it when I started working from home in April
• WiFi extender ^^^ ditto
• Replacement portable Bluetooth speaker to take on bike rides
• A fingertip pulse oximeter and new digital thermometer
• Three pairs of new sunglasses
• A window seat for my cat
• A silicone body scrubber
• A bunch of hats

...How about you all?

 

Agreed, 100%. It's the most significant reason that I'm not looking forward to going back to the office full time.
Also, missed you!

 

For you bidet lovers.......did you get a simple attachment for your existing toilet that you could install yourself, or did you bring in a plumber?

 

The model I bought was a full seat replacement with temperature control and a drying fan. I had my bathroom remodeled last summer but it didn’t have an outlet close to the toilet, so I called my electrician to install a new outlet (I know next to nothing about home repairs and have resolved to leave stuff like that to the experts since my very positive remodel experience last year). After the outlet installation, my very amazing electrician set up the seat himself, and it’s worked flawlessly ever since.


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I've never understood a bidet. Maybe it falls under try it you'll like it.

Our on-line purchases haven't changed much, although we did purchases some wearables from Buck Knives and Ruger Firearms. We had been waffling on those for quite a while.

We did buy a stationary bike from Academy Sports. That was a weird experience.

 

It's supposed to be more sanitary than toilet paper; wiping an area you can't really see may not necessarily result in complete cleanliness, but hit it with a jet of warm water and you're pretty much all set.

If you have a case of the runs, it's easier to hose yourself down rather than wiping yourself raw numerous times.

 

Something about having a wet ass just doesn't appeal to me. BWTFDIK?

 

Bath?

Shower?

 

A dedicated bidet hand towel?

 

I went by Cabelas this morning to buy some pistol ammunition, since I had not been to the range in a couple of years. Holy cow, everything was cleaned out. They had extra cases of shotgun ammunition scattered around to fill up shelves but it was a sorry sight. Their used gun library was stripped of guns as well. The sales clerk said they had moved their last few used guns over to fill out their new gun cases. It's crazy how people are acting, but the wife and I in a paranoid moment were discussing basement water storage jugs. Then I told her we needed two battle rifles. An AR-15 and a 308 battle rifle. The 308 for disabling vehicles.

 

Drying my ass is the part that concerns me, which I thought my subsequent posts made clear. DIA mentioned a drying fan, which sounds time consuming, and I mentioned the possibility of a dedicated ass drying hand towel.

 

The full cycle for each function (front, wash, back wash, and dry) is roughly 2 mins from start to finish if you don’t end it early. If I’m on the can for my morning constitutional prior to a morning shower, I don’t bother using the dry function.

/tmi

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I met with a close friend today who revealed he’s invested in two fog machines and a soon to be delivered snow machine, all of which he’s planning to use as part of a Christmas theme for Halloween.

Asked about it by a neighbor while demonstrating the former this morning, he grinned and said, “I’m unsupervised.”

Respect.


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We went to Europe last summer and stayed in a fancy hotel in Florence Italy that had a bidet. My first experience with one.
So I tried it out......fairly pleasant to use.
They had 2 small plush towels right by the bidet but I felt too weird about using them back there. I felt clean but what if I wasn't perfectly clean, you know what I mean?
So I waited and air dried.