Pandemic Shopping Spree

Exactly.

 

We bought a deep freezer. First it was the toilet paper issue. Then it was the beef supply issue. That's where we drew the line. Plus our old vinyl garage Refrigerator was dying. Refrigerator portion would not get below 50, which meant only soda could be stored out there. BTW, my exwife and I had bought it from the retirement community she worked at 20 years ago. The previous owner had died of old age and we got it for $25. So the deep freeze gives us a lot more storage and also is more efficient, being a chest style. Now we just need a pile of ammunition and a couple five gallon water storage jugs for emergencies and the inevitable civil war post election.

 

i have considered buying one... just havent yet. not sure why but i think it would be neat and handy at the same time

 

I don't know if this' pandemic buying or not...

I have a difficult time finding comfortable shoes, even athletic ones. Shoe manufacturers seem to think any size over 11 means the shoe has to be wide.

Wrong. My size 13 feet are very narrow, and closer to 12 than 13. Which means slightly oversized too wide shoes feel loose, and over overtightening them means the laces dig into the pronounced bone on the top of my foot.

Over the course of four days visiting two stores, I managed to find and buy three pairs of comfortable running/trail shoes. One really weird thing is they're different brands, New Balance (long time favorite), Assics (a brand that I previously ignored), and Nike (hit and miss for my screwy feet).

 

Narrow foot guy here too, although mine are much smaller.
Try LaSportiva if you have access to them locally. My favorite hikers because of the fit.

 

My new Nike are Reax Training, they have the built-in foot glove that feels really good. Although putting them on requires a little effort, a shoe horn helps.

My hikers, actually cool weather shoes for me, are Lowa Tempest LO, a fluke find from a Salvation Army thrift store. Apparantly I got lucky in that mine have the "better" Vibram sole (per comments on the net). They fit like a glove.

Oh, good noticeable, pronounced arch supports are another requirement for my feet. Getting shoes where they hit just right, or close enough, is a task.

 

Last night I ordered a slimmer profile laptop sleeve (for smoother, less cumbersome transport) and a solar-powered bug zapper (for bug-lite backyard drinking).

I wanted to buy a Roomba (practical, convenient) and an LCD projector (not at all practical, or necessary), but am holding off.

Currently still lusting after a new tent and down sleeping bag suitable for bike camping, but it's been, like, four years since I last camped and my current gear is not far gone enough to justify replacement. Yet.

cha-CHING.

 

I did it.
I bought the bidet seat.
It should arrive next week.

 

Huzzah! Enjoy.

 

I bought a blood pressure cuff, scale, pulse oximeter, and one of those forehead scanning thermometers.
This way I can do all my doctors visits via telemed.
I can do all the stuff physical checks they need instead of going in.
Since I don't drive this saves me a couple of hours in bus time and away from work.
This actually works pretty well

 

Try not to

enjoy it

too much.

 

Does a $55,000 kitchen remodel count?

 

That was my thought process as well.
So I sucked it up and spent the $300.
No way I'm using cold water......our well water comes out at about 55F. I'd be peeling my poor wife off the ceiling first time she used it.