Your latest purchases, cont.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Massive renovations to my basement to repair water damage

Ouch.

Hope it doesn't cost too much of a fortune.

No, not really. It's a great company that did the work ('Thrasher', how cool is that? ) and surprisingly affordable.

I got it relatively easy, though, 'cuz I don't live near the massive flooding that has inundated the area around the river. Lots of those people lost everything they had.

 

[BigFoot]

Did you get them as a bundle? I have that one too!

Yep, I got the bundle as well. I've wanted to get Gladiator for a while now, but the first release on Blu-ray sucked. After they re-released it (a while back actually) I was just waiting for a decent price.

Yeah, the image quality is pretty stunning! Haven't looked at too much of the extra features yet though.

I don't usually care about the extras. As long as the movie looks great, I'm happy.

 

[kirsten187]

Some mp3 downloads.

 

[SPCTRE]

Yep, I got the bundle as well. I've wanted to get Gladiator for a while now, but the first release on Blu-ray sucked. After they re-released it (a while back actually) I was just waiting for a decent price.

Yeah, the image quality is pretty stunning! Haven't looked at too much of the extra features yet though.

I don't usually care about the extras. As long as the movie looks great, I'm happy.

For the most part, I'd agree.

I really like good, funny banter in commentary tracks though (e.g. the ones the actors did for some Babylon 5 episodes). Also, the LOTR SEE content was pretty amazing. I've watched all of it.

 

[Holdfast]

Groceries and petrol.

Petrol prices have come down a couple of pence, but filling up still cost about £73.

Groceries were more reasonable though; with various coupons/discounts, it came to about £43, down from an initial £57.

Also got the renewal quote for my car insurance in the mail; just under £600, which from memory is a little higher than last year's. Was expecting a small rise; apparently everyone's premiums have been going up this year, but I'll get round to comparing prices a bit later to doublecheck it's reasonable. Well, reasonable isn't the word I'd choose, but you know what I mean...

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Also got the renewal quote for my car insurance in the mail; just under £600, which from memory is a little higher than last year's. Was expecting a small rise; apparently everyone's premiums have been going up this year, but I'll get round to comparing prices a bit later to doublecheck it's reasonable. Well, reasonable isn't the word I'd choose, but you know what I mean...

I changed my car insurance provider earlier this year and not only got myself a more feature-packed policy, but also saved a fair bit, too. Hope your insurance shopping goes well.

 

[Holdfast]

Also got the renewal quote for my car insurance in the mail; just under £600, which from memory is a little higher than last year's. Was expecting a small rise; apparently everyone's premiums have been going up this year, but I'll get round to comparing prices a bit later to doublecheck it's reasonable. Well, reasonable isn't the word I'd choose, but you know what I mean...

I changed my car insurance provider earlier this year and not only got myself a more feature-packed policy, but also saved a fair bit, too. Hope your insurance shopping goes well.

Thanks!

I just ran my details through the usual combination of superconfused.commeerkats and got a price about 5% lower, so I just called up my existing insurer and with a bit of sweet-talking, managed to knock the premium even further down to just £540, about 10% off initial quote. Happy now.

 

[PurpleLady]

I bought a Toshiba laptop with a wireless card at a yard sale last weekend for six dollars! Incredibly it works great and it even came with a nice carrying case.

 

[SPCTRE]

I bought a Toshiba laptop with a wireless card at a yard sale last weekend for six dollars! Incredibly it works great and it even came with a nice carrying case.

That sounds like a good value to me

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Lots of groceries.

Massive renovations to my basement to repair water damage

Sorry to hear that.

 

[auntiehill]

The last thing I bought was a sandwich from Subway.

 

[BigFoot]

Yeah, the image quality is pretty stunning! Haven't looked at too much of the extra features yet though.

I don't usually care about the extras. As long as the movie looks great, I'm happy.

For the most part, I'd agree.

I really like good, funny banter in commentary tracks though (e.g. the ones the actors did for some Babylon 5 episodes). Also, the LOTR SEE content was pretty amazing. I've watched all of it.

Yeah there are always exceptions. I've listened to a lot of actor commentary tracks of my favourite shows (Farscape, Buffy, Angel...).

 

[RandyS]

Two big bottles of water.

 

[An Officer]

Starbucks white hot chocolate, tall, whole milk, dash of vanilla syrup, extra hot, cream on top. I miss coffee, but this comes a close second.

 

[Kira's Mom]

Scratching post tower for my kitten.

Also, I went bargain hunting at a department store close-out center. I found a $298 Badgley Mischka purse for $44! Had to get it. I love purses.

Me, too. I seem to labor under the delusion that if I could just find the RIGHT bag, everything else in life will sort itself out.

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Yep, that's me, too. I switched purses almost as soon as I left the store. It made my day. And I've already gotten a lot of compliments on it.

 

[kirsten187]

Glasses, trousers, a hoodie and a bag this morning.

 

[Rincewiend]

A nerdy pocket watch:

 

[auntiehill]

Cute! ^

We hit Lowe's today---bought batteries, lightbulbs, & Ortho's Home Defense (preventative measure). We looked solar lights for the front walk but decided not to get any.

 

[Holdfast]

Starbucks white hot chocolate, tall, whole milk, dash of vanilla syrup, extra hot, cream on top. I miss coffee, but this comes a close second.

I don't ever go into Starbucks as a general rule, but that sounds rather delicious, so rule-breaking may be in the offing at some point. Sounds like I'd have to skip lunch that day, though, based on the likely calorie count of that drink!

Ortho's Home Defense...

One thing I love about US products are the awesome names. I'd never have guessed this was basically bug poison without googling. Sounds like some kind of Pentagon-approved laser grid...

 

[An Officer]

I don't ever go into Starbucks as a general rule, but that sounds rather delicious, so rule-breaking may be in the offing at some point. Sounds like I'd have to skip lunch that day, though, based on the likely calorie count of that drink!

Yeah, had to go back to the bastards, 'cos they do the best white hot chocolate around - plus they accommodate a lot of customisation. That's a drink I request which isn't on the menu. Good luck trying to explain it to them, they usually end up getting it wrong somehow - either giving me a white cafe mocha, or making it skimmed, or forgetting the vanilla, etcetera. I normally have to say quite slowly and repeat a couple of times.

I've been doing a lot of back-breaking physical labour recently, so I have excused myself from too much calorie counting. I just make sure I drink it first thing rather than last to ensure it gets used up.

Back on topic, latest purchase was a waxed cotton fishing jacket. I don't know why, I seem to like some weird things lately. I have never fished a day in my life.