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Chapstick. Though it wasn't really an impulse buy as I had been meaning to get some for weeks, just kept forgetting it. But there it was in the checkout aisle. Yea!
I don't "impulse buy", if it's not on the list, I simply don't buy it. Well, sometimes I'll forget to put something on the list and I'll still buy, but I absolutely, positively do NOT buy anything that isn't going towards a meal. Similarly, I pretty much don't buy anything that can be eaten straight out of the packaging... just not worth the money, or the calories, anymore it's disappointing on the tongue too.
Chapstick. Though it wasn't really an impulse buy as I had been meaning to get some for weeks, just kept forgetting it. But there it was in the checkout aisle. Yea!
I was about to post the exact same thing.
(Although I say "chapstick" in the generic sense. I haven't bought the brand in decades. There are too many better options)
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They don't really put things at the checkout line that I want to buy: candy, magazines that I don't read, small packs of chips that I would never buy, small colorful toys, jerky that is too expensive...
In the area I live in, we shoppers often chat in the checkout line. Exchange recipes, talk about the weather, rather mindless social chit-chat, but it helps to pass the time in lieu of last second impulse shopping.
Wait. I did impulse buy at Valentines day. I walked in and the store had a super good sale on big beautiful ribeye steaks, graded "choice or better". The price was a great deal, so I bought 12 ribeye steaks and took them home, wrapped them in butcher paper, and froze them. I swear they are prime grade and they barbecue up into a real treat and we are enjoying them. But I confess, I had not gone to the market to buy steaks so I guess that counts as an impulse buy?
Adding, some of the checkout lines have coolers with soda and bottled water. But I am not going to pay $1.60 for a bottle of water when I can get a pack of 30 of the exact same brand for $4.00.
I often see people with children allowing the children to pick out something at the checkout line, I suspect just to keep the kids quiet for the time it takes to get through the process.
When my child was really little, I had to keep repeating, "no you can't have that". Even though he was clutching a banana that he couldn't eat until it was weighed and paid for, he was looking at all the candy and wanted some of it. That candy is deliberately presented to tempt children.
There was no line because we were the only ones in the store, but the containers of ramen that I got at World Market were definitely an impulse buy. I had heard that these were disappearing off the shelves in grocery stores, and since I often buy things in this store because I like it and want it to stay open, I bought a couple of packs of 8 along with my tea and biscotti. This isn't something we normally buy, but if I were to get sick, this is the kind of thing I would be craving.
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