Sometimes, late at night when I can't sleep, I flip through the channels and stop on the shopping networks.

[MIButterfly]

I will see something and think "I need that" and go get on my laptop and order it. A week or so later, a package comes to my door and I open it up and say "what the hell is this?"

It's never stopped me from doing it again, though.

[debm55]

1. Been there , done that.

[MIButterfly]

2. Ah! A kindred spirit!

[debm55]

5. I had the reaction. Why in the hell did I order that. A sweater with a duck on it.

[MIButterfly]

6. Hilarious!

Did you keep it or send it back?

[debm55]

7. QVC had a seller on called the Duck Lady and she would make all these clothing with ducks on it. Since I was teaching

and incubated fertile duck eggs. I wore it to school, I wouldn't have worn anywhere outside of school

[MIButterfly]

8. That sounds like something from Quacker Factory.

Quacker Factory is still big on QVC. How long ago was that? Did the designer start off doing just duck designs?

[debm55]

9. OMG. That's it ---Quacker Factory. Yes, every thing had ducks on it.That was about 30 years ago. Duck Lady has long

passed--RIP. But the Duck lived on without her,

[MIButterfly]

11. It's not all ducks anymore, but her clothes are very fanciful and colorful

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and apparently, still very popular. They still sell her line after all these years.

I've never bought anything from it, not even late, late at night. I mainly buy jewelry and organizational products.

[Shermann]

3. Amazon's "Save for later" is a nice feature

Items will linger there for a week or so, and I'll mull them over and ultimately either delete them or buy them. Much of the time I delete them and move on.

It's also a good way to monitor discounts, although the good stuff never seems to go on sale there.

[Lochloosa]

4. I love clearing my save.

[Skittles]

10. so you have discovered what window you need

one week

record these items you think you want, then wait ONE WEEK before you actually order

[Iggo]

12. Before I got my spending habits under control, I used the Amazon wish list like that.

”If I need it tonight, I’ll still need it tomorrow.”

[mucifer]

13. Steve Goodman wrote a song about this very thing

?si=hK-gQ0BD0BVTiFLk

[MIButterfly]

14. Hilarious!

I never heard that before. Thank you, mucifer!

[ProfessorGAC]

15. My Wife Does That

I will say though, that she hasn't hit any klunkers on food products.