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Southsider
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thornton
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Status: offline |  Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 20:48:05  
| | Where do I begin, clothes, trainers, vitamins and supplements (so much cheaper than in the UK), hair colour, orange cleaners, orange goop, bedding, cosmetics, paint rollers (DH uses them for putting antifouling on the boat) sunglasses, spectacles and much much more. |
Jill and Brian
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Jill
United Kingdom
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Status: offline | Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 20:56:07
| | We have brought home all manner of things eg tumble drier balls, orange cleaner, goo gone and next month we are bringing home Robert's guitar and disks for Guitar Hereos for his XBox. Sadly Stuart's mother died at the end of last year and she always liked us to bring her home some cookies or similar and we will miss not doing this in future. |
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canarypam
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TrishT
 United Kingdom
287 Posts
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Status: offline | Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 23:02:28
| we have a large family with a wide age range and regularly bing home,
clothes
trainers
perfume
levi jeans
handbags
oreos
peanut butter
candy corn
cereal
ford car parts / hubby has ford excursion, american import
half of disney, especially cuddly toys
toiletries
toys from walmart, especially before xmas
beef jerky
jack daniels sauces and other sauces and syrups
and many photos and memories of yet another wonderful time spent in florida, our favourite place to be
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CERICROWLEY
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andrewandcarole
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atush
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Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 15:56:26
| I am glad to see that I am not alone in bringing back the entire grocery store.
As a lot of my stuff is in bottled liquid form, I aways put in a ziplock. and th TSA always inspects and probably thinks I'm crazy. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Linda r
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dsv77
 United Kingdom
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Joined: 06 Sep 2007
Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 17:48:28
| I go to walmart and do what I call the DRUG RUN ......... I buy family size pack of pain Killers [ you can get 2x tubs of 200 painkillers for around $6 , I buy tylanol for my next door neighbour , heat pads for her athritis , I buy Asthma inhalers [ for me] as they are cheaper then here . I allergy tabs for my son , and many other things [ If I got stopped at customs They would think I was some kind of Junkie  | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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nicklangdon
 United Kingdom
186 Posts
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 18:19:35
| cherry throat sweets from walgreens - brilliant when you have a sore throat -now so popular with the family that i'll have to increase the amount i purchase or keep a secret stash! 
christmas decorations -only just crammed the big tinsel star in the case last time!
Oh and lots of maple syrup yum!!!
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Madabouttigger
 United Kingdom
1048 Posts
Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 19:31:08
| Peanut Butter
JD Sauce
Oreos (Although you can get them here now)
Levis
Trainers
Half the timberland store
All the Disney Store - Brilliant for christmas presents for the kids
Clothes
Panama Jack Lip Balm
T Shirts and Shorts from Ron Jons Surf shack - love the colours, really well made
flip flops
New Suit case to carry it all in
I even carried a bronz of Dumbo back last time - my nice just fell in love with it. I managed to but it when she wasnt looking and I gave it to her for Christmas, she was ober the moon. Thank goodness they didnt weigh the luggage at down town disney!!
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TrishT
United Kingdom
287 Posts
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 19:51:07
| oh yes Timberland, and christmas and halloween decs, last year bought home a huge hallowen candy bowl and various xmas decs including large jingle bells to hang on the front door  and of course alcahol, hubby has every size JD there is including 3litre, I prefer Bacardi | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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millie
 United Kingdom
627 Posts
Joined: 29 Sep 2002
Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 20:30:24
| too much!!!
I tend to buy:
Yankee candles and ceramics to go!
Plasters from Walmart
Hydrocortisone cream and pain killers
Baby teething gel (lifesaver!!)
french dressing (lots of bottles) - the orange stuff!! Yummy
sweets
half of the Disney Store
clothes
shampoo and conditioner in the massive tubs
also have been known to bring home a children picnic table and benches and a kids keyboard/mic on a table with a stool!!!!
DH not very amused by those!!! | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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MarkJan
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dunkderby
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Status: offline | Posted - 06 Apr 2008 : 21:50:37
| Thanks for the replies on the Barnies Coffee, our villa is on the US27, i'm surprised I couldn't smell it from there.
Now i've read what everybody else brings back I think I will be looking out for some of these items myself and guess what - bringing them back home with me
Also what is Orange cleaners and goop (I'm thinking the Americans have a special tool to clean all those oranges they grow)
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wendyd
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thornton
United Kingdom
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Status: offline | Posted - 08 Apr 2008 : 08:40:55
| quote:
Originally posted by dunkderby
Also what is Orange cleaners and goop (I'm thinking the Americans have a special tool to clean all those oranges they grow)
Colleen and Duncan
Orange cleaners are brilliant for cleaning ovens and anything that is greasy. It was removes sticky marks, in fact you name it orange cleaner is good for cleaning it. The goop is rather like swafega but smells so much nicer and is kinder to the hands. |
Jill and Brian
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Cruella DeVilla
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Joined: 18 May 2004
Status: offline | Posted - 08 Apr 2008 : 09:04:34
| quote:
Originally posted by dunkderby
Thanks for the replies on the Barnies Coffee, our villa is on the US27, i'm surprised I couldn't smell it from there.
Now i've read what everybody else brings back I think I will be looking out for some of these items myself and guess what - bringing them back home with me
Also what is Orange cleaners and goop (I'm thinking the Americans have a special tool to clean all those oranges they grow)
Colleen and Duncan
This one is actually called Goo Gone and it is a cleaner, you know when you get those sticky lables that just refuse to come off and chewing gum stuck to the floor etc, its for that. Also come is a spray. (Always got some in the villa but wouldn't bring it back).
Now to the original question, what do I bring home?
To be honest not as much for myself now as I am spending so much time in the US these days I am kind of spoiled but I mainly bring back stuff for my folks.
Anything Key Lime flavoured that I can find, anything kitchen related that is pink (got to buy two sets, one for Mum, one for me) and just things that I see on my far and wide travels that are a bit unusual. Trying to think what is in case upstairs which I brought back last month and still needs unpackingespecially lazy as it's nearly time to go again |
CDV
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Susan J
 United Kingdom
1064 Posts
Joined: 13 May 2003
Status: offline | Posted - 08 Apr 2008 : 09:31:26
| I think over the years, the most outrageous thing we brought back was a Bike!
Other than that- clothes, shoes, trainers, walkie talkies, perfume and cosmetics, coffee, school supplies that are 'different', school bags,a guitar, lots of Xmas ornaments including a big set of musical disney bells, handbags, unusual table linen etc - I have never thought of buying cleaning stuff though [probably the last thing on my mind on hols LOL] I use WD40 to get sticky residue off, so wouldn't take up valuable clothes space with Goop :)
An Adirondack chair?! How did you fit that in a suitcase :) |
Susan J
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