That pretty much says it all. I went to the grocery store to reload my workplace supply of my favorite gum a couple of days ago, and they didn’t have it. Huh? I checked when I was at Target earlier today, and Huzzah! They still had them, but they came with a price ending in the dreaded $.04 (Meaning? Soon-to-be discontinued.) Naturally, I bought the lot of my favorite Mint Chocolate Chip flavor.
Just call me the Crazy Gum Lady.
This seems to be a running trend in my life: Chocolate Twizzlers, Airheads Bites and Pretzel M&Ms are other favorites whose popularity seemingly reigned supreme with me and maybe two or three others.
Before I cement my reputation as an unrelenting sugar fiend (to be fair, the damage was done years ago), I should probably cite an example that isn’t candy-related: normal-fitting underwear at Victoria’s Secret. I swear, at some point in the not-very-distant past, Victoria’s Secret did sell all-cotton underwear with full butt coverage that didn’t have a bunch of lace and other unnecessary bells and whistles. Nowadays, the chain exclusively sells low-rise, “hiphugger fit” and the other thong options that I couldn’t possibly have any less interest in.
I’m convinced that the women who proclaim that thong underwear is comfortable are completely full of it, and I know this is probably an unpopular sentiment (especially among the style blogosphere) but I like my underwear to be simple and more or less utilitarian. Lace and other complicated doo-dads just get in the way, and I hate having to constantly pull up my underwear with the low-rise varieties. (Ever worn low-rise underwear under a pair of tights whose waistband keeps rolling down every time you sit down or stand up? It’s like some sort of fashion battle of wills.)
Candy and underwear, folks. I’m totally going to be one of those “remember when…?”, Andy Rooney-esque older folks who wax romantic about the past, reminiscing fondly to anyone who will listen about “the way things used to be, before everything got so gat’ dang complicated.”
So… yeah. Everything I like gets discontinued. And you, fair readers? What’s your favorite discontinued product?
I have this problem, too! My favorite gum, and my go-to toothpaste, and now even my favorite blank stock for the shop. It’s frustrating.
I have noticed that w/ VS undies. They are all ‘cheeky’ fit now even if they’re supposed to be regular (full back coverage) fit. Which is just a recipe for a wedgie. I’ve stopped buying them. The Gilligan & O’Malley undies at Target are my new go-to.
Also, I agree about thongs. No.
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