Another round of "what have you bought from Amazon lately?"

I had been down due to COVID in August. It was basically a No Spend month.😂

In the past 3 days:

Coffee filters
Caramel coffee flavoring
Toothpaste & dental floss
2 books—Dog nutrition & drawing
2 e-books on pre-order
An A6 notebook & pencil board because they are cute (cats and llamas)

Because I was influenced and my birthday is coming up:

An A6 planner and a protective cover

Debating the purchase of a leather cover for the planner. Again, birthday. SO is getting off easy and cheap.

Those really great sunglasses. Fortunately I don't need them after my cataract surgery, but would have been very happy to have had them over the years..

Thank you so much!

Most recently a pedometer, cemetery vase and insert designed to securely hold flowers
also a book, Winter Cocktails which will be a Christmas present 

We buy TONS from Amazon. Often just normal household items, but here are some things the past month:

- bird bath water circulator
- magnifying glass - because I am old and can’t see anything!
- doorknob - to replace one that I dislike
- chicken salt - food booth at the Minnesota State fair had this, and it is supposed to be an amazing seasoning from Australia.
- a tennis elbow brace
- a Keurig brewer
- heavy duty paper plates that are a pretty floral print, for a party next weekend
- 4 inch thick furnace filters, recommended by my HVAC guy

I think we usually go in Target 2-4 times a year - Christmas and back to school shopping and maybe once or twice otherwise. This year we didn't even for back to school shopping. We're in that city monthly during the school year  - DD's Girl Scout meeting is near the shopping area so we run errands during it (2hrs once a month) but I'm more likely to go to Michaels, JoAnns, and/or Trader Joes than Target - and sometimes we go to the art museum instead. I've never been in a Costco at all.

I saw the Christmas Vacation Advent calendar mentioned in the OP at Costco a couple weeks ago (they had the Elf one too and one more), and just last week I was kicking myself because I bought the Disney Princess Lego calendar at Target only to find it for ten bucks cheaper the very next day at Costco. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I didn’t look too closely because I was in a hurry but I’m pretty sure they had the Star Wars Lego calendar too. I probably should return the one I bought at Target, but I’d have to make sure Costco still has it first and that might be more of a hassle than I’m willing to deal with.

Costco sells my HP printer ink. When my last printer exploded yellow ink all over the inside of it, I intentionally bought the next printer at Costco after making sure that they sold the ink for it too. They no longer sell that printer but they still sell the ink for it even years later. I used to print literally hundreds of pages a month so I was burning through cartridges fast (this was before the ink tank printers were readily available). Costco is very price competitive on ink, and I wanted to make sure it was something I’d be able to get locally the same day. That’s something that when I need it, I need it now. Now if they also sold Sawgrass sublimation ink I’d be all set, LOL. It about kills me to drop $77 per cartridge for that printer only to have to cough up another $13 for shipping on top of that because no one here sells it.

I have the Target and the Costco apps on the home page of my phone and pretty much anytime I want to buy anything, I always check those two places first since I know I’m already going there anyway. Amazon is on the home page of my phone too, but mostly to price check the other two. If I can go buy something and have it in my hands today, I much prefer that. Especially since I can do my shopping during the day in the middle of the week when the stores are less busy and I can typically just get in and out relatively quickly. Plus I get the extra 5% discount at Target using my Red Card, and two extra rebates for executive membership and using Costco’s Visa on everything I buy there (including gas, which I try to fill up at Costco as much as possible) so I have those added incentives for shopping at those two places. I’m always surprised by how often I find the stuff I want at one of those two stores.

Yes, we have it in our bird baths. It’s the one that is a white dome, sits in the middle of the bowl. They work really well… They take D batteries but they last all season long.

Very boring things, I'm afraid. A few extra tape measures, carpenter's pencils, utility knives, and work gloves--all for the endless DIY work we're forever doing around here. We seem to misplace those small items constantly, which causes delays in the work, so I'm looking to create a mini hoard of each.