buy all the things

[ironymaiden]

i've made a lot of random and not-so-random purchases the last few months of being at home.

• mumble-mumble TeeTurtle t-shirts (mostly preorders, mostly for C)


• tea from the place i would normally walk to from the office


• road id for C's fitbit and the dog's collar. (it's been a struggle to get a medical alert for his penicillin allergy to last, hope this is a good solution.)


• Turkish towels. which, it turns out, are coming from actual Turkey. (i chose the vendor because they were direct trade, was not expecting it to be _that_ direct.)


• a lickimat.


• various hair products - i'm trying to make a commitment to buy from black-owned businesses for my curly hair needs. (the sampler from EcoSlay was nice but not ideal for my hair, the Miss Jessie's Honey Curls is a real holy grail - works great, smells better.)


• i got a cute dress at Target in the before times. i love it and they still had some so i ordered a few more of the same in other colors


• fiber from a dyer i like who had to move across the country.


plus there have been a lot of actual essential things, and hair dye, and yarn for a blanket.

what random things have you bought since March?

Comments

[ironymaiden]

I understand that we're fortunate to be employed and in jobs that allow us to stay safe and keep working. I was suspecting that a lot of us who could were engaging in retail therapy. I feel like my inhibitions have been lifted, but like indulging in "bad" food, I also gotta say that on the spectrum of coping mechanisms for this uncertain time, buying things that may bring us some joy is pretty benign.

I forgot to mention that I backed a kickstarter for an espinner. February ironymaiden should be getting a fun gift from past ironymaiden.

[scarlettina]

Benign, indeed. Of course you are correct. What, may I ask, is an espinner? I assume it has something to do with spinning yarn?

[ironymaiden]

yes, it's kind of the equivalent of a sewing machine - instead of pedal power there's an electric motor with a foot control. you've seen my wheel, this thing has a bigger bobbin to hold the yarn but is basically just the very top part of the contraption, smaller than a shoebox.