January APPs!

Between Christmas last month, a move to a new house, and setting up the Airbnb, we placed over 100 orders on Amazon in the last three months. Mind boggling a little, since that’s just orders, not total items. An earlier month this year while we were in California, we placed…zero. I much more prefer the no spend lifestyle and find much more contentment there, but we’ve found ourselves here right now. With so many new purchases, I’ve got some product discoveries to recommend. My wholehearted belief with product recs is, if you don’t need it, don’t buy it. The things on this page will not make you happier. They are simply tools. If you are in need of one, great. If not, carry on. In no particular order:

This laundry hamper. In our previous house, our little laundry room was in the closet of a bedroom, and everything was on one level. I could walk there in about 6 steps from my own bed. Our laundry room now is in the basement of a two story house which means I’m now carrying laundry up and down multiple sets of stairs. I needed laundry baskets, and workhorses. Enter these, which are huge, vertically oriented, have straps at the top for easy carrying up and down stairs, waterproof, and neutral enough to not have to be hidden away.

Bubble bath. Natural, local, great bubbles and comes unscented! A fraction of the price of the fancy brands (this one is $14 for 32oz) and a huge bottle made to last.

This was our first year we got an artificial Christmas tree and we might never go back. We have this one and are so happy with it. (It was $199 when I bought it in November) Sparse branches, modern looking, reusable investment, and the best part, no needles to vacuum.

Beautiful little salt cellar. I really love sea salt. Daniel got me two specialty sea salts in my stocking at Christmas, that’s how much I love it. This salt cellar is marble and sits on our counter, it’s under $20 and is beautiful and functional.

One of the few other things that earned prime real estate on our counter: this knife set. These knives were made for me. (Also on sale at the time of this writing for $75!)

I’m packing lunches for Trey the first time every day now, which is my reality for many, many years ahead of me. I love a good bento lunch box, and Innobaby sent me their newest one to try, Flexnlock. I like that it’s silicone, not plastic, and has a removable, washable separate tray that seals and is liquid safe! No more spills. Also new out by Innobaby: fij-its, and these bath toys. Upgrade your washcloth with the silicone version, which never molds! And I’m always so happy and proud to see companies working to develop products that foster inclusivity for atypical kids in the classroom and at home.

Food Huggers sent me these which are totally amazing. Reusable food storage in a variety of creative shapes and sizes (check out these made specifically for keeping cut avocados green!)

Stocked the Airbnb with my favorite restaurant quality kitchen towels.