None of these are affiliate links and I'm supplying the name/search terms for people trying to avoid Amazon and others altogether.

• I searched high and low for a big comfortable rocker that would accommodate my plus-sized partner AND the 6 year old daughter we are adopting. I swore to God and all his children I would never, never have a big sloppy recliner in my damn house. After weeks of searching in person and online, I formally announced my defeat and I held my nose and ordered this chair without even ever sitting in it. My riskiest greatest happy-surprise purchase maybe ever: Lane Home Furnishings 4215-19 Kane Iron Rocker Recliner I purchased from Amazon

The way it feels has DRAMATICALLY changed my opinion on how it looks, ha! That damn chair is twice as comfortable as it looks and both of us are having less general body pain after sitting in it. We paid the extra $20 for our chosen room delivery and 2 delightful young men showed up, hustled the chair up the stairs, assembled it in 2 minutes, and were gone in a flash.

• I just bought my second Dyson upright vacuum. I bought my first one 13 years ago and it's still going strong, so I ordered a refurb Animal 2 directly from their site so I can stop lugging it up and down the stairs. I think I paid $250 for this refurb. Fwiw, I have a lot of cordless items (We have a cordless lawnmower, leaf blower, weed eater, etc.) but I still prefer corded vacuum cleaners.

• We have a cordless stick Makita, too, and it has a compatible battery with our drill and our sander, which is great. This is the Makita model XLC02RB1W 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Compact Cordless Vacuum Kit (2.0Ah). We ordered ours from Amazon in 2017, my Mom has the same one that she bought a year earlier. She uses hers every day still and took it on a cross country RV trip.

• I'm on my second bottle of L’Oreal Paris Elvive 8 Second Wonder Water Lamellar. I purchased from Amazon for about $9 each time

• I ordered these "lipstick protectors" to wear under my masks, hoping to prevent collapse and help with easier breathing. Inside mask frame from Amazon They sent a note offering a $15 Amazon Gift Card in exchange for a 5 star review. The item only cost like $10, so you can do that math.

I actually do like the mask-frame things - they don't fit the way you might expect but they do offer some space in there. My masks all make me cough and I have a sore throat after wearing them, so I'm hoping this will help a little. Still, I hate this shady garbage and will be leaving a review that explains this. Shaking my fist at the sky, I know, but we do what we can.

(I have edited this thing like 3 times for formatting and then to add the cordless Makita stick vac. Honestly, the Makita drill and the Makita sander have also both been good performers but I can't compare them to others so I don't know if they are over priced or under priced, etc.)