Prime Purchases in August

I've been pretty pleased with myself and how little we've been using Amazon. Since we got rid of Prime in December I am definitely waiting until I have a large enough order to qualify for free shipping and usually only for items I can't find around town. So I've only place one order in July and 2 in August! 

I won a $50 gift card (thank you Billie Jo!) plus I found an old gift card from a Christmas or two ago and decided to splurge on a few items for our hiking trip. Since I never shared the few items I bought in July either I thought I'd add those to today's post. All in all for 2 months worth of shopping I think I did really great! 

 


In July I bought a refill of this toothpaste; I just love it. 

 

and I bought myself a new activity tracker when my broke while birthday shopping with my mom. I really like the purple band so much better than the pale pink one I had on my old tracker.


 The first order I placed in August was for some more of these strapless bras; they're my favorite!


 

This jar to hold the dishwasher detergent tabs on our countertop. It's a bit smaller than what I wanted but I just couldn't resist the pretty color and design. 


 A new grill brush & a meat thermometer (weirdly with all the fall stuff hitting stores I could NOT find either of these locally!).

 


A 2026 calendar since we already have some appointments and things in the new year. 

 


The second order was much larger and more "fun"

I did have to buy Alec a new lanyard for his college ID and found this three pack for under $5!  


 

Several months ago I had bought a set of gold piercing studs for the 2nd and 3rd holes in my ears that had been closing up. They've worked great but I found I was wearing a lot of silver this summer and my holes were closing up again from lack of use so I bought this silver set.  


 

I needed a new clear top coat of polish and this is my favorite one; and for whatever reason our local stores seem to be out of it/not carry it?

 

Ian bought me these pants in a sunflower design for my birthday and I love them so much I decided to order another pair in black. I plan to wear them after hiking for our trip. They fold up nice and small too!

 

This jumpsuit caught my eye and also looks nice and comfy for after hiking. I've read that Kalispell and the areas around Glacier National park are very casual so there is no need to pack anything dressy. I am going for comfort since we plan to try a few pretty long/ moderately difficult hikes. 


 Not knowing the weather I was looking for some water resistant hiking pants and found this pair that can also roll to be capri pants; I loved them but the size I ordered them in didn't fit and I didn't have time to replace/reorder them before we left so I just returned them. 


 I found this pretty sweater and just couldn't resist. 


 Finally I bought these rain pants; I love that they fold up so nice and tiny to fit in my backpack and they are such a great deal. I tried on a tons of pairs of waterproof hiking pants in all sorts of outdoor stores when we were in Acadia and most of them were upwards of $99; these are just $26! I'm hoping not to need them at all but every guidebook cautions being over prepared since temps and weather on the mountain can vary greatly throughout the day. 


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