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Favorite Purchases of 2020

2020 was certainly a shopping year at our house, mostly thanks to being home and having nowhere to go since March. I had way more time than usual to notice the things around me that were in need of replacement and new things I've long thought about but haven't done much about.

Here's my list of favorite purchases of the year:

  1. Match PJ Sets! I've been buying these Dreamy Cotton Pajama Sets from JCrew whenever I got a good coupon code -- I think I now have four, the fifth is a short-set. They are super comfortable, fit great, wash well and make me feel a little more put together at night. A huge glow-up from the mismatched flannel pants and old t-shirts I used to wear to bed. 
  2. New Family Room Sofa. We finally replaced our poop brown sectional (I swear it was a lighter color in the showroom) with a light grey u-shaped couch in the family room we can all sit on. It's done wonders to lighten the room and the fabric has proven to be kid and dog-friendly, too. This is the one we got, though I would recommend splurging on the extra cushion fill, as ours is a bit firm. 
  3. New Kitchen Table! We also retired our old kitchen table after 14 years of service. I documented the whole saga (including three table returns) in a series of posts here. And it looks like I'm due a final chapter. 
  4. Nail Gun & Power Washer. Two tools I had been planning on adding to my arsenal for years, my nail gun was instrumental in all my shiplap-ing plans around the house (more to come). And my power washer got the back and front porches summer-ready! 
  5. Hello Linen Sheets. Major upgrade in our bedroom, as we've always just used cotton sheets. This is the set I got on Garnet Hill, one of my long-time favorite online shops, using a major sale code. They're just as lovely as all the reviews say and getting softer each time we wash them. Yes, linen is cool (as in cold) to sleep in.
  6. Best WFH bra! I've been shopping around for the best no underwire, but not sport-bra, bra that I can wear all day long. There's a slew of online brands but this is the one I've LOVED so far: buy it here from Lively. They're affordable, too. 
  7. Clean Tushy! I haven't blogged about this yet, but it's one of my favorite quarantine buys ... the Tushy bidet installs on your toilet and it's just, well, wonderful. I won't go into too much detail, but most of the world has bidets and don't get why Americans scoff at them. I get it now. "If you got poop on any other part of your body, you'd wash it off, why relay on just flimsy paper in the bathroom?"
  8.  Home gym stuff. Dave has made a bunch of additions to our home gym which he uses daily (no going to the gym through a pandemic). The treadmill was last year's holiday purchase, and we love it, but I've set up a subscription to iFit and it's my BEST motivation to use the treadmill. (I did a post on it here.) 
What were some of your best buys of 2020? I know you've been online shopping!  

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