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Can I shop at Sephora and Ulta?

Oh, the world of beauty. I’m running low on a couple of beauty products and need some nail clippers, so I wanted to dive in to see if the beauty stores were actually bad, or if there were any great options. I shifted my beauty purchasing from Amazon to Ulta at the end of last […]

Garden Supplies from Good Companies

As I shiver from an April cold spell, I plan for my garden both indoors and out waiting for the warmer months. I have been working through a whiteflies issue and starting a new indoor seed project, and I need some supplies and I’m not going to get them at Amazon or Home Depot. So […]

I just need to feed my cat!

I have a long-standing subscribe and save order on Amazon for my cats’ food that I want to shift. This is one of the classic conundrums where I can shift my shopping to one of the big retailers in the space, like Petco or Chewy.com, but are they just as bad too? Are there other […]

Let’s Take Our Power Back

Subscribe Enough is enough. On March 28th, Amazon started keeping everything you say to your Echo or other Alexa-enabled device with no way to opt-out. This also means your childrens’ Amazon Alexa requests will be automatically sent to Amazon. Keep in mind, they had to pay $25 million (not nearly enough!) in May 2023 for […]

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