Amazon (and general favorite buys) from August

First, I posted about my new workout routine and there's a new calendar for September if you're interested in joining in! 

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I was caught in a weak moment and I bought this straightener/curling iron after seeing it on Instagram. Truthfully, I've been looking for something else to do with my hair lately...I hate styling it when it's hot out. This is actually really great. I don't use it every day because I rarely heat-style in the summer months but I plan on using it more this fall/winter. In my defense, I only own like 3 hair tools, and I've had them all for years. 

I got this chain in a 20 inch to swap out a shorter chain on a necklace I've had for years. I was a little leery about buying something like this on Amazon but I couldn't find anything I wanted locally so this was the next attempt. The quality is great so far and it's been about a month of almost daily wear. 

This is a bit of a niche product but if you are looking for sentence strips, I found the best ones. Sometimes, ordering online, they're flimsy, or the colors are dull, or I got some that were post-it note style once but they curled up and didn't actually stick. It's a gamble buying paper products online. 

These are heavy, bright colors, AND double-sided. I use sentence strips every year, without fail. These are the ones you want to bookmark. 

American Eagle jeans. I feel like I've fallen down a time-warp hole into 2014, but I don't care. I started looking around AE's site for jeans after being so disappointed in the trendy jeans I've seen around me and the, I think, unflattering looking of the big brands: Old Navy is a no, always and forever; Madewell I had luck with a few years ago but the last pair I got were constantly stretching out and falling down; I splurged on some Carly Jean Los Angeles and while they're perfectly wearable, I don't think they're ah-mazing. I also wanted something that wasn't a barrel jean and also wasn't deconstructed and wasn't that awful ridged denim.

This has had me at a jean standstill for two years. 

Anyway, I checked out AE after being lured to the site for something totally unrelated and here we are:

I make no apologies. Are you still wearing skinny jeans too? (These are on sale through the long weekend!)

Awhile ago, I got these cushions and this tablecloth from Walmart. Their Better Homes and Gardens line is high quality!

This past week, I found these pillows. I've been looking for a few new living room pillows for months. I couldn't find what I wanted anywhere but came across these randomly on Walmart's site. They're great. I wish they had removable covers but I can buy covers. I've had our same pillows since 2019(?) with covers on them. 

I needed a bigger bag for school. I wanted something I could fit everything in and not have to carry anything separate. I'm on this constant quest to make life more streamlined; I don't want to juggle bags on the way out the door. I looked for weeks and weeks. I finally tumbled across this Harper Tote from Simple Modern. 

I got the Cordura fabric in a size large. It's a lightweight, water-resistant fabric. I dot almond birch because my last bag was olive green. This, I will say without hesitation, is the perfect work bag. It has a spot for a tumbler, a laptop pocket, two front pockets, numerous inside pockets, and comes with a cross-body strap if you want to use it that way. I can't believe it's only $55. You'd easily pay $100+ for something of this quality from LLL or Athleta. I really like the brown vegan leather too. It'd made a great diaper bag or travel bag too! In reality, I was also looking for something I could easily use as an overnight bag or day trip bag with kids. 

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