Note: This post is part of an ongoing blog series called #costamesa365 where the author is striving to shop only* in her city of Costa Mesa, for a year.
I’d like to share that I calmly transitioned to #costamesa365 in a state of serene mindfulness.
I’d like to say that it was “no biggie” to just scrap my fatal attraction to Amazon.
I’d like to tell you that three days before this challenge started, I absolutely did not panic-buy extra bricks of toilet paper and laundry soap at a certain Fountain Valley Costco.
I’d be lying.
The idea for #costamesa365 has been percolating for a good, long while, but I only really made the decision to “pull the trigger” a couple weeks before the New Year. It all seems very sudden.
That’s pretty typical of how I make a lot of decisions, actually.
Think on it. Forget about it. Think on it. Forget about it. Then… rip! Tear that Kirkland band-aid clean off.
In the final week of 2018, I found myself making panicked lists of all the things I could possibly want or need in the year ahead. Things I wasn’t sure I could get locally. I’ve been eyeing that Roomba on Amazon for a while now, should I grab it before smiley shipping boxes were a no-go? Wait, no Amazon! OMG… what have I done?
Fortunately, Christmas had just happened, and shopping funds were low, so I wasn’t able to go too far off the rails. But as my buffer of toilet paper dwindles in the weeks ahead – and my UPS driver pens his condolence card, as I’ve clearly died – I will need your help with the necessities.
Where does a Costa Mesan go for bulk household goods? Can one even buy a Roomba in the real world, anymore?
In so many ways, I have just not thought this through.
Aw, forget about it. Rip! ♥
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*We will always start by shopping / looking in Costa Mesa, first. But if we really need something and an alternative is nowhere to be found in Costa Mesa, we’ll stray. Also, as parents, we’ve decided that certain kid-related things (mainly educational) will need to remain baked in.
