Really pleased to see this, given I need new tights asap!
Willing to split shipping if youāre putting an order in. I need some sheers.
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Cool, letās do it!
Woohoo! Iām weirdly evangelical about these tights so Iām glad to have another convert! 
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The hats that I bought on @HaHās recommendation. We have been far more sunsafe this year than any previous, and my large headed husband has actually been wearing his every time we go out!
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Which hats are these? They sound great!
Ok well this was a while agoā¦
https://www.topshow.com.au/
Theyāre Australian made, you might be able to find similar where you are?
I came in here to say weāve bought a kiwico subscription to get activities to do with Duckling every month and itās really good. Not much stuff but really engaging, someone else has gotten it set up for me, and he really enjoys it. I didnāt realise they were a US group and want to look for a local option. Ideally we would find activities online and gather the parts ourselves from stuff around the house, but we are expecting to need this kind of support for the next 12 months and are very glad to have found a reasonable option.
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Aināt no one got time for that! We just feeding and sometimes clothing ourselves.
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Have you found the Busy Toddler Instagram? They seem great, but yeah, DIYing is hard mode.
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Iāve been following them for ages, theyāre really good pre pandemic/ when weāre not dealing with me being pregnant. This is also something special for Duckling while heās dealing with loss of Mum time, as I am likely to be unable to parent for at least 3 months.
Highly recommend the idea where you put toddler/baby + scoops + rice/lentils into a big box! That one is still good.
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[originally posted in the wrong thread]
I finally got the heating pad my RMT recommended a year ago.
People
People
I am sitting on the couch with a heating pad on my knee and why did nobody shake me 8 years ago and tell me to just spend the $100?
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My heels have arrived. They were mislabeled in the listing - said they were 8.5 fits 9, but theyāre actually 9s. And they fit me just fine. (my originals are 8.5, but it is good to know that 9s also work)
Second experience sending money to random internet strangers who posted a picture online with no way for me to check reputation or history, but both times it has worked out ok.
Now to stalk the buy/sell sites for someone to post the other two colourways.
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I was super into these tights but they got a run within 3 weeks of me owning them 
I am so sad about it.
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I keep using my Sodastream and being like āso worth itā¦should share on threadā and then forgetting. Caveat: itās great if you drink fizzy water. If you do not drink fizzy water there is no point. But we have had it for a year and used approx 1 gazillion fewer aluminum cans in that time.
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Oh! This thread is neat. I donāt drink fizzy water, but I have an affinity for Root Beet and Ginger Ale, and basically nothing else fizzy. Do you think itād be worth finding a used unit for that?
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You can get syrups for it and make sodas! I think itās still lower waste (one small bottle of syrup=multiple 2L/cases of soda), but Iām not sure how the flavor and price hold up. Tonic was ok.
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As far as Iāve seen for big-name sodas, buying the syrup is no more cost efficient than buying the soda itself, and often more expensive. Iām sure you could get it cheaper if you were buying restaurant-quantities (I remember costs per glass on soda to a restaurant were measured in maybe <10 cents) but most of us donāt want to commit to that much soda syrup!
Itās nice for making mocktails too.
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Oh no! Mine have a tendency to get threads pulled out a long way so they bunch up (which I can usually fix by just pulling around a bit), but Iāve not had issues with runs
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Yeahā¦I am not certain being in their ecosystem youād do much better than breaking even. I do see a waste argument (although complicated by carbon emissions of shipping gas cylinders vs shipping water). In our case, convenience was a huge factor: weāre on the second floor and there are two doors and 50? feet walk to our car and dumpstersā¦carrying cans of LaCroix was getting very old, and I felt bad looking at our recycle bin. The gas canisters are refilled, as I understand.
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Another bonus, when I do want a sweet fizzy drink, we get fruit syrup from the international store and I can make blackcurrant soda and pretend Iām a classy European or Australian. 
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