The past year, I have really been trying to purchase more locally from the brick and mortar stores in my small city. However, I am finding that what I want to buy is now no longer available. Other than the grocery store, the last 6 or so shopping expeditions I have made for things like toiletries, socks, small electronics, small appliances and shoes I have utterly struck out. Added to this is that I am disabled and actually going into a B&M store is more difficult for me, so the idea of trying 3-4 stores to find what I am looking for, in quantities I want to buy just is not going to happen. So Amazon is my default. If my choice is paying $94 plus shipping for a new pair of shoes from REI (needing to order online because the store did not have my size) or paying $55 from Amazon with free shipping, it seems like a no brainer. When I go to restock my toiletries and Target only has 2 small bottles stocked of the unscented body wash I use, and I am looking to buy 8 big bottles, why bother going to Target?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Are stores downsizing their stock because of Amazon, or is their choice to downsize stock driving people to Amazon? Stores downsizing their stock happened long before Amazon got so popular. I remember over 12 years ago looking for a dress to wear to a wedding. I lived in a small city with a population of about 300K, and I could not find a single dress for the wedding. Over the following weeks, I wound up ordering 27 dresses from online retailers, returning 26 to find what I needed.
I can’t imagine having the financial capital to order 27 dresses to find one, which is part of why I’ve never taken to online clothes shopping. I only buy clothing in brick and mortar stores because I have enormous trouble finding flattering styles and have never in my life had an even 5% success rate in stuff I try on versus what I buy. If I had to pay for stuff, wait days for it, to have it not fit, to have to ship it back and wait for the refund I would be broke.
I shop a lot on amazon. As to corporate practices, I generally dont see them as much worse than the big box stores. If we can shop locally owned (Ace v Lowes, local appliance store v Home Depot) we will, but when it comes to amazon v target I will go with what is cheaper and better fits what I need. I do worry about the shipping and the number of boxes I get.
I've grew up in a variety of small towns, small cities, and moderately sized cities. We just got whatever was avaialble at the mall, particularly the department stores. I feel like Sears (I worked there in college) really missed an opportunity. The Sears catalog was like the first Amazon. Need a washer? Go to Sears. Curtains? Sears. Car seat? Cloth diapers? Bra? You guessed it, Sears.
Yes the shipping and boxes are the main reason I avoid online shopping. But I guess this thread is mostly talking about how amazon and other stores treat their employees.
I do wonder if concerns over environmental impact is ever going to get to the point that people and businesses make significant changes to their practices and habits. I highly doubt it base on the discussion in this thread.
The past year, I have really been trying to purchase more locally from the brick and mortar stores in my small city. However, I am finding that what I want to buy is now no longer available. Other than the grocery store, the last 6 or so shopping expeditions I have made for things like toiletries, socks, small electronics, small appliances and shoes I have utterly struck out. Added to this is that I am disabled and actually going into a B&M store is more difficult for me, so the idea of trying 3-4 stores to find what I am looking for, in quantities I want to buy just is not going to happen. So Amazon is my default. If my choice is paying $94 plus shipping for a new pair of shoes from REI (needing to order online because the store did not have my size) or paying $55 from Amazon with free shipping, it seems like a no brainer. When I go to restock my toiletries and Target only has 2 small bottles stocked of the unscented body wash I use, and I am looking to buy 8 big bottles, why bother going to Target?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Are stores downsizing their stock because of Amazon, or is their choice to downsize stock driving people to Amazon? Stores downsizing their stock happened long before Amazon got so popular. I remember over 12 years ago looking for a dress to wear to a wedding. I lived in a small city with a population of about 300K, and I could not find a single dress for the wedding. Over the following weeks, I wound up ordering 27 dresses from online retailers, returning 26 to find what I needed.
I can’t imagine having the financial capital to order 27 dresses to find one, which is part of why I’ve never taken to online clothes shopping. I only buy clothing in brick and mortar stores because I have enormous trouble finding flattering styles and have never in my life had an even 5% success rate in stuff I try on versus what I buy. If I had to pay for stuff, wait days for it, to have it not fit, to have to ship it back and wait for the refund I would be broke.
I had an empty credit card with a high limit, and ordered dresses in batches. By the time I found a dress that I liked and fit, that was the final tabulation. This was AFTER spending 3 weekends hitting every brick and mortar store in a 70 mile radius unsuccessfully.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Are stores downsizing their stock because of Amazon, or is their choice to downsize stock driving people to Amazon? Stores downsizing their stock happened long before Amazon got so popular. I remember over 12 years ago looking for a dress to wear to a wedding. I lived in a small city with a population of about 300K, and I could not find a single dress for the wedding. Over the following weeks, I wound up ordering 27 dresses from online retailers, returning 26 to find what I needed.
I think some of it is expectation. There were many times when I was growing up that I didn't find exactly what I wanted in my small town shops. And I just dealt. I either didn't get anything or I bought what was available (usually at Boscov's).
Oh, I get this. But the items I needed to purchase there are no alternatives. The ones that pissed me off the most were the solutions for my hard gas permeable contacts. Another was scent free body wash that I am not allergic to. Just dealing isn’t an option. Until recently, I could get both in the B&M stores, one of 4 different local big box stores.
About the dresses, I was told by several stores “we just don’t carry dresses anymore”. It wasn’t the expectation that there was not an acceptable alternative, there were none. Ultimately, I wound up going to Nordstrom’s online.
Post by Jalapeñomel on Nov 28, 2019 14:40:29 GMT -5
So a friend of mine posted today on Amazon, that, as a disabled person, Amazon is one of the best things that has happened to him in terms of the ease of shopping. Just some food for thought.
I think some of it is expectation. There were many times when I was growing up that I didn't find exactly what I wanted in my small town shops. And I just dealt. I either didn't get anything or I bought what was available (usually at Boscov's).
Oh, I get this. But the items I needed to purchase there are no alternatives. The ones that pissed me off the most were the solutions for my hard gas permeable contacts. Another was scent free body wash that I am not allergic to. Just dealing isn’t an option. Until recently, I could get both in the B&M stores, one of 4 different local big box stores.
About the dresses, I was told by several stores “we just don’t carry dresses anymore”. It wasn’t the expectation that there was not an acceptable alternative, there were none. Ultimately, I wound up going to Nordstrom’s online.
What? Where were you shopping? I have never heard of a store that sells women's clothing that doesn't carry dresses. You mean formal dresses? Are you an unusual size?
I do think online shopping has opened a new world for people who wear hard to find sizes or those outside of the 0-16 range that most stores stick to. And shoes. I used to always have a lot of stress shoe shopping with a size 11 foot. Online shopping has made such a difference there. With the exception of an occasional pair from Target, it has been years since I have bought shows outside of online shopping.
I do need to cut down on Amazon, though. So far i have 30 fewer orders than last year, so perhaps I am already on my way. I don't see myself ever giving up my Kindle but i have already transitioned to buying most household items from Costco or Target, my pet stuff is actually cheaper at Petsmart, etc. I think Amazon's prices aren't as good as they used to be and I do find it hard to trust reviews and that products are not fakes.
Oh, I get this. But the items I needed to purchase there are no alternatives. The ones that pissed me off the most were the solutions for my hard gas permeable contacts. Another was scent free body wash that I am not allergic to. Just dealing isn’t an option. Until recently, I could get both in the B&M stores, one of 4 different local big box stores.
About the dresses, I was told by several stores “we just don’t carry dresses anymore”. It wasn’t the expectation that there was not an acceptable alternative, there were none. Ultimately, I wound up going to Nordstrom’s online.
What? Where were you shopping? I have never heard of a store that sells women's clothing that doesn't carry dresses. You mean formal dresses? Are you an unusual size?
I am just outside a size 16, so either an 18 or a 1x. Depending on style, I could fit in some 16. Talbots had nothing acceptable in the few dresses that they had. Dillard’s had none. Coldwater Creek had none. Macy’s had nothing in my size. Boutiques didn’t go that high in size, best I could find was a 12. Those were the major local stores I hit. There were a lot more choices online, so some of the dresses I ordered in a couple sizes. I had reached the point where I didn’t care about the price, I wanted something that looked good and the wedding was formal night time, so needed to be dressier than daytime.
So a friend of mine posted today on Amazon, that, as a disabled person, Amazon is one of the best things that has happened to him in terms of the ease of shopping. Just some food for thought.
I am more than willing to reduce my consumption so people with disabilities can consume as much as they need to.
I do wonder if concerns over environmental impact is ever going to get to the point that people and businesses make significant changes to their practices and habits. I highly doubt it base on the discussion in this thread.
I have spent the last year really trying to be conscious of consumption and changing so many of my habits because of my panic over the environment. I am not perfect by any stretch, but it is really disheartening how it seems so much like business as usual for everybody else. Even hosting Thanksgiving, I got some mild pushback about using cloth instead of paper towels (we still used more yesterday than I have all year), real plates over disposable, and there were some jokes made about my compost bin. It’s not a novelty, I’m not trying to be cute, I’m trying to be responsible! We still threw away over 27 pounds of stuff yesterday alone for just ten people. And then everyone sat around for hours looking up Black Friday deals so they could buy more junk. I have been talking about this shit all year and if I can’t make the people in my own living room think twice I don’t have much hope for the masses. 😢
I do wonder if concerns over environmental impact is ever going to get to the point that people and businesses make significant changes to their practices and habits. I highly doubt it base on the discussion in this thread.
I have spent the last year really trying to be conscious of consumption and changing so many of my habits because of my panic over the environment. I am not perfect by any stretch, but it is really disheartening how it seems so much like business as usual for everybody else. Even hosting Thanksgiving, I got some mild pushback about using cloth instead of paper towels (we still used more yesterday than I have all year), real plates over disposable, and there were some jokes made about my compost bin. It’s not a novelty, I’m not trying to be cute, I’m trying to be responsible! We still threw away over 27 pounds of stuff yesterday alone for just ten people. And then everyone sat around for hours looking up Black Friday deals so they could buy more junk. I have been talking about this shit all year and if I can’t make the people in my own living room think twice I don’t have much hope for the masses. 😢
Omg yes. I was horrified at thanksgiving yesterday. My family member just bought a new McMansion earlier this year so we had it there for the first time. Of course everyone was gushing over it. It’s like 5 bedrooms, a MIL suite and then a basement that’s another 2000 sq ft or something ridiculous. It’s just 2 people living in that house. 2 family rooms downstairs with 2 HUGE TVs. Ugh. So wasteful.
Then all the dinnerware was disposable :/ Plus there were bottles of water. I happily went to the fridge filter and got my water. I get people like the convenience, but ugh. We throw big summer cookouts at our house and we do use some disposable cups when we run out of glass. But for everything else we just use our regular dishes and cloth napkins. So much waste around the holiday time.
So a friend of mine posted today on Amazon, that, as a disabled person, Amazon is one of the best things that has happened to him in terms of the ease of shopping. Just some food for thought.
Is it specifically Amazon or online shopping in general? Because I definitely understand how life-changing this is for a lot of people, but I honestly don't know if Amazon is better than all other companies that have online shopping.
So a friend of mine posted today on Amazon, that, as a disabled person, Amazon is one of the best things that has happened to him in terms of the ease of shopping. Just some food for thought.
Is it specifically Amazon or online shopping in general? Because I definitely understand how life-changing this is for a lot of people, but I honestly don't know if Amazon is better than all other companies that have online shopping.
I was wondering the same thing. I wonder where the balance is. Let’s say we’ve classified a company as horrific (racist, sexist, homophobic, etc), yet they do help others, what are the ethics of that?
I know many people have stopped using uber because of their practices, yet I do know that people with disabilities, people without the ability to get to doctor’s appt (they have a medical service), are thankful for Uber being in existence.
So a friend of mine posted today on Amazon, that, as a disabled person, Amazon is one of the best things that has happened to him in terms of the ease of shopping. Just some food for thought.
Is it specifically Amazon or online shopping in general? Because I definitely understand how life-changing this is for a lot of people, but I honestly don't know if Amazon is better than all other companies that have online shopping.
It’s Amazon. He’s quadriplegic, so having Alexa order things for him is big. He said he’s never felt so independent when it comes to shopping than he does since he made his house a smart home with Alexa in every room.
Is it specifically Amazon or online shopping in general? Because I definitely understand how life-changing this is for a lot of people, but I honestly don't know if Amazon is better than all other companies that have online shopping.
It’s Amazon. He’s quadriplegic, so having Alexa order things for him is big. He said he’s never felt so independent when it comes to shopping than he does since he made his house a smart home with Alexa in every room.
Good point re: Alexa. I can definitely understand Amazon being a lifesaver for him.
I do wonder if concerns over environmental impact is ever going to get to the point that people and businesses make significant changes to their practices and habits. I highly doubt it base on the discussion in this thread.
I have spent the last year really trying to be conscious of consumption and changing so many of my habits because of my panic over the environment. I am not perfect by any stretch, but it is really disheartening how it seems so much like business as usual for everybody else. Even hosting Thanksgiving, I got some mild pushback about using cloth instead of paper towels (we still used more yesterday than I have all year), real plates over disposable, and there were some jokes made about my compost bin. It’s not a novelty, I’m not trying to be cute, I’m trying to be responsible! We still threw away over 27 pounds of stuff yesterday alone for just ten people. And then everyone sat around for hours looking up Black Friday deals so they could buy more junk. I have been talking about this shit all year and if I can’t make the people in my own living room think twice I don’t have much hope for the masses. 😢
Aww, yeah that's rough. We're less environmentally conscious than I'd like, but we do try to boycott Black Friday. As in, attempt to buy nothing. This year we're going to have to buy a couple of things but it's groceries (milk) and grout for the kitchen floor. I wish it weren't so much effort to be environmentally conscious, as in I wish that plastic packaging would mostly go away. We should really start composting again, we just haven't had time and energy. Lame excuse, I know.
So a friend of mine posted today on Amazon, that, as a disabled person, Amazon is one of the best things that has happened to him in terms of the ease of shopping. Just some food for thought.
I am more than willing to reduce my consumption so people with disabilities can consume as much as they need to.
Same. The solution isn't to expect no one to ever order anything from Amazon or other online retailers. The point earlier about the impact of more people reducing their usage rather than a small number of people cutting it all out is the best one. I don't expect some parts of our population to cut back on their online ordering, and I don't expect people to stop using it for hard to find items and one-off purchases sometimes. I do think it's reasonable that the population with the means and abilities to shop B&M stores should do so the majority of the time, though.
I have spent the last year really trying to be conscious of consumption and changing so many of my habits because of my panic over the environment. I am not perfect by any stretch, but it is really disheartening how it seems so much like business as usual for everybody else. Even hosting Thanksgiving, I got some mild pushback about using cloth instead of paper towels (we still used more yesterday than I have all year), real plates over disposable, and there were some jokes made about my compost bin. It’s not a novelty, I’m not trying to be cute, I’m trying to be responsible! We still threw away over 27 pounds of stuff yesterday alone for just ten people. And then everyone sat around for hours looking up Black Friday deals so they could buy more junk. I have been talking about this shit all year and if I can’t make the people in my own living room think twice I don’t have much hope for the masses. 😢
Omg yes. I was horrified at thanksgiving yesterday. My family member just bought a new McMansion earlier this year so we had it there for the first time. Of course everyone was gushing over it. It’s like 5 bedrooms, a MIL suite and then a basement that’s another 2000 sq ft or something ridiculous. It’s just 2 people living in that house. 2 family rooms downstairs with 2 HUGE TVs. Ugh. So wasteful.
Then all the dinnerware was disposable :/ Plus there were bottles of water. I happily went to the fridge filter and got my water. I get people like the convenience, but ugh. We throw big summer cookouts at our house and we do use some disposable cups when we run out of glass. But for everything else we just use our regular dishes and cloth napkins. So much waste around the holiday time.
I will never understand the disposable plates/silverware phenomenon. Even for people who don't give a hoot about waste, don't they hate eating off paper or plastic? I cannot stand not being able to use real dishes/mugs/silverware, it drives me nuts. Oh well that it's noon and I still have a sink full of dirty dishes from last night, it's just not that big of a deal to wash them.
I am more than willing to reduce my consumption so people with disabilities can consume as much as they need to.
Same. The solution isn't to expect no one to ever order anything from Amazon or other online retailers. The point earlier about the impact of more people reducing their usage rather than a small number of people cutting it all out is the best one. I don't expect some parts of our population to cut back on their online ordering, and I don't expect people to stop using it for hard to find items and one-off purchases sometimes. I do think it's reasonable that the population with the means and abilities to shop B&M stores should do so the majority of the time, though.
I think it’s also good to stop and consider if you really need that two-day shipping. Prime has really set the bar for other online retailers, in terms of shipping speed. And as noted elsewhere, Amazon is the biggest but other online retailers with two-day shipping aren’t exactly rolling out the red carpet for their employees. I forgot to select no rush shipping on my most recent orders, but I’m really going to try to do that in the future.
This is also where it’s worth it to get politically active - get involved with labor movements, write to elected officials asking for more oversight of working conditions and wage & hour violations, etc.
I am more than willing to reduce my consumption so people with disabilities can consume as much as they need to.
Same. The solution isn't to expect no one to ever order anything from Amazon or other online retailers. The point earlier about the impact of more people reducing their usage rather than a small number of people cutting it all out is the best one. I don't expect some parts of our population to cut back on their online ordering, and I don't expect people to stop using it for hard to find items and one-off purchases sometimes. I do think it's reasonable that the population with the means and abilities to shop B&M stores should do so the majority of the time, though.
This conversation also focuses primarily on the individual shopper. Amazon (and other big box companies) could be good places to buy from... If they had better employment practices and if they were now environmentally friendly (both for transport and packaging). Those things need governmental regulation. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but it comes back to both voting and getting $$$ out of our elections.
Omg yes. I was horrified at thanksgiving yesterday. My family member just bought a new McMansion earlier this year so we had it there for the first time. Of course everyone was gushing over it. It’s like 5 bedrooms, a MIL suite and then a basement that’s another 2000 sq ft or something ridiculous. It’s just 2 people living in that house. 2 family rooms downstairs with 2 HUGE TVs. Ugh. So wasteful.
Then all the dinnerware was disposable :/ Plus there were bottles of water. I happily went to the fridge filter and got my water. I get people like the convenience, but ugh. We throw big summer cookouts at our house and we do use some disposable cups when we run out of glass. But for everything else we just use our regular dishes and cloth napkins. So much waste around the holiday time.
I will never understand the disposable plates/silverware phenomenon. Even for people who don't give a hoot about waste, don't they hate eating off paper or plastic? I cannot stand not being able to use real dishes/mugs/silverware, it drives me nuts. Oh well that it's noon and I still have a sink full of dirty dishes from last night, it's just not that big of a deal to wash them.
On the Today Show this morning they were talking about the “Instagram” affect on parties and gatherings — people are so focused on having an Instagram-worthy house with no dirty dishes in the sink because what would people think if their house was messy in the background? Also people chose cute/photo-worthy dishes over tasty ones.
Omg yes. I was horrified at thanksgiving yesterday. My family member just bought a new McMansion earlier this year so we had it there for the first time. Of course everyone was gushing over it. It’s like 5 bedrooms, a MIL suite and then a basement that’s another 2000 sq ft or something ridiculous. It’s just 2 people living in that house. 2 family rooms downstairs with 2 HUGE TVs. Ugh. So wasteful.
Then all the dinnerware was disposable :/ Plus there were bottles of water. I happily went to the fridge filter and got my water. I get people like the convenience, but ugh. We throw big summer cookouts at our house and we do use some disposable cups when we run out of glass. But for everything else we just use our regular dishes and cloth napkins. So much waste around the holiday time.
I will never understand the disposable plates/silverware phenomenon. Even for people who don't give a hoot about waste, don't they hate eating off paper or plastic? I cannot stand not being able to use real dishes/mugs/silverware, it drives me nuts. Oh well that it's noon and I still have a sink full of dirty dishes from last night, it's just not that big of a deal to wash them.
We had several Thanksgivings/Christmases at the party room of my grandma's nursing home before she passed, and the options were to bring China from home or use disposable.
I don't blame my family for choosing the disposables option in that circumstance, but it really sucks to eat gravy-laden stuff on a flimsy plate.
I will never understand the disposable plates/silverware phenomenon. Even for people who don't give a hoot about waste, don't they hate eating off paper or plastic? I cannot stand not being able to use real dishes/mugs/silverware, it drives me nuts. Oh well that it's noon and I still have a sink full of dirty dishes from last night, it's just not that big of a deal to wash them.
We had several Thanksgivings/Christmases at the party room of my grandma's nursing home before she passed, and the options were to bring China from home or use disposable.
I don't blame my family for choosing the disposables option in that circumstance, but it really sucks to eat gravy-laden stuff on a flimsy plate.
I’m another that dislikes eating on paper plates. I just hosted 40 people at my house 2 weeks ago and I had to break down and use paper plates because I just don’t have enough plates for everyone to eat on. It almost ruined the whole experience for me.
My extended family has gotten used to cloth napkins and real plates when I host holidays. I finally have enough real stuff for about 16. The first year no one wanted to mess up the cloth napkins. I was perplexed. I’m throwing them in the washer when we are done, just use them.
A friend of mine has huge parties regularly. She hates paper plates, so went to the Corning outlet store and bought 50 plain white Corelle plates in 2 different sizes (dinner plates and salad plates). The plates are thin enough that they do not take up a huge amount of room, and were cheap enough at if she loses a few, it’s no big loss. She did this about 20 years ago, and while the large entertaining is starting to slow down, I imagine that the single outlay for those plates was far cheaper than buying paper plates for several large events each year.
A friend of mine has huge parties regularly. She hates paper plates, so went to the Corning outlet store and bought 50 plain white Corelle plates in 2 different sizes (dinner plates and salad plates). The plates are thin enough that they do not take up a huge amount of room, and were cheap enough at if she loses a few, it’s no big loss. She did this about 20 years ago, and while the large entertaining is starting to slow down, I imagine that the single outlay for those plates was far cheaper than buying paper plates for several large events each year.
Not to mention those things are practically indestructible. She should have no problem passing them onto someone or even donating them.
I will never understand the disposable plates/silverware phenomenon. Even for people who don't give a hoot about waste, don't they hate eating off paper or plastic? I cannot stand not being able to use real dishes/mugs/silverware, it drives me nuts. Oh well that it's noon and I still have a sink full of dirty dishes from last night, it's just not that big of a deal to wash them.
On the Today Show this morning they were talking about the “Instagram” affect on parties and gatherings — people are so focused on having an Instagram-worthy house with no dirty dishes in the sink because what would people think if their house was messy in the background? Also people chose cute/photo-worthy dishes over tasty ones.
That’s so weird to me. If I post a picture on FB it’s the table beautifully set before an event, so paper dishes and paper napkins would entirely and completely ruin the picture. But I also choose food for how it tastes since that’s its entire purpose.
A friend of mine has huge parties regularly. She hates paper plates, so went to the Corning outlet store and bought 50 plain white Corelle plates in 2 different sizes (dinner plates and salad plates). The plates are thin enough that they do not take up a huge amount of room, and were cheap enough at if she loses a few, it’s no big loss. She did this about 20 years ago, and while the large entertaining is starting to slow down, I imagine that the single outlay for those plates was far cheaper than buying paper plates for several large events each year.
We are hosting 30 people on Christmas so I might go this route. I already have 20 “nice” dinner plate sets (not fine china, very glad we never registered for any) and I just can’t justify another 10 that will take up space and only be pulled out once a year. But paper/plastic is a no-go either. My ILs have Corelle plates and they do stack up nicely without taking up a ton of space.
A friend of mine has huge parties regularly. She hates paper plates, so went to the Corning outlet store and bought 50 plain white Corelle plates in 2 different sizes (dinner plates and salad plates). The plates are thin enough that they do not take up a huge amount of room, and were cheap enough at if she loses a few, it’s no big loss. She did this about 20 years ago, and while the large entertaining is starting to slow down, I imagine that the single outlay for those plates was far cheaper than buying paper plates for several large events each year.
We are hosting 30 people on Christmas so I might go this route. I already have 20 “nice” dinner plate sets (not fine china, very glad we never registered for any) and I just can’t justify another 10 that will take up space and only be pulled out once a year. But paper/plastic is a no-go either. My ILs have Corelle plates and they do stack up nicely without taking up a ton of space.
Do you have a friend you can ask to lend you some plates? Could you scout some thrift stores?
We are hosting 30 people on Christmas so I might go this route. I already have 20 “nice” dinner plate sets (not fine china, very glad we never registered for any) and I just can’t justify another 10 that will take up space and only be pulled out once a year. But paper/plastic is a no-go either. My ILs have Corelle plates and they do stack up nicely without taking up a ton of space.
Do you have a friend you can ask to lend you some plates? Could you scout some thrift stores?
Asking someone for plates is a good idea, can’t believe that didn’t dawn on me!
Do you have a friend you can ask to lend you some plates? Could you scout some thrift stores?
Asking someone for plates is a good idea, can’t believe that didn’t dawn on me!
@@ We bought 6 sets of IKEA Oftast dishes as a stepping stone for DS between the kiddie plastic junk and our real stoneware plates. I love them! For $.79/piece, I may replace all of our dishes!
Asking someone for plates is a good idea, can’t believe that didn’t dawn on me!
@@ We bought 6 sets of IKEA Oftast dishes as a stepping stone for DS between the kiddie plastic junk and our real stoneware plates. I love them! For $.79/piece, I may replace all of our dishes!
I was just going to suggest IKEA as an option too. We have some that we use even on a regular basis and they hold up fairly well (tend to scratched up after a year or so..which we don’t care about) but would be a great buy for a party.
I also like the idea of borrowing and having random pieces...similar to Alice in Wonderland. We went to a breakfast joint recently that had the same concept for plates, coffee cups, chairs (think 80’s dining chairs, random office chair on wheels, stools...), etc. it was as all random finds and was fun and laid back.