Patty, I'm still a member of Amazon Prime but I do a lot less shopping there. I use the site to search and read reviews and keep things I'm researching in the Wish List; at the moment I'm considering which router to purchase and will probably get it from Costco or BestBuy. The only way to make that purchase come in at the same cost is to pick up locally because the Prime membership does cover shipping (though some Amazon vendors charge higher prices to include the shipping, which is why comparisons are always necessary.)

When I lived in Arizona I used to shop in Mexico regularly, keeping in mind the items that couldn't come across the border (a friend used to buy limes and literally sit on the bag so they weren't in view when the customs folks glanced into her grocery bags.) What do you get when you're there?

Today will be my produce run since yesterday was killed by waiting for deliveries I was supposed to sign for. The USPS one I "signed" online but that still didn't take, I had to step out and sign a card, but the later UPS one was just handed over, even when the delivery email said I must sign. That wait killed the afternoon. Heading out before school lets out and then rush hour (that goes for about three hours around here) allows shopping before stores are crowded.

Joann's is closing and they're apparently doing the classic move of raising prices before they mark them down. They aren't filling online orders and there are no coupons or weekly fliers now. I have a few things I need to buy there so will stop in to see if any is in stock, and decide if it's worth the trouble or I'll just switch to my shopping from Wawak and the expensive fabric store across the street. Their website is empty except for class information, sewing machine financing, and a newsletter.

The Goodwill donation bin has filled enough to make a run over to the nearby store soon, and I should offer a few things sitting around in the garage on the Buy Nothing group.

This week I've signed up for two Zoom meetings to do with current events and networking. I've contacted a friend about going to protests; there are several who would go but the coming and going is difficult, so I propose to be the driver and that way drop them nearby and go park where I can safely wait and not get towed. Pick them up when they're ready. I'm the most able-bodied of the bunch, but they have much smaller vehicles and driving folks to these things wouldn't be as easy for them.