Well, another year has gone by and it's now 2025. Life has gone back to pre-pandemic activities for everyone else except us. This year was filled with lots of family getting intense colds and flu (there was even a fludemic in Japan😳😱) and despite being sick often and longer, no one seems to want to go back to basic masking.😳🤦♀️🤷♀️ So, for us, it meant that we had to double down to ensure our (health) safety.😔😖🤷♀️🤦♀️. Which meant ... 2025 (post-pandemic) purchases! 😉😁🙌 🎉👍
Here's my 2025 (post-pandemic) Purchases:
In January, I managed to purchase nothing!!!!😱😳😁🙌 🎉
In March, I purchased:
- Another set of bugs from Lalylala. I couldn't help myself; she was having a Spring sale and I've been pining for these patterns:
In April, I managed to actually purchase .... nothing!!! 😱😳😁🙌🙂👍🎉🥳
In May, I purchased:
- While not knitting related (but crafting related!), I bought a Chandler heat and glue gun
I needed a heat gun for my water-colour painting and this was the best deal I found!😁🥰🎉🎊
REVIEW: This was a great buy!🥳🙌👍I've been using it a lot for all sorts of things, including my watercolor projects as well as other projects around the house.
In June, I purchased:
- A stash busting sock weight sweater pattern by Wool and Pine: Extra Lite Bright
I couldn't help myself ... It was on sale and it was in a sweater weight I've been wanting to make more of 🤷♀️😁🥰🎉🎊👍
- I needed toy safety eyes for my crochet projects so, I had to purchased 5mm & 6mm eyes as well as a jig:
- Furls Crochet hooks was having a birthday sale and I had a credit with them so, I bought this:
In July, I purchased:
- There was a Sock-a-long for the Larch Peds and I've been wanting to try it (for better ankle socks so, I bought the pattern!
- And, while not knitting related but craft related, I bought some stationary items:
In September, I managed to actually purchase .... nothing!!! 😱😳😁🙌🙂👍🎉🥳
- Wool stuffing😱😳😁🙌🙂🎉🥳from Sonoma Wool Company
In November, I managed to actually purchase .... nothing!!! 😱😳😁🙌🙂👍🎉🥳
In December, I purchased:
- A bulky weight sweater pattern from Wool & Pine: Deep Winter Sweater. I couldn't help myself - it had positive ease and set-in-sleeves which I've wanted to learn. Plus, it helped that it was on sale!😉😁🙌 🎉 Now, all I need to do is buy yarn for this pattern!😱😳
Year Six of the pandemic has ended; for most of the population, life has simply gone on with everyone feeling (and acting) that COVID is simply over/never happened and colds/"flus" they're currently having are simply what it is now (longer and harder to get over). However, life for us is still in the pandemic stage as our health safety is now threatened since no one seems to think twice now when they're sick (no self containment, masking, etc.). Most people don't even think they're able to catch COVID now and often think they are simply catching "colds"/"flu" or simply having their allergies act up. As such, staying safe, staying home has still been our motto and because of this, I have continued to enjoy my purchases over the last five years (as well as this year) and continue to be quite grateful for some of the things I've purchased (they've come in so handy and have really made my life so much better!). In fact, now that the years have been rolling on, I've noticed that I've slowed down on purchasing things! 😱😁🙌 🎉 I wonder what next year will bring and what else I will be buying next year ... 🤔😉😁🙌 🎉
