I've been doing some shopping for Christmas and noticing big holes in toy inventories. Walmart had not a single Nerf toy! Decided to start poking around on th internet and met up with some Columbus Day sales, so did pick up a few items..
Also have been looking for a black cardigan sweater and a lightweight fleece zip jacket for quite some time, but my go-to places like LLBean don't have the kinds of things they used to anymore and are more focussed on city and suburb clothes- cotton- that aren't warm enough for Alaska. Even this early in the season sizes are out in what items various sites do have. It took a long time to find size 2T 2-piece pajamas for my grandson because the 2T and 3T are sold out in many lines even on Amazon.
The other thing that concerns me is likely shipping delays. Sure is a lot in the news about trucking, shipboard, and plane cancellations.
Then there are travel delays- I had hoped to fly to Anchorage this week to visit family and to do my shopping, but it has had to be delayed due to illness there (and this is the third delay of this trip for various reasons), so who knows if I will actually get there and be able to shop?!
Also have been looking for a black cardigan sweater and a lightweight fleece zip jacket for quite some time, but my go-to places like LLBean don't have the kinds of things they used to anymore and are more focussed on city and suburb clothes- cotton- that aren't warm enough for Alaska. Even this early in the season sizes are out in what items various sites do have. It took a long time to find size 2T 2-piece pajamas for my grandson because the 2T and 3T are sold out in many lines even on Amazon.
The other thing that concerns me is likely shipping delays. Sure is a lot in the news about trucking, shipboard, and plane cancellations.
Then there are travel delays- I had hoped to fly to Anchorage this week to visit family and to do my shopping, but it has had to be delayed due to illness there (and this is the third delay of this trip for various reasons), so who knows if I will actually get there and be able to shop?!