My Amazon “Someday” List: Things I Desperately Want But Definitely Don’t Need
Also known as: evidence that I should not be allowed unsupervised on Amazon.
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If there is one thing that I know about myself, it’s that I am 100% influenced by advertising. If I see it, I WANT it. And like, right now please and thank you.
Amazon has not been good for me. Or my bank balance. Especially since overnight shipping came to my small rural community.
Luckily for my wallet, (and my hubby’s sanity) I am aware enough of my own financial limitations to not max out my credit card on every beautiful thing I see scrolling at 3am while feeding the baby.
But GOOD GOD do I want to.
So, just for fun, and because I’m in a dreaming mood, here is a list of things that I am absolutely CONVINCED would change my life, if I didn’t refuse to spend the money on them.
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The Bosch Automatic Coffee Machine
What I Tell Myself: I am a fancy coffee drinking kind of person. I will use every feature of this and serve every guest the most curated coffee they have ever had.
Reality: I’m the only one in this house (including guests) who ever drinks coffee and I have 3 different machines already that serve that purpose, none of which cost nearly $1700.
Would I still buy it if I won the lottery? Immediately.
BookTok has absolutely convinced me that I will never be happy until I have a gigantic chair to curl up in with a cozy blanket and a book whenever I read.
I refuse to believe otherwise and will continue to complain about not having any “space” in the house until my partner caves and makes room for this monstrosity somewhere (probably by sacrificing his recliner to the basement trolls).
Another thing Booktok convinced me of is that I need to cover every inch of my book shelves in perfectly curated tchotcky’s to match every single book in my possession.
These things are also way more affordable than I thought.
In reality I’d probably 3D print plastic axolotls for my kids until I ran out of filament, But I can dream.
A Robot Vaccum
I am a working mother with 4 kids. Does this one really need any more explanation than that?
What I Tell Myself: This will finally solve the perpetual layer of crumbs coating every horizontal surface in my house.
Reality: It will spend most of its life trapped under the couch while my children name it and treat it like a family pet.
In my dream life I have a beautiful workshop where I create custom t-shirts and mugs. My own little merchandise empire that keeps me from having to go back to work and the whole world celebrates and fights over my t-shirts.
In reality? I’d probably just use this thing once to make a set of stickers, then it would end up collecting dust because I am far too busy for any new hobbies.
But stickers!!
The gasp I gasped when I saw this adorable little personal snack fridge! I imagine myself sitting in my giant reading chair with this little thing on the table next to me, full of iced coffee and dreams.
In reality my snacks usually consist of half eaten bananas my kids don’t want to finish because we don’t waste food in this economy!
Imagine me, laying in bed, staring up at the ceiling watching my favorite shows in the most lazy way possible. With my trusty snack fridge and my kindle within reach.
This is completely impractical, and not even the easiest way to watch TV. But in my fantasy rich person world, this is just how its done.
With my personal butler, obviously.
A Fancy Content Creator Camera
I have decided to reinvent myself as a 40 year old content creator so I can make millions of dollars and never have to go back to work after maternity leave.
That’s how it works right? I just buy this camera, shoot some videos and I’m instantly financially flushed?
The fact that I won’t spend several hundred dollars on this camera is obviously the only possible reason this dream won’t come true.
Right???
A Massive Curved Computer Monitor
My current desk/small business setup is a desk I found next to a dumpster 5 years ago, 2 computer monitors that don’t match, and is mostly held together by duct tape and string.
But future me has a fancy set up with a large curved monitor so I can really see all my digital dreams and failures in crystal clear color.
Maybe with a standing desk… I need more exercise after all.
I only recently found out these things exist and now it is 50% of my personality to want one.
Fantasy Me: handcrafted luxury products
Reality Me: Burns book quotes into every available piece of wood for fun.
See? This is a completely reasonable purchase.
You understand.
So there you have it. A completely reasonable collection of purchases that would absolutely, definitely, without question transform me into a more productive, organized, successful, well-rested, caffeinated version of myself.
Or at least that’s what I tell myself.
The reality is that most of these things probably wouldn’t change my life all that much. I’d still be a tired mom hiding in the pantry to eat snacks in peace. I’d still have too many projects and not enough time. And I’d still somehow end up scrolling Amazon at 3am while feeding the baby.
But it’s fun to dream.
And honestly? Sometimes half the fun is imagining the life we’d have if we finally bought the thing.
Now please tell me I’m not the only one.
What’s currently sitting in your “someday” cart?
What completely unnecessary purchase have you convinced yourself would change your life if only you could justify buying it?
Is it a fancy espresso machine? A giant craft room? A greenhouse? A boat? One of those absurdly expensive walking treadmills everyone on TikTok seems to own?
Drop it in the comments and make me feel better about the fact that I now spend my free time researching laser engravers despite having absolutely no practical reason to own one.
And if you’re curious what other questionable purchases are currently living rent-free in my head, you can browse my full Amazon “Someday” List here.
No promises that it won’t add a few new items to your own wishlist though.
Before You Go…
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Thanks for hanging out with me today. May your coffee stay hot, your TBR remain wildly out of control, and your Amazon cart stay at least somewhat within reason.
(Unlike mine.)