Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!

Caroline Moss shares her favorite gift she got during her divorce and why it felt more meaningful than anything else she purchased during her grief shopping sprees. Buy your disco ball here.Caroline Moss runs the online community Gee Thanks Just Bought It and shares tips on shopping smarter._If you have anxiety, depression or any sense of the world around you, you know that not *everything* is going to be okay. In fact, many things aren’t okay and never will be! But instead of falling into the pit of despair, we’re bringing you a little OK for your day. Every weekday, we’ll bring you one okay thing to help you start, end or endure your day with the opposite of a doom scroll.Created and hosted by Nora McInerny.Find Nora’s weekly newsletter here.We’re on YouTube, with new videos twice a week! Subscribe here._“It’s Going To Be OK” is brought to you by The Hartford. The Hartford is a leading insurance provider that connects people and technology for better employee benefits. Learn more at www.thehartford.com/benefits. _Share your OK thing at 612.568.4441 or by emailing a note or voice memo to IGTBO@feelingsand.co. Start your message with “I’m (name) and it’s going to be okay.” _The IGTBO team is Nora McInerny, Claire McInerny, Marcel Malekebu, Amanda Romani and Grace Barry._The transcript for this episode can be found here.Find all our shows and our store at www.feelingsand.co.

Slowly but surely making our way back into the podcast feed! Nora is here to talk about some of her worst purchases of 2024 and Caroline joins in to talk about a nearly $300 massage hairbrush that got immediately returned.Follow Gee Thanks! on Instagram for daily sales, exclusive discount codes, and more life-changing recommendations.Join the Gee Thanks! Facebook community to give and get life-changing recommendations of your own.Listen to Gee Thanks, Just Bought It! wherever you listen to podcasts. We’re taking a break from consistently recording new episodes right now, but you have almost 200 eps to listen to in the meantime!Shop Gee Thanks! recs in our Amazon Store and on our LTK!Shop even more recs in our Flagship Store.

We recorded this episode last month, which is why you’re hearing us talk about…the submersible. And we recorded this episode before they announced of the submersible’s implosion. You are WELCOME for this June 2023 time capsule. We’re talking BOOKS, people. The ones we’ve read recently, the ones we’ve loved forever, and the ones we recommend you take out from your local library. Would love to hear what you’ve been reading lately!Books Discussed On This Episode:Drowning - TJ NewmanThe It Girl - Ruth WareIn the Kingdom of Ice - Hampton SidesThe Good Luck Girls - Charlotte Nicole Davis The Sisters of Reckoning - Charlotte Nicole DavisTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle ZevinElsewhere - Gabrielle ZevinI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya AngelouThe Paying Guest - Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet - Sarah WatersFingersmith - Sarah WatersThanks for listening!Shop some of our favorite products, in one place: https://flagship.shop/geethanks Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod/ Join our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks Subscribe to our newsletter (discounts, sales and more offers for you!): https://geethanks.substack.com/

What’s in your Amazon cart? Is it full of stuff you want to remember you were looking at, like Caroline’s? Or are you a strict 0-4 items in the cart They like Sally? We go through all of the things we’ve been hoarding (or not) on Amazon, and want to know what you hoard in yours! What actually gets you to buy something vs. what makes something stay in your cart for years (like Caroline’s emotional support macaroni salad?) AMAZON CART PSYCHOLOGY!Mentioned in today’s episode:ON/GO Rapid Covid TestYeti Rambler KidsCloud SlidesThe Wizard's Butler Book 1Snuggle Puppy Baby ShusherResin KitZojirushi Stainless Steel MugColon Cleaner Hot SauceAirPod CaseCliq Portable ChairCar MattressThe It Girl - Ruth WareLibby AppThanks for listening!Shop some of our favorite products, in one place: https://flagship.shop/geethanks Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod/ Join our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks Subscribe to our newsletter (discounts, sales and more offers for you!): https://geethanks.substack.com/ 

Let’s go to the beach, beach! Sally and I talk about our fav beach and summer products, and Sally makes us aware of a law we are definitely all 10000% breaking.Mentioned in today’s episode:Beach Umbrella SystemWagonBeach CanopySandproof Beach BlanketPortable Neck Fanhttps://www.beefcakeswimwear.com/https://www.chacos.com/US/en/womens-sandals/Thanks for listening!Shop some of our favorite products, in one place: https://flagship.shop/geethanks Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod/ Join our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks Subscribe to our newsletter (discounts, sales and more offers for you!): https://geethanks.substack.com/ 

Do you have Food Opinions? Please note that Sally said they don't, and then immediately absolutely did. Do you have Feelings about things you can only buy in YOUR hometown grocery store? Food brands you can’t live without? Opinions about ketchup outside of the Heinz monopoly? Ever been to a Chuck’s Steakhouse? (We have!). Soy sauce thoughts? SALAD BARS? Fountain soda vs. canned? Peanut Butter (thoughts???)????Mentioned in today’s episode:Willoughby's CoffeeSF Bay Coffee Recess Therapy IGChuck's SteakhouseThanks for listening!Shop some of our favorite products, in one place: https://flagship.shop/geethanks Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod/ Join our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks Subscribe to our newsletter (discounts, sales and more offers for you!): https://geethanks.substack.com/