So if you haven't seen this post, you're missing out. All these folks are still definitely in my favorites of the Covidpocalypse, but some of the honorable mentions have moved up into the main list.
Michelle's Maccs, yep, still love her treats, but they're special treats, you know? Not for every day.
SodaStream, aside from cementing our favorite flavors (the kids like the lemonade and I like to vary different flavored water drops), nothing has changed.
LEGO, let's just say a lot of Lizzy's birthday wish list and our quarantine quest list still include massive amounts of LEGO.
Amazon Fire Stick, well, it's similar to SodaStream. It's awesome, we're happy, nothing has changed.
Michael's Crafts and the Museum of Flight Store, we're pretty stocked up on what we like/need/want from these places. 10/10 would use again at need.
Cassondra Creates, we love her masks and hair flair, always have, always will. Don't need any just at the moment but we will go back when we do.
Now, let's talk about Shipt and FUNimation Now.
FUNimation Now, well... we're still using it, every single day. We've added Star Trek Lower Decks on CBS All Access, and of course, we've watched our share of Disney+ and Netflix and Amazon Prime and Hulu, but FUNimation we keep going back to. I think Abby even has a subscription to their YouTube channel so she knows when all our favorites have new episodes or a new dub of an old favorite. We have had a lot of fun this summer, watching anime together, playing Name That Voice Actor, and researching obscure word meanings in Japanese so we understand the puns.
Shipt has a yearly membership for free delivery on any $35 (or more) order and it is still easily one of the most cost-effective purchases I've made this year. Their shoppers give the best customer service ever - they check on everything I might need to change, if they don't understand my wacky notes, or when the strawberries look iffy. One of my favorites actually picked up some paints for Lizzy while she was shopping for herself (because she had tried to no avail to find the paints we wanted on Shipt shopping trips), another brought me flowers and extra Abby-safe snacks (because she said my nice texts brightened her day), and the lovely Shipt shopper I had today took extra care with finding exactly the right shade of food coloring (for Abby to tint her famous vanilla buttercream for Lizzy's birthday cupcakes).
On the two occasions there has been a problem with Shipt shopping (once the shopper's phone went dead so she ran late with no way to tell me, and once the shopper didn't know the difference between two kinds of sushi and got us the not-vegetarian one for Lizzy), their customer service department has been awesome. "Sorry about that, Ms Kirkland, we'll credit your next order for the price of the item and the delivery fee in case you want to order only that one thing." No questions asked, just here ya go. Now that is customer service.
One last one is Outschool. We've had a few lessons here and there; Abby's been part of an anime discussion group for teens and Lizzy took a neat class in writing her name in katakana. Liz also tried a class on gemstones but had a sensory issue, and Outschool was terrific about refunding the second class in that series. She's taking a weekly class from them in executive function which she isn't enjoying, precisely, but at least she's tolerating it.
In any case, there you have it. No-one has dropped off the list - they're all great - but some of the top five from the original post are a "sometime food."
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