How to Order Wine Online Cheaply During a Pandemic

Hi friends, this week I've been working on grocery lists from my parents and neighbor, and trying to get the garden going in hopes of being able to give food away. I personally find comfort in staying busy, but there's really no right or wrong way to spend your time right now, as long as you're social distancing. 

While it's no substitute for supporting your local small shops, I've been trying to order as much as I can online to fully isolate for a while. 

After checking out a bunch of different online wine options, all of which had hefty shipping fees,  this was the cheapest way I found to order wine: 

1. I used a Winc $22 off code like this one.

2. They will build a four bottle box for you. I re-arranged mine to five $12.99 bottles. This brought me to 5 bottles for $46 and free shipping ($9.20 per bottle). I had my first shipment within 4 days. I'm going to continue doing it monthly with the $12.99 bottles, since that's the same as a low-end bottle at our local shop. 

I also really loved the welcome booklet they included, and how they credit the wine label artists / designers. 

Half Off Unearthen Jewelry Today Only

My friend Adam knows my style well. He passed me a link to this shop of other-worldly crystal jewelry, and the hot tip that the code "leap" gets you 50% off at check out. Beautiful website complete with interactive garden of crystals tells you what benefits each stone is believed to offer the wearer.

 

Air Plants + Mudpuppy Ceramic Pendant Holder

I've been curious about air plants, and this simple, sleek ceramic air plant holder from Mudpuppy Ceramic Studios was the tipping point for me.

Fab.com, a great site with daily design deals, has several styles and colors at a discount, but only for the next day or so. I had a $25 credit (if you refer a friend, you get $25 when they make their first purchase!) so I picked up the small black/gold planter (above, $25.20 on fab, $36 retail.) When the sale on Fab ends, you can purchase these directly from the artist, Michael McDowell.

I've seen inexpensive large lots of assorted air plants on eBay and Amazon, so I think I'll get some friends to go in on an order with me and split them up.

I can't wait for this unique and functional piece of pottery to arrive. Time to decide where to hang it!

Any air plant fans out there? How did they fare? How did you display them? Favorite varieties?

(Photo from the artist's website: MichaelMcDowell.com)