Photo: Retailers If you follow our monthly feature “Your Shopping Cart,” you know we have some eerily good intel on what you all are buying. Which led us to think that, as Strategist editors, we could turn the tables and highlight all the things we’ve been buying for ourselves. As you’ll notice, it’s both a blessing and a curse to be a Strategist editor; we’re picky, but sometimes we just have to get on with it. Below, what we all bought in December.
$6 at Bed Bath & Beyond Buy ‘Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times,’ by Katherine May $21 $24 now 13% off $21 New York book critic Molly Young recently called this book, a memoir of a winter in the author’s life tinged by illness and other misfortune, “the most accidentally fortuitous publishing event in recent history,” as we enter a dark season of isolation and gloominess, amplified by COVID.
From $30 at Food52 Buy ‘Self-Portrait,’ by Celia Paul $27 $27 This was a Christmas gift to myself. Ever since reading Rachel Cusk’s 2019 New York Times Magazine story about the painters Celia Paul and Cecily Brown and the question of whether a woman artist can ever just be an artist, without any qualifiers, I’ve been obsessed with, in particular, Paul’s life and career.
$20 at Uniqlo Buy Jessica Silvester, Contributing Editor Eberjey The Scout Knitted Slipper Socks $44 I ordered these socks for a couple of my aunts, thinking they would be a cute and cozy gift, but they turned out to be much more substantial than that. They’re as thick as … boots. But so much prettier! And with faux-shearling lining and grippy soles. I want to gift them to myself now and wear them around the house every day.
$58 at Equilibria Buy Hilary Reid, writer L.L. Bean Men’s Wicked Good Moccasins $79 This month, my shopping was mostly for gifts to send to my family. For my dad, I went for the ultimate New England dad gift: L.L. Bean’s Wicked Good Moccasins. He’s been known to wear loafers and wool socks in lieu of slippers around the house, so I thought this shearling-lined, hard-soled pair might be a cozy alternative.
$5 at Statement Goods Buy Leah Muncy, junior writer ’Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory’ by Raphael Bob-Waksberg $19 $26 now 27% off $19 I finished watching the sixth and final season of BoJack Horseman a couple of weeks ago, which resulted in lots of tears and Reddit deep-dives.
$16 at Bookshop Buy $16 at Amazon Buy Jenna Milliner-Waddell, writer OFFLINE Real Me High Waisted Crossover Legging $45 $45 This month I focused mainly on gifts, which included a Theragun Mini , a Uniqlo Ultra Light Down Jacket, and lots of things from Peace and Riot. But I finally got my hands on these often sold out, and TikTok famous, leggings, and they absolutely live up to the hype. They are so soft, super high-waisted, and not see through.
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