Posted in Buy Nothing Challenge, Children, Home, Saving, Shopping, Travel, money, thrift, tagged air travel, buying, consumerism, field trip, planning on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s nearly the end of April and I’m still hanging in there with my attempt at Buy Nothing month.
I missed the Sunday confession because I was out of town, but last week I bought … uh … plane tickets. But this is the previously planned graduation-celebration trip.
Other than that, I didn’t buy much. We visited [...]
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Here’s another great reason to avoid shopping:
New research shows that too many consumer choices can have deleterious effects on your health. … The more purchasing choices the participants had made during the day at the mall, the less likely the participants were able to solve simple arithmetic problems.
I know I for one have had that [...]
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Posted in Buy Nothing Challenge, Environment, Fun, Green Living, Hobbies, Saving, Shopping, local, money, recycling, thrift, waste, wool, tagged buy nothing, car repair, earth day, frugality, knitting, re-use, Shopping, thrift, toaster on April 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s April 16, so I’m more than halfway through my Buy Nothing Challenge with Crunchy Chicken.
Last week
Last week started out pretty well. The only non-necessary thing I bought was a funny birthday card for my sister. I also bought a latte at Starbucks, but it made me nauseous and I complained, so coupons are on [...]
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Posted in Buy Nothing Challenge, Saving, money, thrift, tagged prius, car, repairs, mechanic, emergency fund, two-car on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Mr. Cheap called our other mechanic, who is willing to prioritize repairs (yay!) and charges less than the dealership (surprise!). So we think we can get away with investing $1000 in repairs now (thus maintaining our investment in this light-use car for resale later).
This also benefits the “use what you have” mindset — repairing what [...]
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Posted in Buy Nothing Challenge, Green Living, Saving, money, thrift, waste, tagged april, buy nothing, consumerism, costs, minimalism, spending, waste on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Life’s only over when you stop learning, they say, and if that’s the case, I’m living!
It turns out that it’s no wonder my blog focuses on trying to be green and save money … and not on how to totally minimize consumption.
It’s because I really stink at buying nothing, as my (lame) participation in the [...]
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As I continue with the Buy Nothing Challenge, I’m enjoying the challenge to my mindset.
On the one hand, I’ve several times this week had the urge to go out for coffee. I’ve instead made coffee and chai at home. I am looking at my desire to go buy stuff for entertainment - as a break [...]
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What I didn’t buy on Wednesday:
Shoes to qualify for the free silver tote being offered by DSW for shoppers in April. (Recycled the flier once the challenge occurred to me — it was something of a relief to do so! Even though the free tote is a really great deal!)
What I did buy:
A massage from [...]
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As I mentioned earlier today, I signed on for Crunchy Chicken’s Buy Nothing Challenge this month. I will try to write a short post every day or two recording how it’s going.
I don’t believe I’ll take up buying nothing for the long haul. But I am curious to see how raising my consciousness about what [...]
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