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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Last week, days after Easter had passed, Little Cheap and I finally managed to dye some eggs. (They were boiled before Easter - does that count?)
On Thursday morning, the day she was heading to Grandma’s for several days, I busted out the dye at 6:30 a.m. The dyeing just took a couple of minutes, and [...]
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Up until a couple of years ago, I’d never belonged to a gym.
For a while, I belonged to our city rec center, where I could go at lunch. That was ca. 1998. Then, nothing. I ran sporadically and did yoga because I could do it from home, for a small investment. I do own a [...]
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I had a great weekend. This was the first weekend in a while that we had hardly any plans — just had some friends over for dinner, which was fun, rather than a hectic commitment.
That means I actually had a chance to get things done.
1. I installed a dishwasher.
I started on Saturday by forcing my [...]
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Posted in Children, DIY, Deals, Hobbies, Home on August 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This weekend I found several new deals that again illustrated my philosophy for finding great deals on used stuff. I suppose it is the Law of Attraction in thrifty action (that has a ring to it, doesn’t it?).
It’s fall, so I’ve inventoried my stash of clothes for Little Cheap. She didn’t need much: A winter [...]
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