• Thursday, December 21, 2006 - Almost here.....New Year's plan.
| I am FINALLY done Christmas shopping. I had to get another present for my girls, and a present for the girls I do daycare for during the day. NOW I'M DONE!!! Whew... family just got a picture of my girls and a homemade card. Not too spendy. I hope to whittle down even further next year since I've decided to start the buy nothing new year on January 1. My family thinks I'm crazy. We are only allowed to buy new food, undergarments, toiletries and building supplies. I wish we had a salvage yard I could use here but since we are remodeling our house and only have building supply stores I will have to use new supplies. Drawback of living in a sparsely populated state!! Secondhand stores will be used some but I usually do the bulk of my shopping at garage sales, much better prices. It should be interesting and kinda difficult I would think. It's so easy to run to Wal-Mart for some milk and see that t-shirt on clearance and just pick it up. I just want to eliminate mindless spending from my life. I want to realize the difference between need and want. I want to reduce my consumption and my debt so that is what I'm doing for 2007. I'm kind of excited but trying to fight the "I better get that pair of jeans before the new year" syndrome.
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• Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - Untitled Comment
What made you think of it? We almost never buy new anymore (unless we have giftcards to use) I have a blast shopping at thrift shops and trying to recycle old cloths by cutting them up and using the fabric for other projects.
Keep us posted on how it turns out! I'm going to mark you in my friends so I can check back on you and see how you're doing! :O)
God bless,
Kelley