Today is the first Sunday of Advent and the holiday season is in full swing. Before you get swept up in the usual “spend, spend, spend” cycle of meaningless consumerism, I encourage you to watch this: Something to consider, isn’t it? var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true};
The Advent Conspiracy…
I prefer to hold off on most Christmas stuff until after Thanksgiving. I like my holidays one at at time and it’s too easy to let the glitter of Christmas overwhelm the simplicity of Thanksgiving. For that reason, I don’t decorate before Thanksgiving. Well, I mean, I don’t put up Christmas decorations. I do have…
Buy Nothing Challenge…
Or very little, anyway. David was paying bills yesterday before leaving on his business trip and I offered to forgo my bi-weekly household allowance to help cover Christmas charges on the credit card. He would never have asked me to do so and I had to insist. I have $102 and a bunch of change…
The Spirit of Christmas…
Buy Nothing Challenge…
Crunchy Chicken has issued a “Buy Nothing Challenge” for the month of April. The rules are fairly simple. You can buy food, medicine and absolute essentials but nothing else. I’d love to do something like this at some point but since we have a ten day trip to New Orleans this month (yay!) this isn’t…