Weekly Spending Report:
Groceries: 79.67
Total for Month: 217.17
Gasoline: 21.11
TFM: 139.95
Takeout: 0.00
TFM: 0.00 :)
Other:
Laundry Det. : 3.00
Plants and Garden Junk: 44.56
Netflix: 7.99
Beer Store: 48.99 (they discontinued my favorite cider in the US.)
Kindle Books: 5.00
Total For Week: 210.32
I am almost at the half way point in the year since I pledged to do the Compact. Time has flown! I really think everyone should take this on.
I decided to join the Compact mostly for Environmental/Social
reasons- the impact of producing new things on people and the planet. I
also joined it for the economic advantage- I am currently living out my
dream of staying home with our baby and kid.
I have learned it is very easy to get almost anything you need second
hand, especially with the internet. Even though we did not enforce the
compact on the rest of the family, my husband is pretty much a part of
it and we have bought almost all of the things for our children second
hand.
I have also learned thus far that there is very little you actually need to buy new, and there is also very little you need to buy to be happy. Beyond food, clothing, and shelter happiness is much more a state of mind than something you can find in accumulating stuff. The compact has become a great tool to make me stop and think before I buy something, because I cannot buy it new. It has prevented me from buying a lot of useless crap.
I have to commend you on this, and your commitment. I think you're right though, there is SO much second hand in this time of 'plenty'. I mean, there's no need to buy most things new (though would probably rather clean new knickers, but then again, if they were family's I might be OK with gently worn... or even second hand, maybe I just think I'm icky about it?).
ReplyDeleteStill, congratulations!