Saturday, January 8, 2011
Progress Report
It's absolutely astounding to me how many times this past week I have thought I needed to buy something. Practically every day I think "oh I'd better run out and get ___ today". So far I have been holding up pretty well. Thursday I went to Target, a place I enjoy too much for my own good. I left the store with only two items, diapers and a toothbrush for Jacob, both of which I went there intending to buy. For me this is progress. Yesterday at the grocery store I debated whether such items as dish soap, disinfectant spray, ziploc bags, and tissues were okay to buy under the compact. I know it sounds like a pain but I am glad for the chance to really think about how I spend my money. All this thinking actually led me to reconsider the way I store food. From now on I will try to use glass jars and tupperware as much as possible and minimize the amount of ziploc bags I use, which has hitherto been astronomical. I also found some recipes for homemade dish soap but I'm not really sure I want to go there. So this week is brought to you by the letter B, which is the grade I give myself (I'm still not sure about those tissues).
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Love the video - classic! And way to go on coming out of Target with only the things on your list.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts on tissues is...to have a nose or not to have a nose...that is the question.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed. Target is always the place I go to pick up deodorant and then I somehow leave with 100 dollars worth of things. Good work!!
ReplyDeleteI also had the ziplock bag revelation at the beginning of the year. Now that I am packing lunches for both me and Isaac, I felt like I was picking up a new box of baggies weekly which just seemed so wasteful. Now I pack all of his snacks for school in small round tupperware and I have a sandwich shaped one also. I've also just started saving more containers like the plastic tub the margarine came in or the glass jar the peanut butter came in. It's like there were potential containers all over the place and I had just been throwing them away!