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bucolic_frolic

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7. "mounds of misfit items" is a good way of putting it! /nt

Reply to Hugin (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 28, 2025, 10:49 AM

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I tried the spending boycott thingy, I gave up, it was just too hard. [View all] Hotler Nov 28 OP

Barter. Open your drawers, closets, attics, basements, garages. bucolic_frolic Nov 28 #1

Make something! Hugin Nov 28 #6

"mounds of misfit items" is a good way of putting it! /nt bucolic_frolic Nov 28 #7

Not every American llmart Nov 28 #19

It's not hard. My parents grew up in the depression and I inherited the "cheap" usonian Nov 28 #2

Mark Twain is usually attributed to the quote NotHardly Nov 28 #21

No shopping for us today, none at all. lark Nov 28 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Nov 28 #4

Haha! That's a lovely gift! nt babylonsister Nov 28 #10

100,000 people with ten dollars is much scarier than one person with a million dollars. Hugin Nov 28 #5

It's the constant advertizing that most people are exposed to nonstop. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 28 #8

I have found that "having everything you need" is not about acquiring the correct pile of stuff RockRaven Nov 28 #9

It's like the anecdote of the author who said "I have what he'll never have -- enough." nt eppur_se_muova Nov 28 #13

Absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 28 #16

Agreed jfz9580m Nov 28 #26

Take it from us Canadians, it works and our resolve is strong. Bev54 Nov 28 #11

I've practiced voluntary simplicity since the early 1990's. llmart Nov 28 #20

Likewise.... anciano Nov 28 #24

Had planned to...but had to go to Aldi to get food JT45242 Nov 28 #12

I think it's understood that shopping for food is a necessity. llmart Nov 28 #22

Just frustrated in that they never get enough food to feed everyone because they hate leftovers JT45242 Nov 28 #33

Oh, now I get it. llmart Nov 28 #34

No shopping for this guy. lastlib Nov 28 #14

I was hoping your header was sarcasm. nt Exp Nov 28 #15

howdi AllaN01Bear Nov 28 #17

I need groceries pfitz59 Nov 28 #18

Groceries... llmart Nov 28 #23

We should buy less anyway. Envirogal Nov 28 #25

What a terrific post! llmart Nov 28 #35

I don't go out on Black Friday, never have. LisaM Nov 28 #27

Having lunch with my Granddaughter. Lochloosa Nov 28 #28

Every Dollar Is A Vote... ret5hd Nov 28 #29

We never go out on Black Friday Jilly_in_VA Nov 28 #30

Yup Joinfortmill Nov 28 #31

In our conversion from citizens to consumers markodochartaigh Nov 28 #32