by Patti Miinch | Mar 7, 2022 | decluttering, necessities only, no big box stores, shopping, stash, stuff
My recent (completed 02-11) move was/has been, as I explained in a brief post last week, far more difficult than I anticipated. I’ve put my head down and focused on what *had* to be done, but I kept notes of my spending, so I’m ready to get caught up.Weeks...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 17, 2022 | apartment, balcony, gifts, my year of less, planters, plants, shopping, stash, stuff, week 2
Two small but interesting situations arose last week that raised questions about my goals to purchase only necessities and gifts and to not shop at any big box stores.First, I remembered that I still had Christmas money — a gift from a relative — that I had not yet...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 10, 2022 | amazon, big box stores, buy it now, my year of less, stash, stuff, temptation, week 1
1 week down, 51 to go.Shopping— in the traditional sense of driving to stores, going in, and purchasing something — is not something I typically enjoy, so as I contemplated this challenge in late 2021 I didn’t think refraining from that type of spending would be a...
