Hey folks,
I’ve had a family crisis, and I’m pushing the start date for the The Non-Consumer Advocate book club back a day. We’ll now start discussing on February 2nd.
Thanks to everyone who’s signed up, and I’m sorry if this is an inconvenience.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
Entries from January 2009
January 31, 2009
The Non-Consumer Advocate Book Club To Start February 2nd
January 31, 2009
20 Things You Can Do Today To Live A Greener, More Frugal Life
Use your library.
Eat the food you’ve bought, and eat then your leftovers.
Shop from your closet instead of buying new clothes.
Give gifts that you already own, like a couple of great books or an admired knick-knack.
Go for a walk outside instead of on a treadmill.
Cook from scratch.
Send your kids into the backyard instead of taking them [...]
January 31, 2009
Deadline at Midnight P.S.T. To Enter To Win A Copy Of “Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth In A Sustainable Lifestyle”
The Non-Consumer Advocate book club starts this Sunday, February 1st. We’ll be discussing David Wann’s Simple Prosperty: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle.
The publisher, St. Martin’s Griffin has generously provided two copies of the book which I will pass along to you.
Click here to enter. I will randomly pick two winners on January 31 at midnight.
Good luck!
Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, [...]
January 30, 2009
Cheap Eats — Katy’s Black Bean Burgers
The following is a reprint of a previously printed blog. Enjoy! (All the formatting bits and pieces are suddenly missing on the wordpress site, so I’m unable to do a regular blog.)
Even if you are bound and determined to spend as little money as possible, you still have to eat. Sure, there are a number [...]
January 29, 2009
Think Bringing Your Own Grocery Bags Isn’t Worth It? Think Again
I love a good win-win situation. I particularly love when businesses find ways to save on expenses while doing a favor to the environment, (all the while garnering kudos and good feelings from their customers.)
An perfect example of this came today from my local Trader Joe’s grocery store. (A semi-national chain of stores that specialize [...]
January 28, 2009
My Not So Simple Life
I’ve noticed that there is a definite simple living paradox.
The simple living choices are often . . . well, kind of a pain in the tuchus.
A good example is how I buy lettuce for salads. The simplest solution would be to throw a bag-o-salad in the cart. Then I could enjoy lettuce instantly prepped and available.
No fuss, no [...]
January 27, 2009
The Frugalista’s No-Buy-Month: The Remix.
Has your new year’s resolution grown stale already? Then maybe it’s time to join the one and only Frugalista, Natalie McNeal’s February No-Buy-Month Challenge.
Natalie McNeal, the frugal and fabulous blogger for The Miami Herald ventured out on a low spending experiment last February, and will be reupping her committment with a few new twists.
In her words:
Greetings, Frugalistas! [...]
January 26, 2009
The Non-Consumer Advocate Can Take The Pressure
Burritos, chili, soups.
You guessed it, my family eats a lot of bean based meals. They’re cheap and tasty, healthy and easy. (Pretty much everything you can ask of a food product.)
I try to be forward thinking and fire up the slow-cooker early enough in the day so that I don’t have to break into my [...]
January 26, 2009
Enter to Win a Copy of “Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle”
This contest has ended. Congratulations to the lucky winners!
The Non-Consumer Advocate book club starts this Sunday, February 1st. We’ll be discussing David Wann’s Simple Prosperty: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle.
The publisher, St. Martin’s Griffin has generously provided two copies of the book which I will pass along to you.
To enter to win, add your [...]
January 25, 2009
Schedule for The Non-Consumer Advocate Book Club: “Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle”
Hey there, fellow Non-Consumers. The Non-Consumer Advocate book club will start discussing, “Simple Prosperity: Finding Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle” by David Wann, (co-author of Affluenza) next Sunday, February 1st.
I’m really looking forward to discussing this incredible book.
Don’t forget to support your locally owned bookstore!
Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do [...]
