This blog post will be short because I am fighting a cold and feel like I have tunnel vision. I can only focus on what’s in front of me, and as any parent knows, that is not good enough. Add to that a cat who decided to pee on an upholstered chair and you can [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 29, 2009
Small Measures — A.K.A. How Losing at Scrabble Taught Me to Bring My Own Leftover Containers
I went to a very small liberal arts college in Nowheresville, Ohio. There were just a few hundred students on campus at a time, yet somehow each and every one of us seems to have shown up on Facebook. This re-connecting has actually been quite interesting, as many of my past friends and acquaintances have [...]
September 28, 2009
Free Night of Theater
Like theater? Like freebies? Well then, you’re in luck!
Because Free Night of Theater is back!
This nationwide program is described as:
650 theatre companies, in 120 cities from coast to coast, opened their doors to over 65,000 new theatergoers. This year, our participating theatre companies will offer even more tickets for free. Join thousands of audience members [...]
September 27, 2009
No Heat Challenge
My buddies over at the Compact Yahoo Group have put together a No Heat Challenge. This challenge is simple — see how long you can go without firing up the ol’ furnace.
I like this challenge as it not only saves money, but is also about minimizing energy usage. A win-win situation in my book, (library [...]
September 26, 2009
Pride Without Prejudice
I am just now finishing up reading my long awaited library copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. It has all the subdued strong emotion of Jane Austen’s original classic, but with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.”
A perfect combination.
The book got me started thinking about pride, and [...]
September 25, 2009
Breaking The Compact Left and Right
It’s no secret that I am a dyed in the wool member of the Compact, (Buy nothing new.) I never shop recreationally in shops like Target, Nordstrom and Ikea; and the local Goodwill thrift shops fill my needs.
Well, most of the time.
As a nurse and a woman hurling headlong into my forties, I am a fan [...]
September 24, 2009
Who Needs a Giggle?
For those who enjoy pure unadulterated joy, I present to you:
Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”
September 23, 2009
The Non-Consumer Advocate Gets Nosy With Her Fellow Frugality Writers
The following is a reprint of a previously published post. Enjoy!
I started The Non-Consumer Advocate in May of 2008 and have really enjoyed the process of putting together the blog. The writing, the reader comments — I love it all!
I’m certainly not the only person writing about frugality, as there are many, many different frugality blogs. [...]
September 22, 2009
Step it Up!
I used to live in New York city in a third floor walkup. Frankly, it was kind of a pain in the tuchus. Lugging groceries up those stairs sometime meant the difference between buying applesauce, (Which I really like, but is tragically heavy) or not. I always had to think about the weight of my [...]
September 21, 2009
The Worth of Individual Action
I just finished reading Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process. One of the main themes throughout the book is whether there is worth in individual action when so much [...]
