Yankee 2.0

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• No more junk

  This year, I have gotten rid of a lot of junk. I look around my house now, and I see fewer things, but the things I see, I enjoy and value. I'm trying these days not to let anymore junk into my life. What's some of the junk that has left my life... Posted Aug 24 2009, 06:32 AM by Anne Cross with | with no comments Filed under: shopping, consumption, consumerism, money for junk, minimizing waste

• "Transumers not really consumers" -- I disagree.

  I just read an AP article in my local newspaper about "Transumers" -- people who are transient consumers. They don't purchase and consume things, they rent or lease consumer items that are then passed on to the next transumer. Sounds sort... Posted Jul 05 2009, 10:56 AM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: consumption, consumerism, society, money for junk, minimizing waste, reuse, recycle

• A year of thrift

  It was in February of 2008 that I decided to change my relationship with money. I was sick of living week to week, always being scrambling to pay bills, being in debt and being generally stressed over money. I bartered with a life coach for a couple of... Posted Feb 14 2009, 07:10 AM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: about me, debt, consumption, consumerism, budgeting

• Unexpected benefit of home-made stuff

  I've been slowly transitioning from store-bought to home-made for my personal and house cleaning needs. When one thing runs out (shampoo, laundry soap, etc.), I find a recipe and make it myself. I have pretty good supplies in store of most things... Posted Jan 31 2009, 10:19 AM by Anne Cross with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: consumption, consumerism, do it yourself, simplify

• Waste not, want not?

  As I was doing some baking for my annual New Year's Day brunch, I managed to finish up a jar of ground nutmeg. I have a tin of whole nutmegs, and I was glad to finish off the ground stuff so I could switch over to the less-processed variety. A friend... Posted Jan 02 2009, 06:28 AM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: consumption, consumerism, society, simplify, minimizing waste

• Suddenly, we're mainstream

  It was 2002 when I first heard about the Dave Ramsey method, but it just confirmed what I knew to be true about money, debt, and freedom from my upbringing. Somehow along the way, though, I went astray and bought in to the whole consumer culture with... Posted Oct 14 2008, 06:21 AM by Anne Cross with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: debt, consumption, consumerism, society

• "thrifty" commercials

  There I was, watching the Antiques Roadshow on my 10+ year old televsion (tuned in through rabbit ears, as I cancelled cable this summer), and when some boring sports item came on, I flipped to one of the other three channels I get. And thre I saw two... Posted Sep 30 2008, 04:35 PM by Anne Cross with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: shopping, consumption, consumerism, society, food, money for junk

• (750) Billion dollar bailout vs. living within our means

  Like everyone, I've been following this whole financial meltdown in the news. A lot of us regular people have been saying "what does all this mean to me?" Well, I was listening to a call-in show on my commute yesterday and an economist was... Posted Sep 27 2008, 07:45 AM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: debt, consumption, consumerism, society

• Spending as a reward and changing my thinking

  I started a new part-time gig today. I'll be tutoring a college student for four hours a week in 101 humanities courses. His mother is more interested in his success than he is, but I think it will be an interesting challenge to try to get him more... Posted Sep 10 2008, 04:29 PM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: shopping, consumption, consumerism

• $400 sheets?? You've got to be kidding.

  I am slowly (ten year plan) renovating and redecorating my rather fabulous 1872 townhouse. One of my favorite passtimes is looking through home design books and magazines for ideas. One of my favorite magazines is Domino (subscription is only $10.00 per... Posted Aug 26 2008, 02:52 PM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: shopping, consumption, consumerism