Yankee 2.0

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• Car turnover

  I love my car. It's a 2002 Hyundai Accent Hatchback that I bought in 2004 with 4,000 miles on it. I did have to take out a loan to pay for it, but I paid the loan off in 2 years, and it's been all mine since 2006. My little car was very inexpensive... Posted Oct 13 2009, 07:52 AM by Anne Cross with | with no comments Filed under: shopping, consumerism, cars

• 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

• "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

• 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

• Scarcity and temptation...

  Well, I just got paid from a corporate client for my training business. Phew. I have had no income for about a month, and have been really stretching my pennies and living off savings (but NOT living off credit, for the first time in the past 20 years... Posted Sep 08 2008, 12:01 PM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: shopping, about me, debt, 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