Jun 2, 2012 | Cultural chaos, Recycle, Repurposed
I decided to go to the Frisco Farmers’ Market today. As the words farmers’ market suggests, I expected to find lots of local produce vendors and maybe a few other food-type vendors. Since the name starts with Frisco, maybe my expectations should have...
Apr 23, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle
Yesterday was Earth Day. I didn’t do anything different, as I try to be good to the earth everyday. Earth Day (back then, a week) was a product of the late 60’s, born in 1970, as a political movement to create awareness for environmental issues. In the...
Apr 10, 2011 | Downsizing, No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $, Thrift store
There’s a lot of stuff that might be considered trash, but before you throw something away, think about the possible uses for it. These are partially full cleaning supplies and pesticides, well, there’s also a random bottle of unopened champagne too....
Mar 30, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed |
I quit using plastic garbage bags, or any type of plastic lining in my trash cans. Why? I just don’t see why we need to place trash in plastic bags, taking much longer for it to decompose in a landfill. I thought back to my kids earlier diaper days and the...
Mar 24, 2011 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $, Thrift store |
I decided to check out a little boutique in downtown Frisco. Yes, I said boutique. I heard a story about some recycled jeans they are selling and decided to check it out. The Blue Door Boutique, a cute little shop with a lot of style, carries a lot of interesting...
Mar 5, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed |
Giant, shrink-wrapped books. They’re everywhere. I think it rained phonebooks, although I don’t remember seeing that in my weather forecast. Flint Lockwood must have made another machine, but this one storms phone books. They’re on top of the...
Mar 2, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle |
This Children’s Place t-shirt is for sale NEW, and not a used hand-me-down, even though it says it’s a hand-me-down. Am I missing something here? I don’t get it. Why would someone buy this new? If you buy it new, your kid is walking propaganda...
Feb 27, 2011 | Downsizing, No retail shopping, Recycle, Thrift store |
Yesterday, I spent the early part of the day running errands before work. Most of them were driving the Infiniti sleigh, full of donations, to all of the required destinations for drop-off. I started at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, dropping off my old back...
Feb 14, 2011 | Downsizing, No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed |
I know my neighbors must cringe when they drive by garage when the door is open. I’m clearly the ugly neighbor. Since I’ve been downsizing in the cold weather, everything was pitched out into the garage, in anticipation of some warm weather to get...
Feb 10, 2011 | Downsizing, No retail shopping, Recycle
After having my house painted, and having everything moved, I was very careful with what I moved back into my space. I rearranged a few things, but mostly, I purged a lot of stuff. Unfortunately, because of the weather, it’s all sitting in my garage. My new...
Feb 3, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Salvaged, Thrift store
So this is the third day we’ve been “iced” in. This is clearly not snow, as you can walk on top of it. I even saw a video of a kid ice skating in the street. My kids are bouncing off the walls and I’m so ready for this mess to go away, and...
Jan 26, 2011 | Dumpster diving, No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Salvaged, Save $ |
Freeycycle is the modern day dumpster diving, without having to touch a dumpster or trash can. From the freecycle site: It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all...
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Jan 22, 2011 | Featured, No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Save $ |
Yes, I made a judgement call based on 25¢, a quarter I thought I would loose. Listening to some bad advice, I decided not to try a new grocery store in my area, a store that opened over a year ago. Some person (I don’t remember who) told me that the new Aldi...
Jan 19, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle |
I saw this recycling box at the local camera shop. No, I wasn’t shopping, I had to go there for work. I was surprised to see the red dot that says, “10% of proceeds will go to charity”. 10%? There are a lot of collection boxes where all of the...
Jan 19, 2011 | Mini challenges, No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Thrift store |
Here’s the experiment. I decided to reduce my wardrobe by 50%. I also threw out a mini-challenge. Take 25 pieces of clothing from your closet, place them in a box or plastic tote. Put it away for a month and see if you miss any of the stuff in it. If not,...
Jan 16, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged, Save $
My friend that had the flood finally got to move back into her house yesterday. As I was helping, I noticed the old bathroom light fixture sitting in the trash, with all of the old light bulbs still in it. With the challenge, I can’t buy light bulbs, so I...
Jan 12, 2011 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $ |
Instead of buying ziplock plastic baggies and other plastic containers, I like to reuse containers I already have. Instead of placing my plastic sour cream containers, margarine containers or other food containers directly into the recycling bin, I wash them and use...
Jan 10, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $, Thrift store |
I had to go to 2 stores for work yesterday. I needed a frame, a mat board and to have 1 photo printed. I decided to go to Aaron Brothers for the frame and mat board, because in January, they have their “buy one, get one for a penny” sale. I found the...
Jan 1, 2011 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Repurposed |
I don’t have any resolutions for the new year. I’m doing the no shopping challenge, I’m getting a lot of things done in my house and I’m doing most of the things I want/need to be doing. One thing I do want to change is my cooking habits....
Dec 27, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Repurposed, Save $ |
I have an idea. I know, no surprise… I stumbled upon this little video called The Story of Stuff. It’s a little over 20 minutes long, but I watched the whole thing. Before I get into the details here, take a look if you haven’t seen it. If you...
Dec 19, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Recycle, Salvaged
I got an awesome little gift a few days ago, unexpected and very much related to trash society. The gift? An origami box with a photo album inside, all made with junk mail and paper stuff from the recycling bin. Check it out… Notice the thought behind this,...
Dec 5, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle |
We’re at a restaurant and Joe comes back from the restroom, running toward the table, carrying a paper toilet seat cover. He holds it up and says, “Mom, can you believe this?! They have paper thing to put on the toilet seats. How wasteful is...
Dec 4, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle, Thrift store |
Let me just say, before you read my list of things I don’t get, that there’s a purpose behind this list. That purpose is something I say regularly. Just think about what you’re buying and what you’re doing. Your actions make a difference....
Nov 24, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Recycle, Salvaged |
I had to shop yesterday for work, and I know now why I don’t shop. Getting new stuff can be good, but the shopping process just isn’t fun. I had to go to Home Depot, which is basically a toy store for me. If I was shopping, that would be in my top 5....
Nov 17, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Recycle
My video is finally done and available! Click here to watch it. :) This stop motion video project was created for a contest that AT&T is doing through zooppa.com. Here’s the concept, as posted on AT&T’s site. The AT&T Simplify Your Life video contest is...
