Oct 28 2009

Buy Nothing Month

We are getting ready for our Buy Nothing Month challenge which starts at the weekend. For the whole of November we won’t be spending any money and I am already pining the chocolate!

I am actually looking forward to the clarity that a month of non-spending brings. The last couple of years I have found the challenge quite liberating in many ways. It really helps me to separate the wheat from the chaff – my needs as opposed to wants.

Am slightly concerned about food and ensuring that we all get enough nutrients – we will be getting a weekly seasonal veg box, which will also contain milk, eggs and butter so we should be fine. Last year, we got by on a veg box every week and used up all the store cupboard items.

So some of the things we won’t be buying in November are:
Books – one of my real weaknesses!
Newspapers
Clothes – no tempting trips to the charity shop!
Entertainment – trips out or DVDs from the library
Food items apart from a £20 veg box and a few dairy items
Toys and gifts – we’ll make them instead
Travel expenses – we’ll be cycling and walking most places
and so on.

Fancy joining us in a bid to spend a month spending nothing? Let us know!

Posted by Melissa Corkhill at 21:25

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