I read this in Saturday’s Guardian and I have been thinking about it ever since. A year without spending. I couldn’t do a year but I could try a month. Like Judith Levine my spending would include essentials.
- Food
- Basic toiletries
- Basic detergents
- Internet access
- One paper per week (Saturday Guardian or Sunday Times)
- Diesel
- Existing standing orders (include household bills, pension etc)
- Pet food
My spending would not include
- Charity shops
- Magazines
- Alcohol
- Eating out
- Clothing
- Chocolate & sweets
- Presents
- Books, CDs etc
- Ebay & other impulse internet buys
August is when I’ll begin. From the first to the thirty-first. Family members with August birthdays do not fret. I’ll see you in September instead.
Will I be blogging about it? But of course.
6 comments:
I thought about doing exactly the same thing but I don't think I could bear not going to the cinema or exhibitions.
I could give up buying clothes, coffee, magazines and presents though only for a month.
looking forward to seeing how this goes for you.
fantastic nelly, I'm semi-inspired too (though my 'non-spending' comes from necessity rather than choice)...good luck! i seem to remember last august you setting yourself a challenge that you succeeded with no problems at all...let us all know!!
mikey xx
Ganching - you decide what's essential. For me coffee (for home use) is essential, for you cinema & exhibitions.
Hageltoast & Mikey - will keep you posted.
My advice to you all on the non-spending? Stop buying the Grunadian. And never, ever buy it again. Ever.
Though, to be honest, I dislike and despise the Indy almost as much.
Why you hate the G so much? Go on - tell us.
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