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Non Consumer Girl Goes to Her First Clothing Swap Party!

lala2074 wrote 18 hours ago: Recently, I went with a girlfriend to a Clothing Swap Party, called Frock Swap. The basic principle … more →

Tags: Affluenza, anti-consumerism, buy nothing, clutter, compact, Declutter, My compact, non-consumer, Saving Money

A non-consumer dilemma....12 comments

lala2074 wrote 5 days ago: My ten year old niece ( with whom I have a very positive,close relationship with and Barbie Girl doe … more →

Tags: Affluenza, anti-consumerism, buy nothing, compact, downsizing, Gift Giving, My compact, non-consumer, Simplifying my life

More Christmas Gift Ideas...

lala2074 wrote 2 weeks ago: One of my passions is food. I am excited about the wonderful gourmet foods we have here in Australia … more →

Tags: anti-consumerism, Christmas, gifts, non-consumer, Simple living, Simple Pleasures, buy nothing, buy nothing new

Wedding Dress

lala2074 wrote 2 weeks ago: No, I’m not getting married again. If I did, it would be to Mr Techno again ( Hi Hon!) On brea … more →

Tags: Clothing and Accessories, stop shopping, wedding, buy nothing new, non-consumer, Saving Money

Frock Swap in Sydney

lala2074 wrote 2 weeks ago: It is Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week in Australia, starting next Monday. Willoughby Coun … more →

Tags: anti-consumerism, buy nothing, Clothing and Accessories, clutter, My compact, non-consumer, Saving Money, Simple living, stop shopping

How to simplify your finances

lala2074 wrote 2 weeks ago: I am trying out a new system of managing our expenditure. We have a weekly budget. Most of our expen … more →

Tags: Budget, Getting organised, Saving Money, Simple Food, Simple living, Simple Pleasures, Simplifying my life, organisation, Simply Living

Tough Times Call For Tough Measures

Matt wrote 3 weeks ago: I really, really hate credit card companies. All the way to the center of being I utterly despise th … more →

Tags: Family, financial stress, evil credit card companies, making sacrifices

Getting to know your local Mr Shoe Man!2 comments

lala2074 wrote 1 month ago: I feel very fortunate about living 5 mins walk from my great Mr Shoe Man! He is also known as a cobb … more →

Tags: Affluenza, anti-consumerism, compact, non-consumer, Saving Money, Simple living, Simple Pleasures, Simplifying my life, stop shopping

Food for Thought

F.E.S.T. wrote 1 month ago: Food can be the third largest expense in your budget after shelter and car/transportation costs. Luc … more →

Tags: Women and money, Budgeting, Saving, Shopping Tools

Non-Consumer Girl takes a little holiday......housesitting2 comments

lala2074 wrote 1 month ago: At last! After a tumultuous 8 months working, I am able to have 9 days in a row of rest and relaxati … more →

Tags: Holiday Activities, Holidays, Simple living, Simple Pleasures, Simplifying my life, free holiday activities, Simple life, Simply Living

GUEST BLOG

F.E.S.T. wrote 1 month ago: Check out our guest blog today on “Chicks Make Cents” about getting control of your budg … more →

Tags: Financial Education for Women, Money, Budgeting, Women and money

Fix it

lala2074 wrote 1 month ago: This week I have noticed that I have been getting a lot of things repaired. Some of these things hav … more →

Tags: My compact, non-consumer, buy nothing, anti-consumerism, Saving Money, use what you already have, compact, buy nothing new, using what you already have

Cut Your Expenses - Everyone's Doing It!

Jennifer Schoennagel wrote 3 months ago: Five years ago it was a bit taboo to talk about finances and how to live on the cheap.  These days p … more →

Tags: unemployed, recruiter, Saving Money

Teaching your child the value of money3 comments

lala2074 wrote 4 months ago: I recently watched a television program about teaching your child the value of money. It was on Dr P … more →

Tags: Affluenza, anti-consumerism, buy nothing, compact, non-consumer, Saving Money, Simple living, teaching your child about money, Budget

My Buy Nothing New Year - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly2 comments

lala2074 wrote 4 months ago: I am now more than 6 months through my Buy Nothing New Year. So a summary of the effect of this on m … more →

Tags: Affluenza, anti-consumerism, buy nothing, clutter, compact, Declutter, My compact, non-consumer, buy nothing new

Using what you already have and exercise

lala2074 wrote 4 months ago: Last year I belonged to a gym. It was a great gym, with gym equipment, exercise classes, yoga, spin … more →

Tags: compact, My compact, Saving Money, Simplifying my life, use what you already have, using what you already have

Decluttering....do I miss anything?1 comment

lala2074 wrote 4 months ago: So far this year, I have decluttered quite a lot of bags of “stuff”. Mainly clothes, toy … more →

Tags: clutter, compact, Declutter, downsizing, Getting organised, My compact, Simple living, Simplifying my life, Affluenza

Use what you already have......4 comments

lala2074 wrote 4 months ago: One of the things that I have been thinking about as I am clearing the clutter in my house this year … more →

Tags: non-consumer, buy nothing, anti-consumerism, Affluenza, compact, clutter, downsizing, Declutter, organisation

I love my labeller!

lala2074 wrote 5 months ago: My labeller is pink and is the kind that is hand held, you key in the word or words you want to prin … more →

Tags: clutter, Declutter, Getting organised, organisation, Simplifying my life, Saving Money


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