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In reply to the discussion: I Don't Feel Like Buying Stuff Anymore [View all]Luz
(780 posts)63. Ha! That's me. I'm turning into the old hippy I've always been.
I've bought 2 new long, flowing "boho" skirts, cut off most of my hair and I'm thinking of dying it pink.
Staying home, going for walks and painting are the things that make me happy. Also I really didn't realize how much it cost me to work. I go days now without spending anything.
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I love this. Our culture, economy, education systems, all about consuming more and more
Alex4Martinez
May 2020
#2
I only open emails/ads from grocery stores, my drugstore and online nutritional suppliers
hlthe2b
May 2020
#4
It's a sign of grief. We've all lost something, be it two months of income or being at home, bored
NightWatcher
May 2020
#15
About that time I went shopping with my wheeled walker, driven by my taxi friend
bobbieinok
May 2020
#42
No sense in buying, any of us could be dead from COVID-19 in a week or two
bucolic_frolic
May 2020
#20
We're buying better quality food and we are staying out of restaurants from now on ...
marble falls
May 2020
#23
Its weird. We've never had so much money in our budget. We watch less tv then ever ...
marble falls
May 2020
#21
Same here! Buying nothing, bank account better than ever, and besides The Last Word, I'm only
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#30
I've found the best way to discover completely new things on YouTube is fall asleep in the recliner
BamaRefugee
May 2020
#45
8 or so yrs ago I discovered Good Will, VFW, and Salvation Army thrift stores
bobbieinok
May 2020
#44
I'm glad you brought this up. Does anybody else find the tousled devil-may-care look du jour kinda..
Hugin
May 2020
#29
I've been buying a lot of baking and cooking equipment that I always wanted but never got around
catbyte
May 2020
#35
I drastically downscaled on material items about 5 years ago and I have not gone back.
Blue_true
May 2020
#51
It is nice to see that there are others starting to see things how I see them.
Jamastiene
May 2020
#65
I've never been a big shopper anyway, but I have shopped a littlle bit more lately
Silent3
May 2020
#70