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Jan
30
Wal-mart Update
Guess what? I haven’t stepped foot in a walmart for almost two whole months!! And guess what else? I have spent a few hundred dollars less on groceries this month by shopping local.
But…
We are almost out of t.p.
Ruh rhroh rhaggy.
Maybe, just maybe one teeny trip to sam’s club is in order.
Although we have cut out paper towels, and dramatically reduced our trash output by composting + buying in bulk, and using cloth bags, we are not ready to go 1896 outhouse style.
A girl needs her 50 pack of quilted 2-ply, yo!
Please don’t judge me. <3
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January 30th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
congrats on your walmartaholics sober accomplishment! ok now share exactly where you shop…. and i love you even more for remembering that it\’s all about the heart and doing what you CAN… cause quite frankly when it\’s late at night and the granary is closed and drug emporium is closed and i need that rice milk for the next morning, walmart is there for me… but i still feel like someone might \
January 30th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
… it cut me off! i was gonna say i still feel like someone might “catch me” there!
January 30th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
haha! I was thinking the same thing today when I was tempted to duck into WM and buy a few bags of gravel. But, I told all my friends what I was up to so they would hold me accountable. I don’t want to get busted.
My friend Mike said he is going to get me a hook up on a new grass fed beef co-op for raw milk and beef. *Hi Mike!* I shop at the granary/vitamins +, and Kroger mostly. Oh, and even though it is NOT organic, I hear Herbert’s Cajun butcher shop. We have been eating lower on the food chain lately, so my grocery bill has come down quite a lot.
I have also not purchased shoes or clothes made in China for a while. If you don’t count thrifted stuff. I just can’t bring myself to do it.
I did hit up Pier 1 for teacher gifts. 75% off! Forgive me sweatshop workers.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Love and miss you! I have 2 new posts you haven’t commented on… (smile).
February 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
You don’t have to be perfect, you can still bask in the glow of all the things you DIDN’T buy there.
February 11th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Yeah, well who was it that said we should conserve “just one square?”
Oh the peer pressure!