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Bev54

(13,088 posts)

11. Take it from us Canadians, it works and our resolve is strong.

Reply to Hotler (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2025, 11:30 AM

Friday

It doesn't take long to find alternatives and in many cases you will never go back.

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I tried the spending boycott thingy, I gave up, it was just too hard. [View all] Hotler Friday OP

Barter. Open your drawers, closets, attics, basements, garages. bucolic_frolic Friday #1

Make something! Hugin Friday #6

"mounds of misfit items" is a good way of putting it! /nt bucolic_frolic Friday #7

Not every American llmart Friday #19

It's not hard. My parents grew up in the depression and I inherited the "cheap" usonian Friday #2

Mark Twain is usually attributed to the quote NotHardly Friday #21

No shopping for us today, none at all. lark Friday #3

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Friday #4

Haha! That's a lovely gift! nt babylonsister Friday #10

100,000 people with ten dollars is much scarier than one person with a million dollars. Hugin Friday #5

It's the constant advertizing that most people are exposed to nonstop. PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #8

I have found that "having everything you need" is not about acquiring the correct pile of stuff RockRaven Friday #9

It's like the anecdote of the author who said "I have what he'll never have -- enough." nt eppur_se_muova Friday #13

Absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #16

Agreed jfz9580m Friday #26

Take it from us Canadians, it works and our resolve is strong. Bev54 Friday #11

I've practiced voluntary simplicity since the early 1990's. llmart Friday #20

Likewise.... anciano Friday #24

Had planned to...but had to go to Aldi to get food JT45242 Friday #12

I think it's understood that shopping for food is a necessity. llmart Friday #22

Just frustrated in that they never get enough food to feed everyone because they hate leftovers JT45242 Friday #33

Oh, now I get it. llmart Friday #34

No shopping for this guy. lastlib Friday #14

I was hoping your header was sarcasm. nt Exp Friday #15

howdi AllaN01Bear Friday #17

I need groceries pfitz59 Friday #18

Groceries... llmart Friday #23

We should buy less anyway. Envirogal Friday #25

What a terrific post! llmart Friday #35

I don't go out on Black Friday, never have. LisaM Friday #27

Having lunch with my Granddaughter. Lochloosa Friday #28

Every Dollar Is A Vote... ret5hd Friday #29

We never go out on Black Friday Jilly_in_VA Friday #30

Yup Joinfortmill Friday #31

In our conversion from citizens to consumers markodochartaigh Friday #32