No, really? So now what? I asked myself. What am I supposed to do now? Just waltz into a thrift store, or a sock store with the wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket? (–Umh, Lily? Umh, hunny, to what cash are you referring?) After a year of being hypervigilant about my shoppingContinue reading “So now what?”
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Joy is Not Black or White
Quick! Before you do your summer closet declutter! Let me just get a word in edgewise. I know that summer is the perfect time to do that big big big closet overhaul. But before you do, I want plant an idea or two in your thoughts for consideration. This article will contain lots of linksContinue reading “Joy is Not Black or White”
You should really stop shopping! Part six: But I can’t sew and other objections
It was irritating, it was compelling. It was…and here’s that word again, convicting. It was a book called Serve God, Save the Planet. This book was revolutionary to me. It put into perspective so much of what I was uncomfortable with in my life as a middle-class white American Christian. One, short little sentence thatContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part six: But I can’t sew and other objections”
You should really stop shopping! Part Five: Pain that feels good
As you know, I am not an outdoorsy kinda girl. I would have been better suited to playing four-hands piano with my sister in a Regency romance novel than just about any outdoor activity. However. However…there are times when life has made it impossible for me to stay on my divan embroidering flowers into linensContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part Five: Pain that feels good”
You should really stop shopping! Part Four: Partners in crime, at least for a time
I challenge you to imagine the things in your life of which you are most proud. Who are the people hovering in the shadows of those accomplishments? Very few, if any, of my personal achievements have been accomplished completely, entirely, utterly by myself. Even in the intensely intimate accomplishments that have been obtained with onlyContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part Four: Partners in crime, at least for a time”
You should really stop shopping! Part Three: Challenge and Motivation
Your reasons for shopping and wanting to stop shopping are intimate and personal. They may speak only to you, your situation, your relationships, your relationship to your body. They may also (as at least one of mine is!) be widely universalisable (Hey, look at you reading French now! Don’t forget to show that gem offContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part Three: Challenge and Motivation”
You should really stop shopping! Part Two: Why do you shop?
Please tell me I am not the only person who does this! I will be in the middle of something. Folding the laundry on the dining room table, for example, or putting away stray coats that ended up on the floor in the front hall, or working diligently on editing a novel, when suddenly, andContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part Two: Why do you shop?”
You should really stop shopping! Part One: Living off the Land
It’s a thought that may have crossed your mind once you got home and balanced your checkbook and realized that maybe you shouldn’t have bought that silky navy blue top. Or maybe you found yourself hiding the evidence of your purchase from the people you live with…and when you wore your purchase for the firstContinue reading “You should really stop shopping! Part One: Living off the Land”
Sing With Your Feet 