5/28/14
Labels:
Budget shopping
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Clothes swapping
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Freecycling
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frugality
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Recycling
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Secondhand goods
,
Swapping
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Decluttering: The Joys of Fluid Ownership
Do you cling to possessions? I have in the past, but I’m
getting better at letting them go.
Moving house is a great way of shedding the fixation with stuff that so many of us suffer from. This is because you end up forgetting half the things you
actually own and it’s a nice surprise...
5/15/14
Labels:
Clutter
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Decorating
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frugality
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Op shops
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Psychology of shopping
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Saving money
,
Thrifting
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The Secret Reason We Buy Too Much Stuff
(Picture: Jerry Bakewell)
There are many reasons why we indulge in retail therapy, but
one of them isn’t mentioned very often. It’s so obvious we
don’t even think about it.
Sometimes we buy things just because we have the space for
them.
This realisation struck me when I moved...
1/30/14
Labels:
Bargains
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Bricks-and-mortar stores
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Deprivation
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Emotions
,
Letting go
,
Melbourne
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Older people
,
Popular culture
,
Psychology of shopping
,
Sales
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Store Loss and Disenfranchised Grief
I stood with my head pressed against the glass. Behind it, a
thoroughly empty shop, long and narrow. The bald fact of it: walls, carpet,
back door. Everything else – the shelves, the posters, the old counter at the
back with its pale pink curtain into the inner sanctum that held...
1/21/14
Labels:
Carbon footprint
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Ethical investment
,
frugality
,
Going green
,
money
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Ethical Investing: A Greener Term Deposit
Please note: the
following is not financial advice. You need to do your own research before
making any investment decision.
I’ve been frustrated
with the options for ethical investing in Australia for a long time. Then I
read Greenwash by Guy Pearse and it
clarified what I’d...
1/12/14
Labels:
Buying green
,
Compacting
,
frugality
,
Manufacturing
,
Recycling
,
Supermarket shopping
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A Rant about Packaging
A few weeks ago I went to buy a
simple torch from the supermarket. It wasn’t until I got the thing home that I
realised how overpackaged it was. The torch was attached to a large, hard plastic
backing – by three rings of plastic (as shown in the pic above). It also came with a completely...
1/5/14
Labels:
Bricks-and-mortar stores
,
Cruelty-free shopping
,
Organics
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Necessities or Luxuries: Which Do You Put First?
Happy New Year! Now that the
Christmas spendathon is over, and the January sales spendathon is in full
swing, I’m in the process of dutifully parting with the unspecified sum of
money my parentals always grace me with at Christmas in lieu of a present.
The difference is
that this...
10/10/13
Labels:
Fashion
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Popular culture
,
Vintage
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Is Vintage Fashion Dangerous? The Guilty Pleasure of Watching Mad Men
I have a very embarrassing confession to make. I have just discovered Mad Men. I know, I know. It's only been around for about a gazillion years, spawning many a conversation about Don's conquests, Betty's scarves and Peggy's career trajectory - not to mention more serious discussions...
9/25/13
Labels:
Decorating
,
Going green
,
Sustainable design
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Fringe Furniture 2013 Delivers a Fresh Burst of Design Imagination
Melbourne's Fringe Furniture exhibition, part of the annual Fringe Festival, is famous for its fresh, inventive and cheeky attitude. This year's theme was 'Make it true', a call to bring imaginative ideas to life. Many entries combine artistic flair with unexpected uses of recycled...
9/8/13
Labels:
Creativity
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Fashion
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Older people
,
Street fashion
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Advanced Style – A Fashion Blog that Advances the Image of Women
Picture: Caitlin Bussey
There are so many great fashion blogs on the web these days, it’s difficult to keep track of them all.
One blog that stands out is Advanced Style, which celebrates
the fashion flair of older women.
The blog’s creator, Ari Seth Cohen,...
9/4/13
Labels:
Bargains
,
Budget shopping
,
Ethical shopping
,
Fashion
,
Op shops
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Fabulous Vintage Fashion at Sacred Heart Spring Fashion Parade
Last week, frugal fashionistas crowded into the Sacred Heart
Mission Op Shop in Elsternwick to watch its spring fashion parade, showcasing a
fabulous range of one-off vintage and designer fashion for the coming season. All proceeds from the store go to the Mission's wonderful work...
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