So here's an update;
02-11-09- I spent my entire day working and sleeping not a cent was spent. (Or doing anything else remotely interesting for that matter)
03-11-09- Melbourne Cup Day. The race that stops a nation, that nation being Australia of course. Beautiful frocks and hats abounded across raceways around the country. But alas I was at work in the outback. Wearing my depressive smurf oufit, that shall never see the light of day beyond the work place! So I could only peruse fashion magazines and blogs in my break thinking up dream outfits I could wear if I was only back in the 'real world'. Before moving on to a fierce game of Scrabble. Result I won thanks in part to the word 'hinted' in the dying moves of the game.
One Kit Kat was purchased (can you tell I have a penchant for chocolate...) $2.00, plus $6.00 was spent on Cup sweeps (I felt obligated to participate, it was about the only Melbourne Cup action I was likely to see).
Which brings us to TODAY, huzzah.
04-11-09- After dragging my lazy arse out of bed which in itself was a complete and utter mission. I have spent my day working.. How surprising. Thus far I have been defending my love of Twilight to a bunch of complete non readers (and males at that) whilst sipping on my only purchase of the day a bottle of water $1.80. (The water is a necessity so don't chastise me for drinking bottled water as we have no other option out here). Which brings my grand total spent so far to a whopping:
$14.60AU
Which to be honest I don't feel too bad about. What does the average person spend in a week on such items I wonder? Any one care to let me know about their shopping habits? Well off to peruse more fashion sites and zines. I've fallen in love with some black leggings with cut out details. They are quite simply amazing. Guess you'll find out soon enough if I succumb and purchase them...Or the vintage maxi kimono dress I have my eye on Ebay....LOVE at first sight.. Hopefully I win. Regardless of what it does to my weekly total.
Wish me luck I'm off down shopping lane
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Popping my blog cherry
Hello world..
Or much more likely, myself.
This is my first blog. I'm losing my blogger's virginity with each character I type. And adding yet another voice to the world wide web.
What to tell you? I work on a mine site in the Australian outback for two weeks at a time. Which is currently where I'm at now and it for the most part it is b.o.r.i.n.g. At least on the surface it is, hence the urge to vomit my creativity onto these crisp white screens.
I read some time ago a book called Not Buying It by Judith Levine and am interested if I chronicle my purchases over the course of a year what will others make of my consumerism, am I a greedy western world glutton, the undefinable but mass imposed 'norm', a prudish penny pincher or a scrouge? Possibly all at times and possibly none of these labels at all. I'll let you be the judge of that.
My second question is I wonder if by forcing myself to chronicle every single item I purchase, will it make me question what I spend and in turn change my spending habits?
I guess that's what I'll find out.
So here it goes Day 1;
Today I have purchased a small packet of Malteasers $2.00 (Chocolate covered Malt balls for anyone who isn't blessed enough to be acquainted with these little balls of heaven!) and a packet of instant noodles that I ate at my desk for lunch. (Yes I could have packed lunch this morning for free.. but I simply was not even close to awake when I stumbled out of bed this morning) at the ridiculous sum of $2.80. What a rip.
Total spending: $4.80 (Australian of course!)
Not too bad really, but I could have gone with out both of these purchases. Ah well... I never said I was a saint
Or much more likely, myself.
This is my first blog. I'm losing my blogger's virginity with each character I type. And adding yet another voice to the world wide web.
What to tell you? I work on a mine site in the Australian outback for two weeks at a time. Which is currently where I'm at now and it for the most part it is b.o.r.i.n.g. At least on the surface it is, hence the urge to vomit my creativity onto these crisp white screens.
I read some time ago a book called Not Buying It by Judith Levine and am interested if I chronicle my purchases over the course of a year what will others make of my consumerism, am I a greedy western world glutton, the undefinable but mass imposed 'norm', a prudish penny pincher or a scrouge? Possibly all at times and possibly none of these labels at all. I'll let you be the judge of that.
My second question is I wonder if by forcing myself to chronicle every single item I purchase, will it make me question what I spend and in turn change my spending habits?
I guess that's what I'll find out.
So here it goes Day 1;
Today I have purchased a small packet of Malteasers $2.00 (Chocolate covered Malt balls for anyone who isn't blessed enough to be acquainted with these little balls of heaven!) and a packet of instant noodles that I ate at my desk for lunch. (Yes I could have packed lunch this morning for free.. but I simply was not even close to awake when I stumbled out of bed this morning) at the ridiculous sum of $2.80. What a rip.
Total spending: $4.80 (Australian of course!)
Not too bad really, but I could have gone with out both of these purchases. Ah well... I never said I was a saint
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)