Gift wrapping paper with all it's bright colors and beautiful design is often hard to resist. Yet it is also expensive and wasteful to produce and use. Why use resources to produce beautiful paper that will end up ripped to shreds and thrown away only a few weeks later? Should we just go without wrapping the gifts that we give to others? Most people like to give gifts with some sort of embellishment so you may want to consider cheaper "recycled" gift wrap options. Thoughtful touches and … [Read more...]
Doing More and Buying Less
I was reading an article last week on The New York Times about this subject. It chronicles the life of several families who were impacted by the economic recession and found they couldn't live the lifestyle that they used to. They got creative and found ways to make their lives even "richer" with less money. This is one of my favorite topics because I truly do believe that we can all live a lifestyle of frugal luxury, a term I fell in love with after reading this amazing book. Here is a blurb … [Read more...]
Frugal Luxuries and Simple Living
"We are lovers of beauty without extravagance" - Thucydides I read this amazingly simple and heartwarming quote from a book this weekend. The book is Frugal Luxuries - Simple Pleasures to Enhance Your Life and Comfort Your Soul by Tracey McBride and I really, really, really, can't say enough good things about it. The idea behind the book is to show us how being frugal and simple in our taste is really an art form. It has nothing to do with being miserly or being a cheapskate and everything to … [Read more...]
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