Stretch Your Paycheck--STOP BUYING SHIT!

Here's a fool-proof way to see more of your next paycheck: Stop buying stuff you don't need! I know. It's fun to buy stuff. We've been told we are supposed to. It's American to buy stuff! Ever see people at ____(insert your favorite department store name) with their baskets overflowing with stuff. They don't even look at what they're about to buy. More bath towels, more socks, another lamp. A clock. A four-slice toaster. They aimlessly wander through the store piling up stuff in such quantities that they sometimes have to send one of the kids back for another basket! It's become a national past time! By the time they've made it to the till to check out, they're tired, hungry and bitchy! Along the way they've decided there are a couple of items they figure they can live without so they stick it wherever it will fit. This is why you sometimes see a package of hot dogs squished in amongst the bath towels. Don't worry, the store crew will put them back in the refrigerator section later.
Here's a late disclaimer: I realize a LOT of what we buy is disposable. It's a major factor in our consumer-driven, throw-away oriented junk culture. Also, I could care less if anyone who can afford it wants to spend,spend, spend their earnings away on the latest junk to fill their houses with. The main point of this blog, (and you will see all the creative, cool ideas I come up with along the way) is to emphasize the notion that "it's all just stuff" and much of what is purchased is done so in a mindless fashion because the commercials on your new 47" LCD TV set tell you you have to have it!