A new endeavor

For those of you who know me personally, you know that I am always changing my mind about things or trying to figure out some new challenge for myself. I really do not have a defined purpose for most of these challenges besides gut instinct. They are arbitrary, they are formed on the basis of incomplete arguments, and frequently have little to no explanation but I do them anyways. Today is the day that a new one begins....I have no idea how long it will last (or how long I will post about it if it does...) but what the heck, what have I got to lose?

This is my challenge: Go the rest of 2010 without buying anything (other than food, toiletries, etc.) that is not previously owned. IE: No "new" items.

I am doing this for a few reasons. First, I was inspired by the Great American Apparel Diet. I do not know if I have the ability to abstain from shopping entirely (we will see if I have the ability to even abstain from some shopping...) but I think this is an awesome idea, that I want to be a part of in some way. We really need to tone down our consumption in this country, and I think by reusing things that are still good instead of just buying more I could have at least a small impact.

Also, I am looking for a way to be more crafty, and this seems like a great way! By getting used items and putting my own twist on them maybe I will have the chance to be a little more unique and to feel real accomplishment when I get dressed in the morning, or use something else that I have made/updated.

Last, I am obviously a starving college student and I need to save money instead of blowing it every weekend at Express or J.Crew. Self-explanatory.

Soooo.....this is all to say that hopefully this blog will become productive, and since I won't be shopping maybe I will do more baking for www.tastyface.com! Keep an eye out :)

Also, I am going to change the name of this blog to something more clever once I think of it.