The internet is not entertainment, it's sneaky sneaky advertising...

10/04/2011

The internet is not entertainment, it's sneaky sneaky advertising...

It's only Day 4 of Buy Nothing New and I'm close to breaking...

I saw this posted by Clinique on facebook earlier today. *sigh* I love Clinique, and I especially adore their lip glosses (since they don't need to be applied 10 times a day like most glosses do!)

I'm resisting. I really am. But a quiet day at work is really bad for my willpower! I keep looking at the internet and finding things to buy. Eeeeek!

This is becoming quite a good exercise in mindfulness - I know this is a materialistic society and western blah blah etc etc... but wow. The whole "must not spend anything" rule is making me even more aware that every single little corner of the internet is soaked in "buy this" and "spend here" and "you waaaant this". Yeesh.

Perhaps if these are still around by the end of October, I'll buy them as a cute litte reward for myself. :) Now that's a thought worth hanging on to.

Oct 4, 2011 12:24:26 PM

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He he he, I was reading your posts about the whole Buy Nothing New for a month thing and I was all... that sounds like a good idea... and then I went, but wait... the Aussie dollar is dropping... can I wait a month to buy all the things? What if it costs so much more in a month? Then I was all, maybe I could buy nothing new on the internet. But then I realised I don't really buy anything new not on the internet... so I'll just watch you succeed instead... not buying stuff would stress me out way too much. :D

Posted by: Sarah Hull | 10/04/2011 at 01:08 PM

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