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A group I can hang with:

While many people will spend countless hours this year lining up at Wal-Mart and maxing out their credit cards at Nordstrom, a small Bay Area group has declared it will do just the opposite.

About 50 teachers, engineers, executives and other professionals in the Bay Area have made a vow to not buy anything new in 2006 -- except food, health and safety items and underwear.

(Thanks to destabee for pointing this out this morning.)

Hmm. Remodeling your house with used drywall does NOT make sense to me. I'd have to draw the line at structural needs as well.

Food? Dangerous. There's an eating issue waiting to happen - if that's the only thing you allow yourself to buy for yourself.

Anyone who knows me, knows my love of junking around - remember, deense? Boy, you were a good sport....

I don't buy soveniers from shops when I travel. I find the thrift stores and do it there.

Underwear. Paugh. Trust me on this one. You have to be brighter than the average bear, but sheesh.

And used yardage? PULEEZE. Raw materials really don't come used that often. I'd make an exception for anything you can make from scratch. Including pencils.

EDIT: I should revise that last. The raw materials to make pencils. You know how to make pencils, don't you?

A group I can hang with:

While many people will spend countless hours this year lining up at Wal-Mart and maxing out their credit cards at Nordstrom, a small Bay Area group has declared it will do just the opposite.

About 50 teachers, engineers, executives and other professionals in the Bay Area have made a vow to not buy anything new in 2006 -- except food, health and safety items and underwear.

(Thanks to destabee for pointing this out this morning.)

Hmm. Remodeling your house with used drywall does NOT make sense to me. I'd have to draw the line at structural needs as well.

Food? Dangerous. There's an eating issue waiting to happen - if that's the only thing you allow yourself to buy for yourself.

Anyone who knows me, knows my love of junking around - remember, deense? Boy, you were a good sport....

I don't buy soveniers from shops when I travel. I find the thrift stores and do it there.

Underwear. Paugh. Trust me on this one. You have to be brighter than the average bear, but sheesh.

And used yardage? PULEEZE. Raw materials really don't come used that often. I'd make an exception for anything you can make from scratch. Including pencils.

EDIT: I should revise that last. The raw materials to make pencils. You know how to make pencils, don't you?