August 27, 2023

One idea to keep it slow and simple… Your own home shopping network

It’s that time of year when all the signs announce that we should be shopping. It’s back-to-school sales, Labor Day sales, fall wardrobe restocks, and on into the fall and winter buying seasons.

Now that we think about it—is there a time of year when we are not encouraged to buy things? Now might be the right time to remind ourselves that what we need and even what we want may already be in our houses.

It’s time to browse your own home shopping network.

Start in your fridge…what future soups come out of hiding? Move on to your closet or dresser drawers—all the way to the deepest corners. Pull out that 1990s-era top and wow a teen in your life. (As a teen I loved to wear my dad’s polyester button-downs from the 70s, with their cool patterns and absurd collars.)

After such successes, you may be inspired to tackle your catch-all drawer (OK, drawers). In ours, we found some colorful tape and glue sticks we didn’t remember buying. Art may well ensue.

You may just find that you live in abundance and treasure without a single trip to the mall.

And some clickable fun

We love to discover and share, so we’ve added three cool clickables. And just so you know, when we list products, it’s just because we like them. We’re not sponsored by anything but our dreams and imaginations.

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