So, I knew as soon as I started the Buy Nothing Challenge that this post would be coming. It's been 3 months exactly and I have broken the rules. Four items and about 48 dollars later, I have to confess.
Previous to Buy Nothing Year I took a little artistic license with the project and bought a couple of baby shower gifts and also a new door for our bathroom. It had previously swung the wrong way and looked like (a probably was) a clearance item from a 1980s hardware store. We have been wanting to replace it for the entire 10 years we've lived here. 10 years! The thought of waiting til the end of Buy Nothing Year lit a fire under me.
But I digress. Buy Nothing Year started and I was there, swooning over the fact that this new door, when open, doesn't block the way to the room next door! You now don't have to leave one room and enter another with a pause, then back up and get out of your own way. And I was feeling great about these facts until I realized that in mere days the door knob was going to hammer a hole in the wall being it. So, short story long I went to the Re-Store and bought a 27 cent door stop.
The second misstep happened when I was leaving a restaurant located in a bookstore with my sons. We had a 2 hour drive ahead of us (without my husband) and on the way out we walked by a display of kids' books, stealthily located near the door. My older son would. not. leave. There seems something wrong to me about the "fine-I-give-up-I'll-buy-it-so-we-can-go!" attitude but speaking in my other ear was another voice saying "It's-just-Curious-George-and-look-it's-bilingual!" It wasn't until I was at the register with my credit card out that I remembered the Challenge. $10.85 and one more strike.
The last two items are diaper related. As part of this Challenge my plan was to use only the washable diapers that we already had, but for both my kids at night, pre-folds do not cut it. My older son had a rash on his bottom that I could not justify to myself. So, both kids got a pack of diapers, just for sleeping.
On a positive note, I am in love with the toothpaste I've been making as a result of the challenge, and have been doing no-poo with the kids. Before the challenge, I tried to minimize the amount of things I purchased, but feel much more aware now of the even edible purchases I make. Here's to this Confession Post having no sequel!
