Tag: inventory

  • Saturday Lapse, Sunday Penance

    Saturday Lapse, Sunday Penance

    Zero spending for me this week, besides food, gas and train fare. I am supportive of the various calls for strikes, like an economic blackout day on Feb. 28. But to really get any attention/leverage, I think everyone would have to scale back spending more and for longer than that. Come over to the no-spend…

  • Inordinate Amounts of Cheese

    Inordinate Amounts of Cheese

    Last week did not kick off as expected. Saturday night, Tom and F. were puking simultaneously. Sunday, more of the same. I did not get sick but didn’t feel great. Not a great way to watch the Eagles win the Super Bowl, but we powered through. (Boys were OK.) This illness (which eventually affected the…

  • And the Candle Burns Another Night

    And the Candle Burns Another Night

    Well well well, another week of almost zero spending. Several of the crunchy/minimalist/frugal Instagram accounts I follow have said lately that they see not spending as a form of protesting this administration. For me, I wouldn’t say it’s the main catalyst behind my non-spending, since I’ve done it to different degrees for a long time.…

  • Serotonin and Oxytocin

    Serotonin and Oxytocin

    [composed Sunday night] I was texting with a friend today about January. I have these moments of energy and optimism, I said, but then it’s back to blah. For instance, leaving work in the evening, walking east down Market Street, and realizing that despite the cold, it’s still light out, a pretty, purply twilight —…