About stuff

Despite my recent shoe purchases, I really am trying to stop being greedy.

In case you think I buy too much stuff to be anti-capitalism, let me give you a comprehensive list of my consumer purchases* since August.

-a stuffed lion for my baby sister's birthday (actually it's a cat, but we call it a lion because we like to think it's Aslan from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
-two pairs of shoes
-two new t-shirts and two funny second-hand ones
-one box of temporary hair dye
-a pair of capris
-two pairs of runners
-beads to make my baby sister the cutest bracelet
-a coupon book full of free things like waxing, Chi massages (I don't know what they are either), and haircuts
-a shell necklace from a street vendor
-acrylic and glass paints, paintbrushes, and a remarkably-complicated paint by numbers picture of a tiger
-beeswax, lavender essential oil and almond oil
-about six cheap-theater movies
-one pair of jeans from a trendy downtown consignment centre
-a year's supply of uncomfortable contacts
-tuition

I think that's it, but I may have missed a few. Besides cutting back on my straight-from-the-sweatshop purchases, I'm trying to make sure what I buy is from small local businesses.

*not including necessities like groceries, medication and shampoo
**not including going out for coffee