What don't you spend money on?

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Permalink Reply by Jenna on January 13, 2009 at 12:42pm

Yes, I think my hair has improved a lot since not using shampoo/conditioner. There are so many chemicals in them that we don't need on our head, and don't need our skin absorbing. I go into the shower with 2 big plastic cups (maybe 18-20 oz?) filled about 1/2 an inch high with baking soda in one and white distilled vinegar in the other. I fill them up with water, and pour over my head one at a time. When you use the baking soda, make sure you work in through your hair, to break up the grease.

I've been doing this in place on shampoo/conditioner since the end of October...it's so liberating to know I wont spend thousands of dollars throughout my life on something I really don't need.

Hope this helps :)

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Permalink Reply by Justin on January 13, 2009 at 4:06am

I don't shop at Walmart anymore, checkout: The Walmart Effect, and I don't eat at Carls Jr. anymore. THANK GOD! Sigh of relief...

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Permalink Reply by Clement on January 13, 2009 at 8:39am

Love. No matter how hard you try, you can never 'buy' love and in a capitalist world, this is sometimes a very difficult concept to grasp.

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Permalink Reply by Ashly on January 13, 2009 at 8:47am

I dont buy make up (in fact I got rid of it all), cleaning product (sal suds), deodorant, chemical shampoo, hair products, I dont uses plastic bags( i know you dont buy that) I try to stay away from anything I can make at home! <<3 a ; ]

p.s. phew...we are a bunch of planet saving mo fo's!
<<3 it...

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Permalink Reply by VEGAN SEALS on January 13, 2009 at 10:03am

Shoes,
Protein Shakes
Medicine
Meat!!
Soda
and so on!

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Permalink Reply by Jenna on January 13, 2009 at 12:29pm

Ah, there's one I forgot to mention - medicine! No more prescriptions, advil, vitamins, etc. Woohoo.

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte on April 7, 2009 at 6:27am

Alcohol!! and junk food :) my friends spend crazy amounts of money on drinks - sometimes £30 a night! and they go out drinking at least twice a week! :O so glad I got out of that lifestyle :)

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Permalink Reply by iNevrBinOnTvB4 on April 7, 2009 at 7:30pm

I don't spend anymore money on supposed health products like:
Silk Soy milk
natures valley granola bar
General mills honey nut cherrios
You know the things you thought you were making a good choice about.
Wheat Bread

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Permalink Reply by aishwarya on June 10, 2009 at 1:29am

oh gosh i used to buy so much of soy products and whole wheat too. :p haha

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Permalink Reply by RaeVynn on April 11, 2009 at 9:08am

We gave up TV (cable) 8 years ago.
We don't shop Walmart.
I don't buy perfumes.
I no longer use toothpaste (Dr Bronner's soap and baking soda now)
No more processed "food"
Became vegetarian 5.5 years ago. No more dead animals
Became vegan 4 years ago. No more animal products.
Became raw a couple of months ago. No more cooked foods. :)
Stopped coloring my hair. No more hair dye.
Our cat is vegan. No more packaged cat food.
We shop a local food co-op, farmer's market, and a local produce market a lot more now.

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Permalink Reply by Bettina on April 24, 2009 at 2:50pm

I know Kevin Gianni did an episode on the Renegade Health Show about the diet they feed their cat.... if you go on their site and type cat, or cat-food in the search bar at the bottom right of the pge you'll access it :)

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Permalink Reply by Anna Jonsson on April 20, 2009 at 12:59pm

Today is my first totally raw day! I am not sure I will be 100% raw everyday, but at least 80...
So today, I did not spend money on processed food, no meat, no dairy, no sweets. Just FOOD! :-)
That felt good.
I am lucky to rent a house for about 950 dollars/year in the woods in Norway, with a spring a few hundred meters away. Soon I will start growing my on green leaves! I feel really encouraged by this community, and others like this one on the internet. THANKs to all of you who are here, and to Drumihl who started it!

(one other thing I never have spent and never will spend, money on is sport events)

see you!

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