Daily Archives: December 12, 2008
“The Romance of Thrift”
“Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance…thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste…if a man could undertake to make use of all the things in his dustbin, he … Continue reading
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Broke – but not broken!
I live in Montréal with my Fiancé and our two teenaged kids. In September 2008, I was laid off from my full-time (dead-end, mind-numbing, soul-sucking) job as a corporate Receptionist. Now, I certainly was not making mountains of money, but … Continue reading
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