New Ideas?

Some ideas that we had thrown around for 2009 and 2010 that never came to fruition:

(1) buying only food items at the grocery that have a minimum % of your RDA of vitamins/nutrients (like each item must have at least 30% of your RDA of any one vitamin, mineral, protein, fiber, etc). This was vetoed by Elliott. I think we would have been so miserable our relationship might not have survived it. Also I'm not sure how it would have worked mathematically-- like, I wouldn't be allowed to buy cocoa powder because it doesn't contain any nutrients even if I plan to have it in soy milk, but I could buy chocolate soy milk b/c it's already combined?

(2) All non-consumable goods purchased must be second-hand. This was almost our pact in 2010 after we discovered the Brunswick "Antique Mall" (read: dead grandmothers' attics). In some of the booths you can still smell grandma. Dead grandma.

There was also the Second Time Around Annex on Fore Street where tops were $5, pants were $10, and jackets were $20. Of course, it closed about 2 weeks after I first discovered it. Hey, I'm currently wearing a sweater I bought there.

I think the second idea is still doable. Maybe we'll start the year in March. Or wait until 2011. Thing is, we bought a condo in August and we're still tweaking/insulating/decorating. I'll post some pics of my favorite flea market finds, including our angry fisherman lamp.