Against Oniomania

[cherydactyl]

oniomania (O-nee-uh-MAY-nee-uh, -MAYN-yuh) noun: Compulsive shopping; excessive, uncontrollable desire to buy things.

I just finished reading Not Buying It: My year without shopping. Wow. I don't think it possible to go whole hog on this project with kids unless you drop out of the culture or become amish or something, but definitely food for thought. On the other hand: imagine raising a daughter without Disney Princesses anywhere in sight!!! Oh, yes, please!

Highly reccomended.

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[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

The made an exception for "necessities," chiefly food. But the discussion of necesary vs luxury food was a recurrent theme, as you can imagine. Prepared food was a no-no, pretty much. The couple in question argued about whether wine was a necesity a few times, and the guy ended up making his own beer and wine by the end.