Saturday was the one year mark for not buying new; my "Jubilee day" according to the original Compact. I've managed to go a whole year without buying any new clothes! I did buy a folding bike, but I defend that by saying it is green and will last for many many years ;-)
I've bought a few health and safety items, which were allowed under the original Compact and a few presents for friends and family - they weren't taking part in my not buying new year.
So to celebrate I have allowed myself to buy a couple of new things that I have been wanting all year - I've ordered the organic hankies and I've bought an ink converter for my fountain pens. I can justify these as they'll be green - no more disposable tissues and no throw away pens - I'm all set for green writing now with a refillable fountain pen or two ;-)
I also couldn't resist buying Christmas cards from Oxfam, at the bargain price of 50p! Does recycled count as second hand? Perhaps not!
But I don't think this is too bad considering I have bought 23 new items in the last year and that most of these aren't available second hand.
And for the next year?
I am back on the 'wagon' - lets see if I can do better this year!
Oh just had to buy some wrapping paper for BF's birthday, bought 'plain' paper so it can be recycled, not the metallic stuff that can't be recycled - I learnt that from Dick Strawbridge's book 'It's not Easy being Green'.
On a greener note, I've just emptied my first bottle of refillable shampoo, not bad considering I bought it in March! http://sleepygreen.blog.co.uk/2009/03/03/what-do-you-want-to-do-green-today-5685108/#trackbackForm
