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The struggle to Not Buy Stuff continues. Currently it's centered around clothes. I have plenty of clothes, as do most of us. But I wear the same 6 or 7 things over and over. Most of my clothes don't fit, I guess. Or they don't look good, or they're not useful for the situations I find myself in these days. But I look at my mountain of clothes and I *know* I shouldn't buy any more. I have plenty of stuff that fits, and a few things that are OK for work (though not ideal), and I don't need anything just because I'm sick of the stuff I have. I would love to buy a couple of classy work blouses, and some new Birks, and a few other things that have been dancing around in my head. But I'm trying to hold off. I'm just not very good at limiting myself.

A little while ago, a friend from another country came to visit. She's been all over the world. I guess I was embarrassed enough about paying a nanny to help care for my kid that I felt I needed to defend myself by blathering on about how we're "not rich." I meant by SF standards, income levels, blah blah blah... But she looked me in the eye and said "But you ARE. Very rich." Well, OF COURSE I am, in the grand scheme of things. I felt so stupid.

We're all so rich in possessions. How do you resist the pull of consumerism in your life?