A little over a year ago, I embarked upon a No Buy Year, challenging myself to only purchase necessary items and services (groceries, medical expenses, household bills and a couple of exceptions such as birthday & Christmas gifts for others, though not for myself). I thought it would be fun. It was! But it was a whole lot of other things too.

What my Barbie Perfume Maker Taught Me about the Nature of wanting: My No Buy Year Part 2