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I like my new kitchen

After being unemployed for nearly 10 months, my efforts to furnish our new apartment have been on the thriftier than usual side.  When I can, I buy used/second-hand when possible to keep “stuff” in the cycle and out of the landfill and to reduce the demand on production of new products.  We were lucky that a neighbor was moving out (and to South America, no less) when we were moving in and we hit up a few tag sales as well.  The majority of our free stuff has been acquired from friends and the side of the road, including a working microwave and toaster (usually that stuff is the aftermath of a tag sale).  I’m quite proud that we haven’t spent much on furniture, which is what we were mainly lacking.  I’ve found a few things on craigslist, but it does have a reputation for flaky people that don’t respond to you or remove their post when it’s gone, but there are good deals that I still look there.  Usually for the free stuff you have to be able to go there as soon as the ad is posted to get it.

Here’s a proud list of what I was able to get for absolutely FREE:

1. a queen size mattress and box spring and frame
2. 2 end tables
3. a computer desk
4. a full length mirror
5. a dresser
6. clothes hangers
7. papasan chair and lots of pillows
8. coffee table
9. flower pots
10. houseplants
11. microwave
12. toaster
13. george forman grill
14. bookshelf
15. file cabinet/end table thing
16. a chair to sit in
17. a lamp
18. kitchen stuff (drying rack, bowls, vases)

And if you want to know what a freegan is, they basically are the opposite of consumers.  Think of dumpster diving, picking berries off the roadside, etc etc.  There are people who live their lives 100% this way, which is pretty dedicated and conscientious.  So hooray for them!  We could all learn a little something from them when it comes to the mass-consumerism based-society we live in.

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