tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post8028407572813261604..comments2008-09-27T07:39:25.700+01:00laura @ nomorespendinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805169745029764060noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-49385584897737189432008-09-27T07:39:00.000+01:002008-09-27T07:39:00.000+01:00Thank you Donna :)no more spendinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805169745029764060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-80621724782161992312008-09-27T02:26:00.000+01:002008-09-27T02:26:00.000+01:00Hi Laura,<BR/>Here in Seattle, I could get my magazine fix at the public library. The same was true when I lived in Alaska -- scores of publications, some mainstream and some really obscure or specialized.<BR/>However, I agree with the point you made about a lifestyle being sold. The more things you see, the more you're likely to want. <BR/>In fact, I somehow got a free subscription to Metropolitan Home -- I think it was a MyPoints thing -- and tried to pass them on (unread) to a relative who's in financial straits. She said she'd better not read it because it would just remind her of all the things she doesn't have.<BR/>So I take it over to the local laundromat, to give people something to read while they're waiting for their clothes to dry. It's a great place to leave unwanted magazines. Be sure to cut off the address label, though -- in this age of identity theft, one can never be too careful.<BR/>Thanks for stopping in and leaving a comment at Smart Spending. Now that I've found your blog, I've got it bookmarked. Good luck with your journey toward the debt-free life, and congratulations on the progress you've made thus far.Donna Freedmanhttp://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspendingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-52403719339834515982008-08-26T15:41:00.000+01:002008-08-26T15:41:00.000+01:00Hi kelly, thank you and thanks for visitng :)<BR/><BR/>dd -free's fine with me! :)<BR/><BR/>ft - welcome back and thank you, hope you had a good break too :)<BR/><BR/>retiredat47 - I agree, they do really pile up, there never seems to be enough time to read them. Thanks for visiting :)no more spendinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805169745029764060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-9289463845830991582008-08-26T13:30:00.000+01:002008-08-26T13:30:00.000+01:00Well said. I've stopped subscribing, although every once in a while I cave in and buy a single issue. I found I had a couple of problems with magazines - one was that I was actually feeling *guilty* as they piled up, never having enough time to read them. And then the second, more insidious problem, is that it would make me feel somewhat dissatisfied with what I have.RetiredAt47http://www.blogger.com/profile/06097006981832535060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-78667077181993641222008-08-26T10:25:00.000+01:002008-08-26T10:25:00.000+01:00Great post! I agree completely! <BR/><BR/>Hope you had a good holiday? Will email soon!Frugal Trencheshttp://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-9390586933568589592008-08-25T04:32:00.000+01:002008-08-25T04:32:00.000+01:00I don't buy magazines any more either. I do get them free from work though, does that count?Debt Dieterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649389379384846763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-19873314399586069582008-08-24T15:47:00.000+01:002008-08-24T15:47:00.000+01:00Hi, I just found your blog, and want to say that I agree about the magazines. I have subscriptions right now to seven...but after they run out this year and after I am not going to renew them. I can get copies of all but one at the local library. And you are so right about the ads and articles, tempting us to buy the new this or that. I can get sucked in pretty easy. I also think for me the internet is tough too...like I joined a site called Purse Forum because I love handbags too...but then you see pictures and hear about people having $2000 handbags and you think "well, why not me?"..it puts your thinking in a crazy place. I liked your comment about the candles too. I agree, it's easy to get persuaded to buy expensive Seda France or some other brand of candles when you see someone like Colin Cowie on Oprah talk about entertaining, etc...but in reality the cost really isn't worth it!<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>KellyKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575872158431227773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-42751618228449359932008-08-23T01:55:00.000+01:002008-08-23T01:55:00.000+01:00thanks jennifer - you're right, there's never enough time to read them all. <BR/><BR/>louise, ouch!<BR/><BR/>boomie, I have to admit I was quite surprised, but very pleased, when I didn't miss them.no more spendinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805169745029764060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-13530541195886381472008-08-23T01:35:00.000+01:002008-08-23T01:35:00.000+01:00I stopped getting magazines years ago. You can rent them free from a local library. The other day I picked up a woman's mag for the first time in years. There were so many ads to get a woman to buy anything, I couldn't get my eyes to focus.<BR/><BR/>Don't miss them at all.Boomiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06008055421955190424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-24847097330656619912008-08-22T22:15:00.000+01:002008-08-22T22:15:00.000+01:00I wish I could get my husabnd to cut down his magazines. they cost $9 - $14 each and as I'm writing this I can count 23 sitting on the coffee table, there are more in the bookcase.<BR/>He just is a sports magazine addict! I've just decided to accept it's an argument I won't win, but it does bug me when I add up what they are worth.louisehttp://eliminate-my-debt.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38833252.post-72098013857237815582008-08-22T15:54:00.000+01:002008-08-22T15:54:00.000+01:00Good for you!<BR/><BR/>I canceled mine a while back and have never regretted it! You don't get tempted and you don't have piles lying around making you feel guilty for paying for them and then not having the time to read them.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426442791606582119noreply@blogger.com