Disengaged

In the crush of figuring out grad school next year and finishing Hopkins work, neither Owen nor I have been particularly engaged with our No-Buy Year. In one respect, it is interesting how quickly many of the tenets of the year have entered our lives. I never think about going out to meals anymore, par example. On the other hand, the project is getting a little fuzzy around the edges and we recognize that. Shopping at Costco this weekend, I bought a berry smoothie at the prepared food counter. I did not think much of it at the time, but looking back that may be a violation of the No Buy year. But who knows, because we have yet to define the exact parameters of our experiment. With this thought in mind, we promise ourselves and you that we are going to develop a precise definition of "necessary" and "groceries" soon. Just give us until the end of March.