NOT New Year's Resolutions......

This is not a New Year's Resolution, because everyone knows that don't last.  As in, exercise equipment covered in laundry by March, musical instrument abandoned in a corner alongside the instructional booklet bought with it, or, the perennial favorite, diet book buried under a pile of magazines.  Uh-huh, the stereotype is in place for a reason.

So I'm NOT making any resolutions, per se, just specific steps to a better-version-of-me lifestyle.  First, a formal commitment to less consumption.  In the past I've politely declined plastic bags if allowed to carry something out in hand, or demurred in favor of paper, or even toted along my own previously used bags.  But quite frequently I would still have to do an unplanned dash to the grocery or drug store, and add to my plastic bag stash.  Now, however, I have a designated shopping bag I'll keep in my car for these occasions.  Check it out....

It was only 99 cents at the checkout counter, so I thought, "Why not?!"  I'd still like to find a cool crochet pattern for a market bag, but I'll get to that later.  This is a small step, I know, but I plan to make this a long term change.

More improvements will be discussed as they occur to me....  Right now the most important change I'm looking for is employment!  Much time has been spent today and yesterday searchin online and emailing resumes.  Hopefully that will yield some result pretty quickly.