I am still having a hard time with that one, myself... always sorely tempted by yarn shops, thrift shops, sales on art materials (online or in shops), tools, books, movies I like on DVD... we all have our vices and I have often succumbed to the one called "buying yourself toys and goodies to make up for spending 40-60 hrs a week working for someone else."  but after retirement I'll have to watch my expenditures closely and that will cure that particular pathology, real fast :-)

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

so excited to meet this eco-engineer tomorrow!

it sounds like you're pretty conscious about lightening your load on the planet to me.

the best thing is, it's fun!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty