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Author Archives: Stacy
Week 2, Day 1: Remembering My Roots
As the cash register rang up $150, my face went white and my palms started to shake. I felt nauseous and instantly began sorting through the bags to put things back. Since I'd left home at 18, I'd never spent more than $60 at the grocery store -- frequently much less -- and that for a week of groceries.
Week 2: No Spending Money – Prologue
All-in-all, it was pretty easy to walk away empty-handed, and I had a heckuva good time congratulating myself on not being a consumer tool of the man. And then I lost my wallet.
Week 1, Epilogue: Cutting the Cord
In the last week I have watched only three things: A documentary on Sudanese refugees, an animated short about a young girl growing up in Iran and the global warming documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
