Shopaholic Reform: Monday's Daily Damage

Tuesday, March 16

Monday's Daily Damage

$1.25 - Diet Pepsi (I always feel the need for a cold drink when it's warm out, and since drinking beer at work is frowned upon...most of the time, a DP had to do)
$74.97 - Ann Taylor Factory Store
$120 - A. Quinn Hair Salon

I'm not going to lie, having to disclose just how much I pay on hair products and maintenance is making me feel a little exposed. I suppose that's one of the reasons I started this blog though, full-frontal, uncomfortable, terrifying disclosure. Right? Anyways, I may just be one of the most well groomed hippies out there, as you can see by my "health and beauty" expenditures. I personally don't think that $120 is an astronomical amount to pay for a hair cut, especially when you take into consideration that it includes tip ($20) AND results in a hair cut that does not make me look like a poodle. Both good things.

I suppose I could just go back to dreadlocks and avoid the cost of just about all hair related expenses, aside from the occasional jar of bees wax (helps keep the dreads tamed and frizz free...a necessity).

Behold...the dawning of the dreads!

They had an interesting product I've never seen before at Quinn, Onesta. Heard of it? It's supposedly a new eco-friendly hair car product. It uses all natural ingredients and Arthur (hair stylist at Quinn) says that it works wonders, but is no replacement for Ouidad when it comes those with the curls.

Images taken from A. Quinn salon's website.

Check out Onesta's website for yourself.

So I know what you're thinking, what was I doing spending money at Ann Taylor?! Well, as I have proved...repeatedly, I am weak. I had to go pick up some goodies for a bachelorette that I am co-hosting this weekend and couldn't resist the temptation of going in, particularly b/c I have come to hate most of the items in my closet...this tends to happen now and again throughout the year. I ended up getting a pair of work pants b/c my work pants are getting to be a sad sight, a t-shirt and a white wrap-like top. Pretty basic stuff. Don't you worry, I will be posting a listing of the bachelorette goodies after the party this Saturday...clearly I can't post it now, or it will kinda ruin the surprise.

I am already dreading posting the monthly wrap up...it's going to be ugly. God I am horrible at this resolution stuff.

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)