Shopaholic Reform: Tuesday's Daily Damages (7/6)

Tuesday, July 6

Tuesday's Daily Damages (7/6)

$50 - The Container Store
$26.50 - Steep and Cheap

Today was not a good day as far as my will power goes. Technically I spent the $$ at The Container Store yesterday but I took the money out of the bank to give to Aaron (we split the cost) today...so I'm counting it as a purchase today. I will be moving in with Aaron out in the burbs this September so I'm slowly starting to move things over to his place, I have no desire to move in one day especially on September 1st, when my lease is up. Any of you who have moved in or out of an apartment in Boston on September 1st know exactly what I'm talking about. It's hell.

So anyways, the Container Store purchase was various items to help organize our lives. Between the two of us we have FAR too much stuff and it will need to be organized or I will go insane and kill myself. That being said here's some of the items we purchased (not exactly flashy so don't get excited)...

DVD hiding devices (I do not love things out in the open). Everything should have a home.

Most organized spices on the block people...nevermind that I don't know what to do with them, not important.

I realize this is kind of ummm...hideous, but it's going in the closet. Out of site, out of mind.

Yes, this is a wrapping paper organizer. Don't judge...I will have the more organized wrapping paper on the block. Not to mention I won't have to throw any away b/c it's been crumpled up into a ball after being shoved in the back of a closet.

As far as my purchase on Steep and Cheap...well I blame my dear friend Agatha (not her real name) for that. She brought my attention to the capris shown below, and I caved. My love for the color green and comfortable pants runs deep, I couldn't resist.

Royal Robbins on Steep and Cheap. $19.99 from $47.95

1 comment:

Agatha said...: Those green pants are great! And I love the wrapping paper organizer. I registered for one of those bad boys.; July 7, 2010 at 11:51 AM

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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)