My weekend was a pleasant change from chores to simply visiting lovely friends and family. It was indeed hectic and our return to the chaos of our home on Sunday night sent me into a mild panic. So out of the goodness of Rich’s heart he worked into the early hours of the morning helping me get things a little more organised.

For the last two weeks, I have been questioning why we spend money? Why status is tied up in stuff? Why we want more than we can afford? So a book that I picked up just before Christmas I have since now bought and started reading it. My mind is racing with ideas of hope, change, raising the bar and a general disgust with what we have gently accepted as right when is comes to consumerism. Judith Levine’s book ‘Not buying it’ is a political and social insight into our consumerist society. BS has been my sounding buddy, as she feels the same, so here I am hoping to lead by example, even though it is far from comfortable. But I no longer want an entitlement attitude to stuff or why I spend money. I simply just want to think about it, before I do it! I want to ask questions that push my comfort zone out of ‘my’ world into a more socially and globally aware attitude.