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Fri 11 Nov 2008One man's plan to live a year without spending a cent
Tomorrow is 'Buy Nothing Day', a chance to ease the pressure on your conscience - and your wallet - but will anyone pay a blind bit of notice,? asks Fionola Meredith
IN TODAY'S BRACING economic climate, there's a renewed interest in the austere pleasures of frugality. Buy Nothing Day is tomorrow, and we are all encouraged to take a "global holiday from consumerism" and have a 24-hour break from any kind of shopping. It certainly has an added resonance this year.
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