{"id":395,"date":"2016-08-06T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2016-08-06T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T14:27:00","slug":"why-i-dont-buy-in-bulk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don&#8217;t Buy in Bulk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/buying-in-bulk.jpg\" alt=\"buying in bulk\" width=\"289\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I sound very UnAmerican when I say I don&#8217;t buy in bulk. \u00a0Isn&#8217;t that what we are supposed to do? \u00a0Buy so we have everything we need when we need it. \u00a0 At one point in my life, I really did try to buy in bulk because everyone else was doing it. \u00a0I assumed there was something wrong with me and if I would try hard enough, I would &#8220;get&#8221; it. \u00a0I tried, but I never could wrap my head around it. \u00a0I never could buy into the thought of more is better. \u00a0Here are my reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0You have to work hard to make sure you use all you bought. \u00a0It takes discipline to make enough meals to consume 10 extra large size bottles of ketchup.<\/li>\n<li>You have to store all the extra in a way that it doesn&#8217;t get lost. \u00a0If I have too much stuff, I can&#8217;t see what I have, therefore, I don&#8217;t use it. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have that much storage space I want to allocate to future needs.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m not sure the deals are all that great. \u00a0I can usually find a good enough deal through the sales on what \u00a0I need at my local grocery store. \u00a0It might cost me a few pennies more, but if I&#8217;m not wasting it, I&#8217;m actually saving money.<\/li>\n<li>I live 3 minutes from a grocery store, Target, WalMart, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, CVS, all of which, on any given day of the week, have great deals on items I need. \u00a0If you live an hour or two hours from your local store, I get it, you should be buying in bulk.<\/li>\n<li>My mind works best when surrounded by less. \u00a0When I have to manage so much stuff, it clogs up my mind. \u00a0Yes, you have to manage and think about all you have purchased. \u00a0You are now the owner of it and are responsible for its life. \u00a0You have to dust it, use it, consume it, throw it away, give it away; \u00a0whatever happens to that thing is now up to you. \u00a0I don&#8217;t want that much responsibility.<\/li>\n<li>When you go in those stores I believe you buy more than you need. \u00a0You begin to get distracted by all the cool stuff and start justifying buying things you didn&#8217;t even know you needed or wanted when you walked in the door.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There you have it. \u00a0Sorry, Sam&#8217;s and Costco, I prefer peace over possessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I sound very UnAmerican when I say I don&#8217;t buy in bulk. \u00a0Isn&#8217;t that what we are supposed to do? 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