Here's What You Do to Stop Shopping

You don't have the willpower even you need to stop shopping. There are plenty of ways to still get everything you want without opening your wallet. Here are just few of them:

Borrowing, bartering, and taking stuff others want to unload are age-old strategies for getting what you need without spending any money. Luckily, there are a growing number of new twists on these old standbys.

Staying away from the mall is a great way to save money, gas, the resources needed for making new products from scratch, and space in the landfill.

Log onto Freecycle and other reuse groups, or search the "free stuff" category on Craigslist to find things your neighbors are giving away is just another thing you can do to stop shopping.