I’m being buried in a sea of catalogs!  I love the holidays, but really!  I think I’ve received at least 4 catalogs a day since the end of October.  OK, let’s do math, that is 32, yes siree, 32 catalogs in 9 days.  Yikes, I will have to take one carload of just catalogs to the recycling center by Christmas if this keeps up. 

Catalogs not only take up space but they do something else.  They encourage my family to buy things.  I know that is the point of the catalogs, but when we are trying to reduce our consumption, it makes things harder.  For most of us, out of sight, out of mind works very well.  And I certainly don’t need more stuff to manage in our household. 

This piece of advice might be too late for this season, but it is worth taking advantage of the service if you, too, are being buried in a sea of paper.  On Mom Go Green, you’ll find this great site for registering to reduce your catalog load.  While we’re at it, you can also reduce your junk mail load by going here to the New American Dream site.  Then all those credit card offers to help you pay off your Christmas debt from the catalogs will stop clogging your mail box.

So, after shoveling the catalogs out of my house, I’m going outside to enjoy the rest of fall while it is here.