Remember the 3 R's? - Enter the Edmonton Reuse Centre

Last Friday I was at the Reuse Centre in Edmonton, http://www.edmonton.ca/for_residents/garbage_recycling/reuse-centre.aspx. Now there's something to show off, please other cities in the world take a look and follow. The Reuse Centre is filled with shelves and boxes containing books, candles & candle holders, office tools, wooden stuff, lots of craft supplies or things that can be used as such e.g. leftover wall paper & fabrics, wool, needles, used greeting cards, papers, buttons, wrapping paper, posters, ... So you go in, look through as much stuff as you want or can, take whatever you want and however much you like, pay 5 dollars and leave. Great idea. The stuff gets dropped off by people who don't need it any more so people like me who like cheap crafts can pick it up. I say cheap crafts because I am not at all interested in e.g Stampin' Up which is basically an expensive form of card making because you ought to by the supplies from that company that also tells you through its self-employed demonstrators how to arrange the bits and pieces of the supplies. 

A little excursion of mine: 
I am not into hoarding so I can go into the Reuse Centre without wanting to take just about everything home. I always think first what I could need something for, or do my research before I go buy something to start with. I mention this because when I walk past book stores I sometimes get annoyed about the book titles and wonder who would buy such books. What a waste of paper! There is books on how to de-clutter your home - well, don't clutter it up in the first place. Worse than that, the book titled "The life you want". What does that author know about what I want in life? I suppose the assumption is we all want lots of money so we can do whatever we want but we don't want to work hard for it, if at all. Sorry, but life without a job is pretty darn boring to me. Well, I got a super adorable baby but that only helps so much. As a matter of fact, if I was not to work again I'd need a lot of money so I can go travel, climb mountains, swim in the ocean, ... I don't think my husband would be pleased since he will not come along because he needs to earn that money. Oh, but maybe the book can tell him how to get the money without working, then he could join in the fun. I think I go buy the book now .... just kidding.