I've been slowly chipping away at one item on my 101 in 1001 list -
36. Cancel all catalogs – especially those that arrive for past tenants
I didn't realize just how many catalogs show up in my mailbox until I started really paying attention. I bought my dad a subscription to a guitar magazine last Christmas and you wouldn't believe the guitar and audio junk mail I receive - the fact that these people can sell our addresses when we've paid them money for goods is really disgusting. So as I receive them I've been hopping on websites to cancel subscriptions and so far it's been fairly easy. I am, with a little sadness, canceling the one I get from Godiva as soon as I finish this post. Although, really, how fun is it to look at chocolate?
Oddly enough, Martha Stewart's January issue of Living contains an article about ridding yourself of just the junk mail I'm talking about - and then some. I've been wondering how to get rid of those Valpack coupons that come in the blue envelope as I've never used a single coupon. Thanks to Martha I learned that they can be canceled by filling out this form. You can also stop credit card offers and cancel specific catalogs you receive which I wish I could use but a lot of the catalogs that end up in my mailbox are addressed to past tenants so I'll have to continue to cancel them one at a time. Wait, wait, wait - I just went to that site to cancel the Godiva catalog and found out something Martha failed to mention. There's a hefty fee ($15.95) to cancel at least that particular mailing! I'll just cancel through their website thank you very much.
And I guess you could say I'm being environmentally friendly because I keep every issue of Living...only after I no longer exist might they end up in a landfill although I'm pretty sure my children will be environmentally savvy and they'll be recycled. :-)
Now I'm going to make up a dish of vanilla ice cream with Candy Cane Joe-Joe's crumbles (they're already sold out! I only got one extra box!) and watch Before Sunset (I watched Before Sunrise this morning).
Wherever you are, I hope you're safe and warm - it's messy and soon to be icy here in Dayton, Ohio....