A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy Author:Sarah Lazarovic A witty, gracious, and charmingly illustrated anti-consumer manifesto — Like most people, Sarah Lazarovic covets beautiful things. But rather than giving in to her impulse to spend and acquire, Sarah spent a year painting the objects she wanted to buy instead. — Based on a visual essay that was first published on The Hairpin, A Bunch of Pretty Thi... more »ngs I Did Not Buy is a beautiful and witty take on the growing “slow shopping? movement. Sarah is a well-known blogger and illustrator, and she writes brilliantly without preaching or guilt-tripping. Whether she?s trying to justify the purchase of yet another particleboard IKEA home furnishing, debating the pros and cons of leg warmers or calculating the per-day usage cost of big-ticket items, Sarah?s poignant musings will resonate with any reader who?s ever been susceptible to an impulse buy.« less