Buy Nothing Day
So the news reporters have been all aquiver with the expectation that today's going to be a banner shopping day that will kick off the holiday season into high gear. For me, it's Buy Nothing Day.
There are a few practical reasons for this:
a) I hate holiday shopping, especially today.
b) I'll be lucky if I make it to the next paycheck without having a utility shut off or a check bounce.
c) Bonnie has already done a large percentage of our holiday shopping. She likes to have it done *by* now, just so we can avoid the malls this time of year.
Comments
Go Bonnie! I have the same philosophy about Christmas shopping (or for my son Solstice shopping). I do much of it mail order (internet mostly) and the rest I try very hard to have done by now.
I have a sister-in-law who loves the bargains and the crowded stores...finds them invigorating somehow, but she long ago figured out that even if I was in town, I wasn't going shopping with her Thanksgiving weekend.
Posted by: Suellen | November 28, 2003 01:06 PM