We had the best intentions: celebrate Buy Nothing Day at home, avoid the crowds, and paint the corner bedroom.
We got one coat on—just barely—but it really needs a second coat. And we just ran out of paint. So we're off to the store...
Oh well. While we're fully aware that we were still consuming (by using paint we had previously purchased) we really wanted to stay above the fray.
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Comments (9)
I bought breakfast. Oops.
I think the idea is skipping the mass orgy of consumerism related to holiday shopping, so I had no problem buying normal things I had been planning to get on my next day off...groceries (quiet at the store...everyone else must have been at the mall) and a book my local bookshop ordered for me.
Funny, but Friday was the first time I heard about the NO SHOPPING thing. I like it.
I also bought breakfast, but then I spent an hour or so finding canned goods in my kitchen for the local food pantry and taking two bags over to Housing Works. I like the idea of Buy Nothing Day, but unless you replace shopping with a better activity -- volunteering, hanging out with friends, whatever -- and cut back on the number and type of gifts you're giving to people, you're just putting off the consumer orgy until Saturday.
I have a big job interview tomorrow and I really needed a suit--I definitely lose.
I actually didn't buy a thing today and had no idea it was buy nothing day!!
My pug and I stayed on the sofa and just napped all day.
BOY did that feel good!
I ended up working. I think in about another week, I'll start stressing about what to give to my new niece and nephew.
For more support resisting the consumer orgy of December,
there's a very funny movie
"What Would Jesus Buy?"
http://www.wwjbmovie.com/