Thanksgiving Day is good, but I'm really thankful for the day after T'give, when people go back to their lairs and lie around quietly.
As is my yearly tradition, I almost-but-not-quite participated in Buy Nothing Day on the day after Thanksgiving. For the unacquainted, here's the Wikipedia entry, and here's the Adbusters page on it.
Back in the day, I used to print BND posters, hang them in my cube, and talk it up among my friends. Theseadays, I just try to quietly observe it myself.
Regardless, in most years I wind up going out to eat on BND, and spend at least a little money. I tap on the anti-consumerism drum all year long, so I'm comfortable with a little blackness on this Friday.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Black Friday
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sometimes i'm a little out of touch with the world. I didn't even think about BND or Black Friday this year, both of which I have supported enthusiastically at different times over the years. In my not celebrating either day, I bought my mom a wedding photo, something I'd been promising for years now. Maybe a vanilla latte, too, but from the be-good-buy-local Chestnut Hill Coffee. Also, I bought some tires, but I really needed those, too. Well, I guess I flubbed BND this year, but I have taken the Buy Handmade pledge. I'm going to try really hard to give everyone on my list at least 1 handmade something this year....
I'm intrigued by the Buy Handmade pledge. I've seen it around lately.
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