What Are You Doing for Buy Nothing Day?
Most Americans think of the Friday after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, the official, frenzied kickoff to the holiday shopping season. But in some circles, November 28 is known as Buy Nothing Day.
That’s right, there’s a growing international movement, publicized via YouTube, activists and bloggers, encouraging shoppers to experience what it feels like to opt out of the consumer culture, if only for a day. The notion of Buy Nothing Day was born of a desire to protect the environment by consuming less; it could also do wonders for your finances if you skip the big shopping rally and, better yet, change your mindset about overindulging at all.
Are you planning on scaling back your holidays this year? If you are, are you doing so to save some money or save the planet?
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We are not planning to shop on Black Friday this year,we don’t normally shop on Black Friday anyway. We are usually last minute shoppers. However, this year we are not planning to exchange gifts with family, just buying gifts for our two boys and each other if we are able. We are also thinking about doing something for a local charity instead.
November 24, 2008 8:39 pmMost people wake up at 3 am on Black Friday to take a bulk out of their Christmas shopping away due to all of the sales. As for me, I usually wait until 1 week before Christmas to do my Christmas shopping. I am not being selfish or careless it’s just I like to wait to the last minute to get things done. I’s just a habit I will probably never be able to get rid of.
November 25, 2008 3:33 pm