tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466983.post110174001268279720..comments2008-12-09T08:20:16.459-05:00jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223648349703832539noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466983.post-1101758922922235352004-11-29T15:08:00.000-05:002004-11-29T15:08:00.000-05:00Yes Krista, I would also add that what you bought, does not count. I think the heart of 'Buy Nothing Day' is to not be consumeristic. You did just fine. Thanks for the addition Rick.jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223648349703832539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466983.post-1101754058736308562004-11-29T13:47:00.000-05:002004-11-29T13:47:00.000-05:00I don't dare go to the mall on the Friday after Thanksgiving, but I wonder-does going to the grocery store to buy eggnog and stamps count for or against "buy nothing" day? It wasn't the mall, which is what I assume you meant, but I needed stamps. (I could rationalize why I "needed" eggnog, but let's face it: it's just eggnog.) -kristaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466983.post-1101750397279322392004-11-29T12:46:00.000-05:002004-11-29T12:46:00.000-05:00It's a backlash movement against the largest shopping day of the year; the day after Thanksgiving. As some have understood this day to be a holiday in itself (an ode to good consumerism), "buy nothing day" has been the going on for a number of years now. I try to participate each year, though this day I was in my former whereabouts, and decided to purchase one of my favorite coffees, which helped to provide fair wages for the underimpoverished bean pickers of Guatemala.jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223648349703832539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466983.post-1101746433526656942004-11-29T11:40:00.000-05:002004-11-29T11:40:00.000-05:00I'm confused, what is "Buy Nothing Day?"AlexPopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598978883878591669noreply@blogger.com