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Happy Friday everyone! We all know what we celebrate today, but did you know that today is also Buy Nothing Day?


Here is the history quoted from Nationalday.com

BUY NOTHING DAY HISTORY

Buy Nothing Day originated in Canada in September of 1992 as a way to protest the frenzy of Black Friday shopping. In 1997, the day’s founder, artist Ted Dave, moved the day to the Friday after Thanksgiving to correspond with one of the most popular shopping days in the United States.

Also from the same website a few suggestions on what to do today instead of shopping:

Instead of shopping, stay home, and relax.

Or you can try these ways to show support for the day.

Cut up credit cards.
Do a Whirl-mart – the act of disrupting others shopping by pushing your shopping cart around a store over and over while purchasing nothing.
Organize a Christmas Zombie walk – a visual expression of the obsession consumers have with Black Friday deal.
Balance your checkbook.
Read a book about counter-consumerism like the Empire of Things by Frank Trentmann.
Clean out your closet.
Donate or volunteer at a local food pantry.
Use #BuyNothingDay to post on social media.

And my personal favorite :
Scrapbook today!

Are you buying nothing today?

This is too funny!!
DH just balanced the checkbook and I am scrapping for sure starting right now!! I'm not planning on buying anything today but I do have a package to mail and a prescription to pick up. I'm definitely not shopping so that may count.

No shopping here either. I started putting up Christmas decorations today.

I did buy some things online tonight for a nephew and a couple nieces

I stayed home but did purchase a few small things we needed online - no going in to the store for me