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Aquaria

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16. Can't help you out with this one.

Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:53 PM

Nov 2019

I need TP today, after my cat decided that the brand new supply I had in the pantry was a scratching post. Or a wolverine that needed annihilating, from how she massacred the stuff. And I have maybe a foot left on the roll on the spoke that survived her wrath.

I am not doing without TP to save the earth. Ain’t happening.

Besides, my husband works at a grocery store. He’s leaving early today, because business is dead. The morning of Black Friday is the perfect time to shop in peace and quiet. You’ll all but have the store to yourself. My kind of grocery shopping day!

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Buy Nothing Day [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 OP

What a fabulous idea. Ohiogal Nov 2019 #1

Rec! Ponietz Nov 2019 #2

Been doing this for years Maeve Nov 2019 #3

Here's the thing... Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #4

Look at it this way, Dennis.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #5

We should address store employees issues with higher wages, no on call scheduling Merlot Nov 2019 #7

Nah, we're fine. Bradical79 Nov 2019 #25

Green consumerism will only delay the day of reckoning bucolic_frolic Nov 2019 #6

K&R for truth. I fear we're fighting a losing battle. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #10

I'm so frugal Ohiogal Nov 2019 #27

I have been practicing buy nothing day after thanksgiving for several years. lark Nov 2019 #8

Thanks for those positive vibes, Lark. Really needed them today. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #12

I get it, writing things out is very cathartic. I often do this. lark Nov 2019 #15

K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #9

K&R UTUSN Nov 2019 #11

Great idea. Or better yet if you do buy, buy from local, small, mom & pop stores. Pepsidog Nov 2019 #13

In our area, Saturday is "Buy Local Day" LakeArenal Nov 2019 #14

Can't help you out with this one. Aquaria Nov 2019 #16

Great idea. Now..can we have a day of respite from el pendejo in WH. No pics, no videos, no tweets RestoreAmerica2020 Nov 2019 #17

today is stay home day for me ! :) AllaN01Bear Nov 2019 #18

Reverend Billy, and the "Church of Stop Shopping." 3Hotdogs Nov 2019 #19

LOL, I remember that one from many years ago (W's years?). KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #31

I'm observing National Stop Shopping Day today KSNY Nov 2019 #20

Indeed is a job posting site. milestogo Nov 2019 #21

I can get get down with that. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2019 #22

betcha can't stop with just 1 Buy Nothing Day Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #23

Normally, I never buy anything on the Friday after Thanksgiving. MineralMan Nov 2019 #24

Hey, any day is OK to buy tools (says the unrepentant tool freak)... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #29

I'm out of cat food so I will have to buy *something* today. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #26

Oh, so buy nothing eh? Are we supposed to shut off the water, electricity, gas too, so we won't ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #28

I think the intent is good and well-founded with the basic concepts of.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #33

the perfect must ALWAYS be the enemy of the good!!!!! Nature Man Nov 2019 #42

Bought my mom a battery for her whistler162 Nov 2019 #30

I've never shopped Raftergirl Nov 2019 #32

I like your concepts. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #34

our whole extended family buys nothing central scrutinizer Nov 2019 #35

Very nice. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2019 #37

To Hell with that Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #36

You got my sleepy brain trying to envision a machine you use to wash your garden hoses.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #39

Those are the damned rubber ones Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #40

That massive space-age R&D program resulted in.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #41

I suggest that you buy nothing...if you want to. Otherwise, buy what you want... brooklynite Nov 2019 #38