Buy Nothing Day

I'm quite the capitalist. Yeah market! Yeah free trade! But a day like today is kind of overboard. I like getting out to the stores on a busy evening or Sunday afternoon with the Christmas decorations and carols.

But today it's just icky. There's no Christmas spirit, just Christmas sales. People are at their worst, partly because they've been up since 6:00 am getting the best deals, I'm sure.

Anyway, this is a day for not going to a store. "Buy Nothing Day" as a group of some anti-consumerism folks are calling it. Go to the movies, go to a restaurant, go for a walk (although it's absolutely a downpour here right now), or go for a drink. But I'm going to stay away from the stores.