I've been mulling something over, and I am ready to commit. As you all know, I'm like super green. Neon Green, so green the Sierra Club calls me for advice on how to reduce their carbon footprint. In all fairness though, my greenness is, in a large part, due to a lack of green backs!
What I have decided to do, as part of my green initiative, is not purchase anything new for Christmas. Everything we give this year will be preowned/used/swapped for/crafted. I will be going to resale shops, hanging on etsy, ebay, paperback swap, thredup and so forth. To keep me on track and on target, I am setting down some for my challenge and will post updates and picks on how it goes.
What about the people I give gifts to this year? How are they going to take getting someone else's treasures as a gift? Good point. On my side of the family, they won't mind--they are all pretty crunchy. My kids? To be honest, let's see if they notice! The man? really he shouldn't get any gifts anyway as he has a well documented history of buying everything he wants and then asking me to return whatever I get him. For everyone else, I will have to make sure to put more time and effort into picking a gift than I would normally and that is why this is a challenge, right? Can't make it too easy.
Rules:
1. Buy no new stuff for Christmas. Would something NIB purchased off Ebay be OK? I say yes because it isn't new from the store. It is still preowned.
2. What about crafts? If it is a craft that is primarily re purposed then yes it is OK.
3. What about making a craft? Same as purchasing a complete craft.
4. What about like giving cookies? This is a great question, I am going to say that if I am making cookies to send to school or b/cause I am going somewhere this isn't a 'gift' and doesn't count.
Am I missing anything? Let me know! Do you know of a great resale shop? Brick & Mortar or Virtual? LMK!
The hardest part will be not doing Black Friday. Oh I am so going to miss BF this year. :-(
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Friday, September 30, 2011
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