Today I wanted to give up and call it quits on this blog. I didn't want to be held accountable anymore. However, I realized that my reasoning behind those feelings was spawning from a newly acquire shopping(thrift) addiction. Yes, as you have probably realized and as I am undoubtedly now aware of I have been non-stop thrift shopping. I've been on a mission to remake some aspect of my wardrobe. And this has led me to buy more goods in the last two months than I did for the last 6 months of last year. So I am calling it quits. Monday is no longer going to be a day whittled away with hours spent searching out the used goods. Nope, I am going to actively seek out some more productive means to spending my day off. However all of this was only realized after a few hours of heavy thrifting.
Of coarse today was actually a day that I didn't want to leave the house but was forced to because of the neighbors fumigation. So that lead to a trip to REI which I've been planning on doing since I bought the chalk bag and chalk that was made in china last week. I found a brand that is a little more environmentally and socially savvy. My local reasoning just wasn't sitting well with me. It is sometimes hard to determine which issue hits home more for you. I am a strong advocate for shopping/buying locally and supporting small business. But I am also strongly against imported goods that have a social and environmental price tag on them. The dilemma is which one is more important. In the end I determined that to me it was more important to alleviate the global impact than advocate the local. Not that I can't do both, but when it comes down to a particular item this is where I stand.
Prana chalk bag = made in usa
Metolius climbing tape = made in usa
Report brown winter boots = originally made in china
Merona brown fancy boots = originally made in china
McCall's pattern = originally made in usa
Simplicity pattern= originally made in usa
2 frames= no origination
Target brand frames= originally made in china
Xhilaration black shoes= originally made in china
7-1=6 = china
1 = mexico
11 = usa
28 = thrifted
Box Store Whores = 3
Small Biz = 4
Thrifty = 6
We have moved!
13 years ago
