Happy Black Friday

Now that the Thanksgiving victual gorging is over, we can celebrate the beginning of another form of over-consuming.

Apparently I need to engage in this to prepare for the upcoming holiday:

Or this:






Don't get me wrong. I like to shop. I like to get gifts. I like to give gifts. I just get scared and sad when I think about people literally getting trampled for the sake of stuff.

So after I dug out of the avalanche of sale ads in the yesterday's newspaper, I found a few things on-line to help me stay focused and try to simplify:




this book or this book

and this book




And as usual, Mothering Magazine has this article
that speaks to kids and consumerism.

Have a good Friday.