About a week to go......................
Well -- the shopping frenzy is about to begin in earnest. Oh no ..... not me. I no longer think that an over-drawn bank account and the mandatory menu of bean soup in January are necessary for a happy successful Christmas.
But a lot of people will be hustling around this weekend, trying to find the perfect doodad. Something else to dust. A hunk of Chinese-made plastic to sit on a shelf.
So it is time for me to pull out my soap box and do my semi-monthly pitch for buying local! I'm membership chair for Buy Fresh, Buy Local. We talk food. But this has got to go beyond food to build a successful economy. In the Quad-Cities. In Iowa. Even in the United States.
I really don't think China qualifies at local.
I could be wrong. I was once. Hence, a starter marriage. But I digress.
So today's post for Blog for Iowa was about 12 great places to shop/buy gifts for Christmas.
It absolutely amazes me that if you spend $100 at a locally owned business, only $27 will leave the community. But if you spend that same $100 at Wal-Mart or Target or K-Mart ( the list can go on and on!) $57 will totally leave the community.
So support your friends and neighbors and shop locally.
As Martha would say ................. It's a Good Thing.
But a lot of people will be hustling around this weekend, trying to find the perfect doodad. Something else to dust. A hunk of Chinese-made plastic to sit on a shelf.
So it is time for me to pull out my soap box and do my semi-monthly pitch for buying local! I'm membership chair for Buy Fresh, Buy Local. We talk food. But this has got to go beyond food to build a successful economy. In the Quad-Cities. In Iowa. Even in the United States.
I really don't think China qualifies at local.
I could be wrong. I was once. Hence, a starter marriage. But I digress.
So today's post for Blog for Iowa was about 12 great places to shop/buy gifts for Christmas.
It absolutely amazes me that if you spend $100 at a locally owned business, only $27 will leave the community. But if you spend that same $100 at Wal-Mart or Target or K-Mart ( the list can go on and on!) $57 will totally leave the community.
So support your friends and neighbors and shop locally.
As Martha would say ................. It's a Good Thing.
Comments
I don't do the shop till you drop thing. Most times i am done shopping in July or august. This year, i have one thing for my sis, one for my mom, one for each of my daugthers and I cook for the rest of people, thats it. I figured a baked cake is good it has lots of love, time, labor that goes into it that is priceless......