Ah, a mellow T-day this year. Just my parents and me and a moderately sized t-day meal, consisting of mostly normal t-day foods. Nothing too extravagant, and my mom cooked everything in about an hour, which is amazing. She made little fruit tart things too, although they were more like mini cheesecake with some fruit on top. I really miss the La Bonne Bouche in St. Louis. Those fruit tarts were so fantastic. I’ve also realized I don’t have much of an attachment to traditions. I was a little sad my bro didn’t want to join us (went to his friends house instead) this year, but oh well.
Also, Happy Buy Nothing Day. I’m glad I wasn’t fighting any crowds today.
What if for the holidays everyone just traded good stuff they just don’t use anymore, and think other people would enjoy? I don’t mean crappy broken shit. I know I have plenty of perfectly good stuff that for whatever reason, just doesn’t get a whole lot of use. It would still be “new to you.” Clothes, books, cds, whatever. Of course I realize most people are fairly posessive of their collections of stuff. So maybe it would be hard. I don’t know, seems like a good idea in my head. Is anyone interested?
I think reading the Overspent American is good for me. I’m amazed at how some people can make so much money and still be constantly in debt. I’m glad my dad was smart about investing and planned for my education fund. I’m glad I’ll be off to a good clean start getting out of school.
I also realized that when my desire to go shopping for new clothes gets really really strong, it means I should just do my laundry. Man, I love having a washing machine in our house.
K, back to info design.