tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post3221731113196772175..comments2023-08-11T04:12:44.379-04:00Comments on Frugal Veggie Mama: My Thanksgiving PromisesKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17911065931537643607noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-85463717516122220202007-11-24T11:46:00.000-05:002007-11-24T11:46:00.000-05:00oops--postnatal care is what i meant to say, not p...oops--postnatal care is what i meant to say, not prenatal care. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-84309372503060567662007-11-24T11:43:00.000-05:002007-11-24T11:43:00.000-05:00Great post.Having cut conventional (paper) newspap...Great post.<BR/><BR/>Having cut conventional (paper) newspapers and television out of our lives, and shopping primarily online and at locally owned retailers, my husband and I find the power of advertising to be very muted in our lives now. I couldn't tell you what the hottest toys are, what the new types of candy are, or even what Oprah suggests people buy this year. (I know this will change somewhat when my husband and I have kids. But they'll be the kids with the crazy parents who don't do tv.)<BR/><BR/>The only debt we have at this point is student loans. We don't believe in getting/staying in debt, either. It sounds like your child's teacher is living in denial about her own debt level and trying to normalize it by declaring that she's just like everyone else.<BR/><BR/>Our gifts this year are primarily going to be donations to Episcopal Relief & Development--the Heifer International of the Episcopal Church. For example, for my husband's mother (who's a nurse practitioner), we're buying prenatal care for two infants. For my extended family on my mother's side, we are paying for the education of two AIDS orphans in Africa for a year. Fortunately, we have the kind of family who finds gifts like these powerful. I think our family is lucky in that, while not being rich, for the most part we can afford what we really, really want for ourselves. We'll do some conventional gifts as well, but it's shopping for the donation gifts that gets me most excited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-7027030753240771372007-11-21T20:37:00.000-05:002007-11-21T20:37:00.000-05:00Leenie is so cute! :) LOLWe have a frugal zealot f...Leenie is so cute! :) LOL<BR/><BR/>We have a frugal zealot friend who scoffs at our buy nothingness on Black Friday. She's right -- that *is* when you get all the sale prices -- but that's not the point! :-)Ruthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385890645302358783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-57271899175537732792007-11-21T18:49:00.000-05:002007-11-21T18:49:00.000-05:00Kate don't forget that the macy's parade itself is...Kate don't forget that the macy's parade itself is a group of commercials -- for the latest broadway shows, the latest albums out, the newest movies and balloons imploring you to watch thier kids shows. Not that it isn't entertaining but the ulterior motive for profit seems to be ever-present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-51623746258941760762007-11-21T15:26:00.000-05:002007-11-21T15:26:00.000-05:00hip hip hooray!hip hip hooray!Taradactyl in a Modern Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983477087379344216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-3534176911539933732007-11-21T15:11:00.000-05:002007-11-21T15:11:00.000-05:00"Tomorrow morning we will be assaulted with advert..."Tomorrow morning we will be assaulted with advertisements that have become the Macy's Thanksgiving parade"<BR/><BR/>Ma you kno something i agreed with you about how i stood upp to my teacvher but i dont agree with you on that quote right there...i wait every year for the tahnksgiving day parade that marks the start of the christmas season but i do not get assaulted! lol<BR/><BR/><3 leen<BR/><BR/>ps- and dont make funnof ppl that go to the store for the sales..as soon as i have a car i am gonna be one of those ppl...see im frugan i take advantage of good sales =]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-43442112426526195872007-11-21T14:24:00.000-05:002007-11-21T14:24:00.000-05:00YAY! Go Katie!!!I had to turn off the radio this m...YAY! Go Katie!!!<BR/><BR/>I had to turn off the radio this morning because of this:<BR/><BR/>::sound of someone sawing wood::<BR/><BR/>"Well honey, it looks like we have to remove even more limbs from the Christmas tree this year to make room for all the great gifts they have on sale at Walmart!"<BR/><BR/>Dear lord, I nearly puked!!!!!!Ruthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385890645302358783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-71078922371184650752007-11-21T14:13:00.000-05:002007-11-21T14:13:00.000-05:00I love your promises. I posted my Thanksgiving me...I love your promises. I posted my Thanksgiving meal plan this morning and then went shopping for the very few items I had decided to buy. I regret that decision and will not do that next year. <BR/><BR/>Really looking forward to <A HREF="http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/" REL="nofollow">Buy Nothing Day</A> on Friday!<BR/><BR/>PS: Come by and check out my recent "Bad for the Economy" post. Your daughter might enjoy the video I linked to about money and debt.Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-1504008200760279322007-11-21T12:40:00.000-05:002007-11-21T12:40:00.000-05:00That'll be my duaghter some day, too. This coming ...That'll be my duaghter some day, too. This coming year, we'll be paying off our HEL (taken out only because we were required by law to abate lead paint in our house) and our car loan. We should never need another car loan (can save for it instead). And we hope to pay off the mortgage in under 10 years, too!AnnMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505967972774910106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9602464.post-67312820656700839672007-11-21T09:45:00.000-05:002007-11-21T09:45:00.000-05:00Good job to Leen for standing her ground! I wonder...Good job to Leen for standing her ground! <BR/><BR/>I wonder if her teachers reaction was her own debt insecurities rearing their ugly head? Nothing like arguing with a teenager to justify your lifestyle. Sheesh! <BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving!Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896941341075639503noreply@blogger.com