Don't Buy Until July

One peril of resistance is inconvenience. Boo-hoo.

We all need to do it. During the month of June we should boycott the stores that offend our morals and throw our beliefs right back into our faces. I am damn sure gonna try to do it. I know there are more of us than there are of them and I think we could hurt their bottom line. If we stick together.

The only rainbow I want to see is the one God makes. I don’t like the ‘in your face’ message on flagpoles everywhere (even on our embassies). I don’t want to hear indoctrination over loudspeakers in stores and see it on merchandise. It offends me. The day after tomorrow, I am refusing to shop and spend in stores that don’t respect my personal values and beliefs. For one month. To rephrase a dear friends quote: “What do YOU think it is about YOUR store that makes YOU think I will abandon MY values shop there because YOU pander* to a minority?”

*Pander: Definition from Dictionary.com

verb (used without object)

to cater to or profit from the weaknesses or vices of others: to pander to the vile tastes of the vulgar masses.

verb (used with object)

to act as a pimp or procurer of clients for (a prostitute). _______________________________________________

I am not who those retailers think I am or who they want me to be. And...pride. Well! Pride is a sin and I hear it goes before destruction.

If I think I need something, I will re-calibrate the necessity and perform a hard internal audit. “Do I really need it?” The answer will be “probably not”.

I am not talking about food or essentials, although, if you have learned your lesson you should have a garage full of toilet paper from the last scare. (side note: if we are starving to death, we won’t need toilet paper. Hmmm?)

So...just for the month of June, I am not going to buy cheap crap that I may or may not need. I will not buy anything except food, and the food will come from places that don’t offend me. I will buy at the farmer’s markets or local grocers, if I can afford it. Have you been to the grocery store lately? Prices are out of control.

I will live without the new TV, the birdcage, or the eye liner. I will live without the new shorts or purse. I can make do with what I already have until July. Then I will buy what I need. And, maybe by then, I won’t want it at all.