Upon review of my Visa bill this month, that I have yet to pay, I have come to learn that this year I should take part in Buy Nothing Day on November 25th...
It seems that when I use my Visa card, a seventy dollar hat from a cute boutique, eighty-three dollar bra and pantie set from La Senza and a thirty-five dollar meal at Moxie’s are all necessary and affordable. Despite my lack of income as I only work weekends and tuition is sucking me dry. I choose to use my credit card when I see an overpriced must-have because I figure that by the time my bill is due I can put aside money each week to pay it off. This idea fails to work when I use the money on other items that I consider necessities!
Well, to look on the bright side, I am doing a great job of keeping our economy stimulated!
Our culture has become incredibly materialist, to the point where it is hard for us to avoid buying things for one day of the year. We are inundated by the media providing advertisements, commercials, logos and stores that are convincing us that we need to buy things in order to be happy or “cool”. The Buy Nothing Day campaign was created by activist, Ted Dave when he became frustrated with the markets pricey items. His purpose was to put the spotlight on how consumeristic our culture has become; informing many of us that we use money wastefully. Buy Nothing Day is celebrated on November 25th, and is now recognized by several countries around the world.
This year I challenge you to participate in Buy Nothing Day!
Works Cited:
McKay, John. “Vancouver actor Ted Dave better known as an activist”. Canadian Press. Sept. 15. 2000. <>. Nov. 19. 09.
Link: https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
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