I receive emails daily about events, news, and savings from various businesses I subscribe to so that I can somehow justify spending money as long as I get something for a ridiculous bargain. And then I love to brag about it. However, today, January 5, 2009, I already received an email exclaiming super duper savings for Valentine's Day! Yippee... I can get some sexy see-through crotchless panties for 25% off, a whole loving month before I ?need? them. Better jump on that.
Now, I understand that we're all getting a lot more desperate to save these days, but I hadn't even fully recovered from celebrating the new year before I was bombarded with the arrival of the next nationally recognized Hallmark holiday. Seriously, WHY? do we even bother anymore? What has made these holidays remarkably unique, sincere, or fulfilling? Isn't gift giving supposed to give you joy? At this point, it seems wherever you go, the inevitable reign of consumerism is all that surrounds you. Another reminder that you'll soon be obligated to buy a meaningless object for someone you probably resent or are trying to impress. You cannot buy love or acceptance. And it doesn't come in the form of chocolates, flowers, or dumb ass heart-holding teddy bears. Now, *diamonds* are another story, but I digress... When you work as hard for the money as we all do these days, isn't it enough to just have each other? Or, I don't know -- to MAKE something for someone else?
Enough already! Take a break from all the overspending by challenging the ever present marketing schemes that tell us "to buy is to love!" And PLEASE: Resist the urge to paint everything in garish and pukey pale shades of red and pink! It's not flattering.
