My favorite day is coming up

No, not thanksgiving! (Although i like that quite a lot too.)

It's BUY NOTHING DAY!!!!!
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd

Take a look at the fun video spots they have, especially the pig.

I love the day after Thanksgiving because it is always spent lounging around, hopefully playing outside, and generally completely avoiding the need to go to a store. Join me this year in celebrating Buy Nothing Day. I try and make it the whole weekend actually.

And BND always brings me to thinking about Christmas, and how I'm going to deal with it this year.

I read a bunch of ideas in Wondertime, (I'm really surprised that Disney is letting them talk about anything besides buying more) and some of them were really good. My favorite I think is a little ryhme. "Something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read."
I don't' know if my family will ever let me dictate how the presents get given, but I am bound to keep trying. One of the ways I am doing this for my self, is I'm creating a list of which organizations I want to support and trying to decide if I should split the amount of money I can donate among them, or choose two and send them bigger chunks.
Here is my current list, but I know I'm forgetting some. It feels good to know that I can spend money and time thinking about other causes besides our very very lucky family.

American Farmland Trust
Obama
Southern Poverty Law center
NARAL
Access Fund
Simple Living
Planned Parenthood

I'll add yours if you comment on this post! ;)