Holiday giving dilemma
Posted By tonigm On November 21, 2008 @ 11:07 pm In Shopping, Union Station | Comments Disabled
[1]Union Station: A great place to shop. Or spend your money on a train to visit your mom instead.
Today brought snow flurries and a chill north wind, and it’s really beginning to feel a lot like that old Holiday gift giving season [2]. However, with the wholesale rejection of the outgoing administration’s admonition to go shopping [3], and with belts tightening, a lot of us are wondering just how this is going to work.
While there is an upcoming sales tax holiday [4] (and the markdowns are just going to get better and better), my family is looking at this an opportunity to do some housecleaning. I’m embracing Freecycle, with e-groups across the region. [5] I also recommend the “free” listings on craigslist [6] because who doesn’t love a curb alert? Help out a neighbor–and give yourself the gift of less clutter.
Finally, giving of oneself is the ultimate in generosity. Check out these opportunities [7], consider something more vampiric [8], or you can even barter your volunteer time for fun and profit [9].
Happy holidays?
Photo credit to zizzybaloobah on Flickr [10].
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[1] Image: http://img.metblogs.com/dc/files/2008/11/zizzybaloobah.jpg
[2] that old Holiday gift giving season: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus
[3] go shopping: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061220-1.html
[4] sales tax holiday: http://otr.cfo.dc.gov/otr/cwp/view,A,1329,Q,633881,otrNav_gid,1679,otrNav,%7C33288%7C.asp
[5] e-groups across the region.: http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/05/24/freecycle-your-old-junk/
[6] “free” listings on craigslist: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/zip/
[7] these opportunities: http://www.serve.dc.gov/cncs/cwp/view,a,1197,q,524954,cncsNav,%7C31022%7C.asp
[8] vampiric: http://www.whcenter.org/body.cfm?id=965
[9] barter your volunteer time for fun and profit: http://asimsoofi.blogspot.com/2008/11/donate-your-time-ill-give-you-mine.html
[10] zizzybaloobah on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zizzy/
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