I love Christmas, I love the reason behind the season, I love the sights and the smells, I love that people actually smile at each other. I love the way my house looks like when the tree is up and it's decorated. But........................... I hate Christmas catalogs. Oh sure, the first few are kind of fun. Then you toss it, only to get another, plus 10 in the mail. Repeat that day after day. By garbage night our can is brim full with Christmas catalogs weighing in at probably a ton.
What have I bought out of one of the catalogs? Maybe 2 things. We are downsizing our Christmas this year and giving practical gifts. Times are hard. Gone those cute but silly gifts that get worn or looked at a couple of days and then buried in a closet. Now we get steaks cut up at the butchers, cute warm socks from sock dreams, gift certificates for the barber. And I am having a support your local business Christmas for as much as possible. Difficult in a town where so many stores are closing, but we don't want to lose what few we have left. No catalog shopping for me.
And then to top it off. I check my email and the same catalogs I tossed in the garbage are in my email. Doesn't create quite as much waste there as it does getting them at home, but still..... What is green about a landfill full of Christmas Catalogs. Where are the green police for this? And why am I getting them in September? Who makes all these catalogs? I think they are the only thing I get by snail mail these days besides my Netflex movies and bills.
Ok, got that out of my system. I swear each year it gets worse and worse. I kept track this weekend. 13 catalogs from Friday until yesterday. Isn't that insane. And the worse part. I own this house and the one next door. So I get duplicate catalogs for that house. And it's empty. It's empty people. AAARRRGGGHHH. Well, time to meditate, must calm down. I heard that new study. Us medical women are more prone to heart attack from our high stress jobs, and lugging catalogs from the mailbox to home. Must breath, breath, breath.
5 comments:
Girl, I know what you mean about those catalogs! They'll catalog you to death, email and home!
I love Christmas, too! All of it, including Thanksgiving (in my mind, they are connected).
And keep breathing! lol
Hi Julie, thank s for your visit an d comment.
Your photos are so good
I love Christmas but have to agree about the catalogs...
we have been advised to "RETURN TO SENDER" if we all returned them ~ I think they will get the message that we do not want their catalogues ~ Ally x
I've managed to get my name off all those lists somehow.
Ok, except Victoria's Secret & Ralph Lauren...but I really want those.
For all the people swearing not a penny to their name, the malls are already packed.
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