Yet another resolution I won't be making ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070103/ap_on_re_us/shopping_sabbatical

As much as I admire the intent of this idea, I just don't think I've got the willpower - or the time - to do it. I'm sorry, but I don't want to spend hours on freecycle trying to find a used waterproof mattress pad for my daughter's bed ... ewwwww. And the timing is a little funky, especially since I've got three auctions for spring Hanna Andersson clothes for my daughter ending tonight ... oh, yes, those red capri cargo pants WILL be mine ... er, HERS. And Jason's birthday is coming up, and I don't have squat for him yet.

It's an interesting concept, though. I wonder if I could pull it off for a month? Kid clothes excepted, of course, because now IS the time to get good deals on last year's stuff on eBay. Anyone interested in joining me if I decide to do this, in, say, February? I could open up the comments section so that we could discuss our progress/setbacks/complete lack of dedication to the plan. Might be a fun group project, especially now that I'm actually getting some traffic on the site from people who aren't already known to me (I know you're there, person signing in from a server in Washington state! I just don't know who you are!). Talk amongst yourselves ... and I'd better see someone in addition to K's mom and MLF doing the talking!