Plaid Friday

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. And I don't fall for black Friday. Don't ruin my holiday with shopping. If I did shop I would follow the smart folks that created Plaid Friday. Buying products made or grown locally will help keep jobs in your town, state or country. It may be a small business but it is somebody's business you are helping stay afloat. Imagine if we buy only products grown or produced in this country. They can be hard to find. But how many jobs could we grow or create. It sounds like a good idea to me, wonder why no one else thought of it. And while I'm on it, how can something like say a bale of cotton is put on a barge to China, ( a barge gets about one mile per 4 gallons of fuel), is made into a shirt, (with buttons that fall off when you take it out of the plastic sleeve) or a pair of pants, ( that have the pockets sewn shut), then gets put back on a barge and makes that many thousands of miles trip back to the USA, how can it sell for $9.99? You better buy 2 or 3 because once you wash it, it will never fit again.