Has everyone stopped shopping?

I usually bring my own grocery store bags, but when I do get them, I use them to throw out kitty litter. I have a "bag of bags" under my sink.

biodegradable poop bags, awesome.

necessities - coffee, food, cat food, kitty litter, toiletries
small splurgies - wine, eating out, books, HBO on demand, sometimes yarn
luxuries - iphone and the occasional extravagant meal out

and i must try these bonito flakes! i mean, leggy and amigo must try them.

Necessities - food, wine, downloads for the Kindle (which I bought before any of this happened)
Splurges - clothes for job interviews and conferences/networking, manicures for same
Luxuries - nope. The family decided to only give presents to the kids and grandma this year for Xmas, too, so there ya go.

I bought wood type chips today.

I have to buy new pillows this weekend.

Subject: Re: Has everyone stopped shopping?

Old Time Brooklyn wrote: Walking down 7th ave, stores seem dead. Restaurants too.

People are saving their money before Obama delivers the death blow to the economy.

brooklynpotter wrote: and yet bloomberg, who feels he deserves another term, wants to raise our taxes

Who keeps voting for that jerk?

wingedearth wrote:

Who keeps voting for that jerk?

Me, and I'll gladly do it a third time. I love the proliferation of bike paths, I wept (metaphorically) when Albany quashed Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan.