No More Junk

Now that I am through with school I've noticed I have more time to ponder things that drive me nuts. One of these is the sheer amount of crap a lot of people buy. We have been cleaning our house one closet and drawer at a time and it is astonishing how much poorly made junk we have purchased.

For the next year I plan to only buy quality items made in the USA. No more cheap junk. No more not-so-cheap items that were made on the other side of the globe and shipped here. The goal is to look a little harder for quality items that were made as close to home as possible in a humane work environment.

I am not quite ready to commit to extending this to food items. I really like South American wine and chocolate, European cheese, Mediterranean olive oil and coffee/tea.

As a note of comparison, the things on me and around me right now:

• jeans - made in Colombia
• shirt - made in Mexico
• tank top - made in Cambodia
• underwear - made in Cambodia
• shoes - made in China
• coffee mug - made in China
• computer - made in Mexico
• cell phone - could not determine country of origin
• lip balm - made in China

Let's see how this goes. This may be a bit of a challenge!