Happy Buy Nothing Day!

Yes, we're aware that we've been going over (and over, and over) Black Friday info for the past couple of weeks. So here's something for those of you who want to do something other than shop today. It's Buy Nothing Day, an annual event organized by the Adbusters Foundation, which seeks to declare a "24-hour moratorium on consumer spending." Events include the Credit Card Cut-Up, where volunteers stand in shopping malls and volunteer to help consumers clip their cards; and the Zombie Walk, in which the "cheerful dead" wander around malls. More information is available at Adbusters.org.

Of course, if you're not into cutting up cards or getting dressed up in zombie gear, you can also join Consumers Union's “Twelve Days of Safe Shopping” campaign, and call on manufacturers, retailers, and government agencies to develop effective measures to prevent unsafe products from reaching store shelves. But we won't hold it against you if you opt to go zombie instead.