With Black Friday Approaching...

We're all spending money. We're lying if we say we're not. We might be cutting back, crafting, not buying something unless we really feel we need to, but we're still buying. With that in mind...

Remember, the money you do spend speaks volumes, especially in these troubled times. If you like a store or restaurant, go there. Do you like a specific mom'n'pop website, spend there. I've been wanting to write about this for awhile but something hit home last week.

Jenny invited Regina & I to dinner before SnB. She wanted to try Tart. She's driven by it about a thousand times and read the reviews and just hadn't made it in. I've passed by it about a thousand times and read the reviews and just hadn't made it in. Thanks to Jenny, we all made it in.

There was no one there.

It was us.

When we were finishing, another group of ladies walked in.

That was it.

I'm not telling you how to spend your money. I'm not telling you just to buy handmade or only support local artisans. (Though, really, feel free to buy me a log, or three.) I'm just asking you to think about where you shop or buy dinner. With the way things are going, these places aren't going to be there when we all come out of this economic mess we're in. And no one is immune.

And, that's all I have to say about that.

But here are some cute puppies. (Thanks Catherine!)