I'm still going strong on no-buy--I feel so virtuous! (In a self- confident, rather than a self-righteous, way.) Here's what I've been doing:
Labor Day is a big deal here. There is an outdoor pops/orchestra concert + fireworks tonight. Mayor's Prayer Breakfast tomorrow morning. Jubilee Days parade at 1 p.m. -- float lineup at noon. The library float (actually a pickup truck, lent by our landscaper) is position #19. There are 115 floats so being #19 is a very good thing. We'll have ice cream back at the library about 2:30.
Nann