Oooh, temptation! I recently received some gift certificates to a clothing store.  A clothing store with no "organic" or "sustainable" options.  The giver (from work) keeps asking what I've purchased.  I was thinking I'd craftily put off answering until Jan 08, but now that seems silly and difficult - I mean, I'm still thinking I'll use them, right, so why not get it over with?  The funny thing is, I have a cold and I'm grouchy, and still I think new clothes will make me feel better.  Feeling better will make me feel better. 

But new clothes would be fun.

Guess where the tomatoes came from?

Two things I've been waiting for in one week!  A coworker and I rescued some bamboo from the weekly flower arrangement; when he found out I wanted it to stake my tomatoes, he brought me tomatoes and cucumbers from his Staten Island garden.  And a corporate thank-you gift included a nice long-handled bath brush, something I knew would be hard to make and unthinkable to buy used...