Buying USA Made but what about Gas for the Car?

Burt's Bees are products
 made in the USA

     Hello, how's your weather today? We're having winter weather with temps in the 30’s, brrr. Really, I can’t complain as we didn’t get the snow or the tornadic weather like some of our neighbors to the North and South.  I hope it warms up next week. 

     I haven’t been shopping since I started the blog on March 23 so I don’t have any shopping experiences to share yet. I have though learned something that has somewhat blasted a hole in my thinking about only buying USA made products and food for a year.

     My oldest Grandson said I would not be buying USA made goods if I filled up my car with gas. I should have thought of this but I didn’t. Okay, I’ll admit that I’m not perfect, ha ha. This means I won’t be going to town since I live in a rural area. What will I do about this? I decided to stick with my original challenge of buying only USA made Products and Foods only I will need to change the rules and add a few exceptions.

I'll still buy gas as it is what I consider a necessity. If another necessity comes up I'll fess up to it. 

     I thought it was necessary to buy the brand of jeans that I always buy but

It isn’t, I 'll just miss having them. There's a company making USA jeans, It's Diamond Gusset Jeans,  http://www.gussetclothing.com/. I haven’t bought from them yet but plan to later.

     Have a nice day.

     Later,

   

        Carol Brown

This hat wasn't made in the USA
It cost 73 cents.

                                                                 

One Year of Buying Only USA Made Products.

     How are you doing? 

     Did you watch ABC news with Diane Sawyer the first week of March and the series called “Made in America”?  I loved the video where the ABC team took everything that wasn’t made in America out of the home of one family. It is really an eye-opener. That video is called “Made In America”: Meet the USRY Family. You can still view this video at http://abcnews.go.com/WN/MadeInAmerica/

     I was inspired by this ABC series to challenge myself to buy only US made goods including foods for one year starting today which is the first day of this blog. You might think that I’m crazy to do this but I think it will be a challenge and fun. 

     I bet I will have to do more online shopping than I do now though. It could turn out that I will have to do without some things because I may not be able to find them. I guess I won’t be getting a new cell phone for a while. I hope mine keeps working because I don’t think they make them in the US. 

    I will give you details about my shopping experiences through this blog and let you know how it is going. Until then, take care and have a good day. 

     Later,

         Carol Brown