Buy Nothing Day

Friday is an important day for many North American environment groups as they are marking "Buy Nothing Day," to signify the need to cut back on excess consumption.

It's an idea that the Scarborough Guildwood GPO CA certainly supports.

The idea is to keep people's wallets in their pockets to avoid buying unneeded consumer goods, according to Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada.

"This is a day to be thought provoking," May said.

It is certainly an opportunity to realize that the quality of life is not dependent on the quantity goods you own. So save yourself a little money, relax, cook your own meal and remember, you have more than 6 weeks to get your Christmas Shopping done. You can afford to take one day off from your job of consumer.