Saturday, March 24, 2012

Conciously Buying a Winter Jacket

My friends are generous.  For my birthday in January, they gave me money to buy a winter jacket.  I have been saving that money for the spring clearance sales.  The other day I went into REI to try on some ethically made shoes because I have decided that if I have the choice to support slave labor or slave free labor, I will choose to support SLAVE FREE LABOR.  Nearly all of my clothing and shoes are made by slaves or people that are exploited.  It makes my stomach do flips to think about that, so moving forward as I need new clothing and shoes, I will try my best to buy ethically made.  As I walked away from the shoe area in REI, I noticed winter jackets that were on clearance.  Then I saw it.  An XS woman's magenta-colored Patagonia 600-fill-power goose down insulated jacket.  I tried it on and fell in love.  It fits my small figure well and according to FREE2WORK, there is no slave labor found in the making of it.  I had a 20% off coupon, so in the end, with the help of my friends, I only had to pay $36 from my own pocket.  Praise God!

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