STL Shop Local 365+: I've been thinking....

Sunday, December 4, 2011

I've been thinking....

about this article a lot: Walgreens buys, closes 3 independent pharmacies.

(You may click on it if you want to read it, but I think you would have more fun spending the time with some joyful Christmas activity.)

My conclusion is this:

if Walgreens has enough money to buy out 3 local pharmacies only to close them, there are many other places I would rather spend money and many other people who would appreciate it more.

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miguelitoDecember 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Hi Jo-Ellen! I love your blog! The gals at The Green Goose turned me onto it. Have you been down to Cherokee St? We had our annual Cookie Spree last weekend and it was a huge success. I work for a store there, the St. Louis Curio Shoppe. Check us out at stlcurioshoppe.com and come see us!
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A New Year, A New Look

It has been a year... a year of shopping, learning, meeting, and discovering; a year of new people, places, and routines; a year of sheer delight that I could never have anticipated when the adventure began March 1st, 2011. I've found it IS possible to shop economically and conveniently at smaller locally owned shops. What started as curiosity has concluded with deeper understanding and a commitment to a way of life. The independence of self-owned businesses seems to foster happier more creative people,which makes a better world for all of us. So let's continue, I can't think of a single reason to go back to the box stores, boring chains and internet.

About Jo

Hi, my name is Jo-Ellen McDonald. I like small stores, I truly do, though for years I've rarely shopped in them. I don't know why, really. I guess I was thinking it is more convenient and less expensive to shop in the big mega stores, and that someone else supported those little stores I liked so much.

Or was I thinking at all? Probably I was just doing what everyone else does.

This year I'm living differently. For 365 days I'm going to shop for goods and services only at local, independently owned businesses. I just want to try it. Will it be outrageously expensive? Or demand so much time as to be impossible to maintain? I don't know. But I want to try, because a lot of those little stores that I liked so much are gone, and I think that is pretty sad.

Some days there will simply be a quick journal entry, other days will feature a particular small business.

So come along with me and let's see what there is to learn this year. About the joys and struggles of small business owners. About whether or not there is a local place to buy computer ink cartridges or a broom. About how maybe we have saved a little in time and money but have lost too much in humanity and community.

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

I've been thinking....

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A New Year, A New Look

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