My favorite color

My favorite color is pink or blue...I guess my wedding colors...pink and navy. Plus those colors go well with most other colors...blue and red, pink and chocolate, blue and chocolate, pink and green, pink and red, pink and black...many many combinations that look cute together.

My favorite color is definitely not green...even though my house is green (not my choice) and my living room is green (my choice after seeing Nicole's living room :-)). However; green has become a charged word lately. Are you green? Are you not green? If you are green does that mean you support a certain political ideology? If you are not green does that mean you support the opposite political ideology? It's frustrating for me. Why can't I strive to be greener without making some deep personal statement about myself? Why does my choice to be greener make someone's opinion of me change...in either direction?

So...here I am saying it...I try to be green. I do. Am I the greenest? Do I even strive to be the greenest? Not even close. But I like that my simple choices may make a difference in our household and maybe even in my community.

Here are some of my green choices:
*I purchased Toms Shoes...they're cute boots and they use renewable resources AND they donate shoes to shoeless children around the world.
*I use re-usable grocery sacks and produce bags...it's been difficult to always remember but I've gotten really good at grabbing those bags on my way out the door. (It also helps that I have an insatiable love of all manner of bags and purses)
*I use reusable coffee mugs...even for my iced drinks! Again, I'm getting better at remembering to bring them with me.
*I use a re-usable water bottle...mostly because it's cute and pink :-)
*I'm having a yard sale (WHICH I HATE TO DO) in an effort to not throw away my old fridge and stove.

Here's a link I found to help out too. Again, will I do everything listed on this site? I can guarantee "no". But, even the idea of not topping off my gas tank is something little I can do.

www.greenissexy.org

But...my favorite color is still pink!