What to Buy in October?

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;

and you who have no money, come, buy and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your

labor on what does not satisfy?

Isaiah 55:1-2

 

It seems like there is always something that needs buying.  Every time I have a few dollars left over at the end of paying the bills, something comes up that just has to be purchased, and out the window the greenbacks fly!  So imagine my curiosity when I came across an article online entitled What to Buy in October.  

The author of the article explained that October is sort of an "odd" month for shoppers - coming immediately after the big back-to-school buying blowout, but not yet at the beginning of the let's-buy-for-the-holidays spree.  According to this writer, however, shoppers do not need to dispair.  There are plenty of "bargains" just waiting to be purchased in October, such as:

• Halloween merchandise
• Toys for the holidays
• Denim clothing
• Health Insurance
• Cars and big appliances
• Discounted summer gear
• Seasonal produce, particularly at farmer's markets

 Thankfully, I don't need toys for anyone and I do not celebrate Halloween; I have enough jeans for the winter season and I purchased my health insurance years ago; I can't afford a car and my big appliances should last for at least another year; I don't have a pool or a deck, so I don't really need any summer gear. Truth be told, I don't really need to buy anything on this list except for the seasonal produce - something I try to purchase year around.

I wonder what the media would do with an article entitled, You Really Don't Need to Buy Anything in October.  Somehow I don't think it would get past the editor's desk.  Or how about, October is "Think Twice Before Buying Anything" Month?  I doubt that would fly either.  October is "Put it in Savings" Month?  Now there's a thought that is appealing to me!