Socks and Cats and Pink Ribbons

Day 27 -- I'm in the home stretch of this PROJECT!  Today's pink ribbon item of the day are these super cool socks with a tie-dye effect.  I was going to photo just the socks, but while attempting this on my bed, my cat Tigger kept getting on me, wanting attention.  So I gave her my pink ribbon sock-clad foot and she loved it.  I couldn't resist posting this of one of my babies!  And my sock-clad foot and lower leg!  As an added bonus, you don't have to see my big forehead or my I-only-got-one-hairstyle hairstyle.  :)

 



Random factoid about me:  If I'm wearing socks, there's a 95% chance that they're pink ribbon socks.  I have quite the collection!  It's probably because socks are less conspicuous than other apparel items, and I don't want to look like a crazy pink ribbon lady all the time.  With the socks, I can be kinda crazy, but no one will know!  Conveniently, I have, at my disposal, access to oodles of pink ribbon socks and pink ribbon you-name-its  :)

How 'bout another random factoid?  I love cats.  I have 3, and I'd probably have more if I was allowed to.

Have you guys noticed any anti-pink-ribbon sentiment this month?  I have, and it bothers me.  I touched on it a little in yesterday's post, but I have more to say.  If you want to really make a difference, don't just buy something, DONATE.  Or join a team and RAISE MONEY for a reputable organization.  If you're making a purchase with the notion that the entire purchase price is your "donation," you are probably incorrect.  Oops, well, this actually is (almost) the case with our Funding a Cure bracelets.  We donate the entire $1.00 purchase price (what the bracelet costs us, plus the remainder of the $1.00 purchase price that you pay) to The Pink Ribbon Shop Fund for Breast Cancer Research at MD Anderson Cancer Center.  Phrases like "net proceeds" or "a portion of the proceeds" should tip you off that the retail sales price is not the amount of the donation.

What the anti-pink-ribbon sentiment is going to do is make companies stop doing the October awareness campaigns.  And that means they're going to stop making big donations.  Fifty thousand dollars here, half a million there means that there will be much less money put into research and outreach efforts.  Already there are fewer walks than just a few years ago.  Is that really what we want?