All of my friends are animal people. To me cats are people too. Animals are people too. I travel a lot and when I go overseas it's really hard on me because the animals are treated much differently especially in developing countries.
I grew up with not a lot of money and I definitely shopped at Goodwill. But...
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time get drunk get drunk without stopping! On wine on poetry or on virtue as you wish.