Useless Poll

[lunabee34]

Okay, here's the thing.

I'm a thrifty gal. I grew up in the one of the cheapest families known to man and while I don't think I've carried that tendency as far as some of my relatives, I know how to pinch a penny. I cut my dryer sheets in half because those fragrance free ones that Josh and Emma have to use are expensive and half works just as well as a full sheet. I don't waste and I look for sales and I almost never shop for myself. I usually wait until it's a necessity, like I've grown so fat I have no pants that will fit me or all my underwear is full of holes. We will not speculate on the reasons for that. *g*

However, I'm not stingy. I like to spend money on experiences--travel, food, drink, comfort (I run the AC higher than I should in the summer because I'm not sweating in my own house). I know that sometimes you just can't be cheap because whatever you're buying is worth the money.

But this? This crosses the line. I love my fashion mags, but I am continually flabbergasted at what many of the items featured cost. I get expensives dresses and coats and jewelry, but the 200$ T-shirt is a thing I will never understand. So, poll!

[Poll #1314337]

Comments

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

The "most money on single piece of clothing" is, for me, a little bit of a misnomer; it's really "I've spent more than $500 on specialized sports equipment that I then wear," and when the sport is skiing, everything is mind-blowingly expensive and parts of it (boots, skis, gloves) are really not worth skimping on. Spending $50 for a pair of socks isn't out of the question. (But while you can spend $193 for a nice long underwear top, that's one thing that isn't worth it.) And then I started grad school and haven't skied since. But if I lived nearer a good mountain, I'd spend money so fast my head would spin.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

That's also different. Sports equipment gets its own category. That I understand and do not sneer at. You want to be safe and to perform well and I get that that costs money.

100$ pantyhose is beyond my comprehension, however. LOL

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

Although it helps to wear pantyhose when contemplating wearing something that expensive. Since I don't wear hose ever anyway, the mere idea is enough to make me question the entire idea of capitalism. (Not that I don't regularly question the idea of capitalism anyway.)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Heeeee, heeeee, heeeee

*snerk*

I rather like the idea of hose and then it cuts off my circulation and well. *sigh*