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

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I am so curious. :) How do you define expensive for your wedding dress? We talking thousands? (*knows way too many people who could have bought HOUSES with their wedding gear)

I hate spending too much too. And I know part of that is my whole Protestant crazy upbringing but also part of it my incredibly practical side that is also crazy.

[havocthecat]

Thousands? Oh, no. I think it was about $800? I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it so it doesn't sit in my closet forever.

I didn't have a Protestant crazy upbringing, but my parents are from LARGE families. You just plain get frugal when you have to make things stretch like that. I was weirded out when I found out classmates (and later, coworkers) thought that hand-me-downs were skeevy.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

800$? STILL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE!!!!

Wooooooo!

OMG, if it were not for hand-me-downs, I fear that my child would have been mostly naked. LOL I do not get the whole, "Your largely unworn clothes are unwanted here" attitude. *shakes head*

[havocthecat]

AND YET IT FEELS LIKE SO INCREDIBLY MUCH.

Seriously, I'm waiting 'til one of my cousins near my size gets married and maybe I can offer it to one of them.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about EBAYING it or consignment shops?

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

I never had a fancy wedding dress, but I did eventually donate my bridesmaid dress to a thrift shop. I hate the fact that I personally can never get any more use out of it, but at least someone else can.