My Guy went to the mall to do a little shopping; he had a $25 GAP gift card I gave him from cashing in My Points. He came home and was sharing some of the prices “out there.” He saw sweatshirts for $50. Now, I think that a $50 sweatshirt just isn’t right. It doesn’t matter if I’m earning millions and am debt free, I don’t want to wear a $50 sweatshirt.
Maybe I do want to wear a high quality sweatshirt, sure. But it shouldn’t coast that much. Between thrift shops, garage sales, clearance rack shopping, and off price stores, I'm sure I can find great sweatshirts for much, much less.
I feel this way about items all the time. I see Coke on sale for $1.99 a six pack, and that seems so weird because I won’t pay more the 99 cents a sic pack for soda. How can $1.99 be cheap? I found out a matinee movie is almost six bucks-that seems like a lot.
Sometimes I see higher priced stuff I might be interested in, and even buy. Organic veggies come to mind, or recycled paper for the printer, or something made by a local craftsman. I’m not always looking to spend the lowest amount no matter what.
But jiminy Christmas, $50 is crazy for a sweatshirt!
I did lose at poker, $9.75. Not bad for a good 5 hours of playing; and I lost $14 my first hand with pocket aces, so I was down within minutes. The house was full and it was fun. Now my poker jar containing my winnings is down to $38.50. (I was up $73.25 but I lost $25 a couple weeks ago.) My only spending this weekend was some groceries for the guests; I should have known better, everybody brought something.
Sticker Shock
January 7th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
January 8th, 2007 at 02:29 am 1168223382
Poker sounded fun! I play bunko instead!
January 8th, 2007 at 08:05 pm 1168286731
January 8th, 2007 at 08:40 pm 1168288828
It's like that $8 banana split! Egads - just think of the families that could use $50 bucks to eat all week on!