There are few things in life that I’m willing to pay retail for: The perfect pair of jeans. A little black dress, makeup, perfume and handbags. Maybe, maybe, an amazing pair of shoes. But that’s pretty much it. One thing I am never, ever willing to pay full price for? Clothes for my darling children. While I go gah-gah in expensive baby boutiques, I would never dream of dropping 60+ dollars on a shirt when Marshall’s, H&M and Target are filled with gems for a fraction of the price. And have you seen Old Navy lately? Jeff picked up the cutest sundresses for $9.00.
Anyway, I was flipping though the Chasing Fireflies catalog today, pondering why on earth anyone would pay $168 for a child’s dress, when I stumbled upon this. It’s a personalized bottle of “fairy” dust selling for $68. Now, sure, it’s a glass bottle and there are some sparkles thrown in, but it’s a bottle of… dust. For almost 70 dollars. Helllooooo? Are there really people who are willing to drop that kind of money on such a thing? These days? I mean, even if I had a billion dollars, I could never buy dust.
I did find myself lusting over a $300 dinosaur for Ben, but snapped out of it quickly and returned to my senses. I’m sure I’ll find some fabulous dinosaur goodies for a tenth of the price, and he’ll be thrilled. I’ve learned that my kids don’t need expensive things– their clothes just get trashed and they don’t know the difference between designer and discount anyway. And they’re just as happy playing with pots & pans and boxes as they are pricey toys. Ben spent an hour today hiding in a hamper and Evan thinks a colander is the best invention ever. Plus, the less money I spend on them, the more I have to spend on me, and my quest for the perfect jeans and most complimentary shade of lip gloss.
Oh, and if anyone is interested, I’ll be willing to bottle up some magic dust from under my couch for the bargain price of $29.99. And I’ll even thrown the personalization in for free.
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I have learned over the years to quickly divide the price by the amount of usage I think the item will get. My bed. I use it every single day just about for 5-8 (ha) hrs. One day I realized this and asked myself why the hell was I not willing to kick down for a good one. Fixed that.
My children have all grown up with hand me downs. I usually only buy them an outfit for their birthday.
However, the area I live in is LOADED. Like “What recession?” loaded. I can’t believe the things I see here. I noticed this funky stroller showing up all over the place, looked it up online only to see it is a $1,200 stroller. TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. I don’t get it. Not even a little bit.
I need help finding a way to get some of that $$ funneled to ME.
Chasing Fireflies… I’ve never heard of them, but I am thinking that it is a website I need to check out so I can drool over all the overpriced stuff and then drown myself in a bottle of wine because I could never afford it!! It’s so much fun to dream though!
I heard once that someone took the contents of their lint trap, displayed it nicely, and sold it on ebay for $60. Or how ’bout when people sell potato chips because they have a special “shape”? Some consumers are so gullible.
HA! I was looking at the same catalogue the other day and thinking the same thing. Just because I’m Hanna Andersson’s best customer every other overpriced store sends me their catalogue’s now. I can accept buying Hanna’s because they are sized so well and get more than one year of use out of them (I rarely pay full price), but hell if I’m going to spend almost $200 on a dress…although there are some in Wooden Soldier catalogues that I really drool over.
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