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32. i don't care for it, but i sometimes buy those overpriced cupcakes

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 05:49 PM

Aug 2013

or overpriced drinks and other food. i spend more than i need on some beauty/bath items like shampoo, lotion etc.

oprah has millions of dollars. she gives a lot to charity. but so what if she wants to buy some expensive bag ? you tihnk it's better if she spend it on some cheap item made in a sweatshop ?

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Just to be fair - I think these women are spending a ridiculous amount of money on purses: [View all] hedgehog Aug 2013 OP

any woman who considers spending thousands of dollars on a friggin' purse should be slapped silly quinnox Aug 2013 #1

What about all the guys who by Maseratis? Jay Lenos car collection? KittyWampus Aug 2013 #37

what?? Synchronicity, did you say Maseratis? My friend and I were talking about them yesterday quinnox Aug 2013 #39

I agree. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #2

Excellent example! hedgehog Aug 2013 #3

FLOTUS wears both types of clothing , what does it matter ? i spend more JI7 Aug 2013 #9

Thats your choice, and we have the right to disagree with this type of choices. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #13

Buy a knockoff and sponsor a homeless shelter tblue Aug 2013 #4

most of the very very high end bags don't have conspcuous labels JI7 Aug 2013 #6

I can't advocate buying a knockoff Bay Boy Aug 2013 #7

who told you owning that should be a goal in life ? for many 250 dollars on a bag is a luxury JI7 Aug 2013 #5

I dunno. I spend money on stuff I don't need. Throd Aug 2013 #8

.... DainBramaged Aug 2013 #10

If thats what they want to spend mstinamotorcity2 Aug 2013 #11

It's their money. HappyMe Aug 2013 #12

They can indeed spend it how they want darkangel218 Aug 2013 #15

People spend money on stupid HappyMe Aug 2013 #16

Umm.. 36,000 on a bag? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #17

Ummm.. everybody spends money HappyMe Aug 2013 #20

Its a huge difference between what one can do with $10 dollars and $36,000 darkangel218 Aug 2013 #23

Millions wasted on some pieces of clothes or leather darkangel218 Aug 2013 #19

but it's not always about lack of money in some places, with people like Oprah JI7 Aug 2013 #21

Just like the CEOs who receive millions undeservedly darkangel218 Aug 2013 #25

no, they aren't paying enough taxes, but oprah is not like the ceos who get millions JI7 Aug 2013 #27

My point is I and many others disagree with this kind of silly spending. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #28

i don't care for it, but i sometimes buy those overpriced cupcakes JI7 Aug 2013 #32

Yes i do. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #34

i don't care for fashion but there is nothing wrong with it in itself, there is a problem with JI7 Aug 2013 #38

How the hell do you know that any HappyMe Aug 2013 #22

Let me tell you something about Oprah in particular. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #24

that's often about politics of the nations, north koreans went hungry and starved to death JI7 Aug 2013 #29

Yah, because aid would be denied in NK. How about the countries who welcome it?? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #30

and oprah does with the schools she build for girls in africa JI7 Aug 2013 #35

Yah. and she could have built couple of other schools for that money. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #46

and you could be volunteering instead of posting online JI7 Aug 2013 #48

Compared to what i make, i have donated A LOT of money and volunteer hours darkangel218 Aug 2013 #49

the purpose of a purse.. SummerSnow Aug 2013 #14

never threw up in my purse notadmblnd Aug 2013 #36

I threw up in my purse when I was pregnant SummerSnow Aug 2013 #45

I just don't understand the need for 'conspicuous consumption' Siwsan Aug 2013 #18

poor self-esteem, stoked by the very purveyors of such overpriced nonsense. unblock Aug 2013 #33

personally, i think a bag shouldn't cost more than its contents unblock Aug 2013 #26

Im a female, and you Sir are right on! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #31

The older I get, the stupider rich people seem. Meritocracy, my ***! reformist2 Aug 2013 #40

It's their money. They can spend it how they wish. bigwillq Aug 2013 #41

Actually, it is if they brag about what they bought. We have every right to laugh at them. reformist2 Aug 2013 #43

You're free to laugh bigwillq Aug 2013 #44

Ditto. I agree. But even if I had the money, I would not pay $38,000 for a purse. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #52

we're much better at criticizing those who make more than we ourselves do, and even better at ration LanternWaste Aug 2013 #42

So being virtuous requires subsidizing outsourced sweatshop labor? BainsBane Aug 2013 #47

One of my best clients is a bag designer... Walk away Aug 2013 #50

I buy vintage! dorkzilla Aug 2013 #51