My Reality
 

I'd always thought I was a member of the middle-classes, but after seeing this 'pillow' my reality changed and I realized I was a member of the lower-classes.


http://www.frette.com/en/shoponline/productdetail.aspx?folderId=8c4ef474-1d03-4b9e-89fa-fcf92b4f4c40&id=d357f9ed-f84f-46ce-aa3a-187567c4f94d&lastPageIndex=1

Huh... maybe they'll have a 20% off sale one of these days. :D

Ah yes, a python throw pillow, gimme a fracking break!

That's a SHAM!

I just wrote a check for 7500 gallons of AvGas.
I’ll have to wait ‘til next month for the sham.;):rolleyes:

NOT !!

Wow.... $2K for a couch pillow??? I don’t get it. :confused:
Around here, those are the first things to be tossed to the fake wood laminate floor when it’s time to sit down.

Fabric is very, very expensive, and I didn't fully realize this until a recent move. If you think pillows are expensive, try out $8K for one set of drapes. Lampshades? Rugs??? Outrageous bucks.

The most expensive furniture I used to own were my two antique leather club chairs and matching ottoman. Now they are the cheapest.

Anything nice is expensive.


Mercedes don't exactly grow on tree's.

Yeah, apparently an average planning decorating budget to replace 2/3 of your old chit when you move including new paint, fabric and furniture is around 12% of the value of your home excluding commissions.

Yep and everyone skimps on that. They stretch so much to buy the house that its like empty.

I have been in big homes, $700k homes, that people have lived in for 5 years that look like they just moved in.

The house we bought had a $70K kitchen, a leather couch, a bed and a big screen TV in it when we first began looking at it----and nothing else.

Hattie, is $700k considered an expensive home in your area? I just talked to a man in Philly who bought a house for $900,000 and they have to put $400,000 into it before they can move in.

New Haven and north of New Haven I guess can be real low compared to Fairfield county. What am I talking about ,I can't even afford a $75 house lol

Luxury water:rolleyes:
http://www.blingh2o.com/

If you can buy a python pillow or cocaine, you have too much money.

parts of them do.

Says the single chick with six doors worth of Mercedes Benz autos and what is rumored to be a Marcos-esque shoe collection;):D:D:D

Yep, that was probably a pretty decent kitchen though. At least they spent money where it counts. Did they do anything to the bathrooms?

So, so.

SSSSSSShhhhhhhh you will speak of this to no one.

Shoes? Miss frugal?:D;)

Guilty.....hey you can still be frugal and buy shoes. E-bay baby.

I hear you, where do you think I score good deals on Zegna stuff.:D

Yeah f'ed them up: two of the downstairs showers were grandly done in high dollar glass tile, benches, arched entrances, rain heads, ect.....by a crew of Mexican tile setters who didn't install pans or use proper backer board. We got a check at the closing to replace them because the seller (an attorney) couldn't find the workers after he realized they messed up.

You sound like you get to Manhattan a bit; try Century 21 at 22 Courtland Street (between Broadway and Church--yes, I am reading from a receipt, no I don't know the City that well:D). My wife uses an office very close by when there and she came home with an armload of Karl Lagerfeld pants for me a few years ago and I freaked out until I found out they were only $75/pair. Since then she stocks me up with cool stuff from there each trip. There is also a similar place (non-counterfiet) in the vicinity of the Soho Grand called BlueFly or something (I can check if you want) that sells more leather and accessory stuff for cheap as well.

Thanks I will check it out, I like the best just not paying for it.:D

Their is a Saks outlet in Clinton that has some pretty decent stuff, its really hit and miss though. Last time I was their I got a really nice light weight casual Zegna button down for like $100, market down from $250.

Ebay is hard you have to really cherry pick the auctions or you get used, messed up or fake junk. I have been lucky so far but I really cherry pick them.