Comments on: Want vs. Need http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/02/24/want-vs-need/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: mapgirl http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/02/24/want-vs-need/#comment-97 mapgirl Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:27:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=93#comment-97 I haven't ferreted out the high end consignment stores around DC. Often they don't have my size anyway. I find that if you wear a size 10 or higher, you have much broader options. 'High end' consignment is often posh vintage and frequently costs more than new stuff on sale. I don't need much more at this point. I bought one more suit for the spring/summer season and so I should be fine with what I have now. It was $200 on sale from Lands' End Overstocks. Just in time for a work trip to Texas. I haven't watched the Oprah website, but I agree. These people are spenders and it's not something they are going to change easily. I haven’t ferreted out the high end consignment stores around DC. Often they don’t have my size anyway. I find that if you wear a size 10 or higher, you have much broader options. ‘High end’ consignment is often posh vintage and frequently costs more than new stuff on sale.

I don’t need much more at this point. I bought one more suit for the spring/summer season and so I should be fine with what I have now. It was $200 on sale from Lands’ End Overstocks. Just in time for a work trip to Texas.

I haven’t watched the Oprah website, but I agree. These people are spenders and it’s not something they are going to change easily.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/02/24/want-vs-need/#comment-96 Anonymous Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:29:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=93#comment-96 Wants vs Needs - just watched Oprah's (I stopped being a fan when she started with her Christmas gifts, way over my Christmas budget) on America's debt. The 3 families participating only have wants, they have ignored what their needs really are. Haven't checked oprah.com for more info but I don't think these families can be helped a whole lot because their mindset is implanted very deeply. On your corporate wardrobe - yes, you need to comply and yes, it will no doubt cost more than you may have planned. Do you have any high end consignment stores in your area that you could use to fill in your wardrobe? Wants vs Needs - just watched Oprah’s (I stopped being a fan when she started with her Christmas gifts, way over my Christmas budget) on America’s debt. The 3 families participating only have wants, they have ignored what their needs really are. Haven’t checked oprah.com for more info but I don’t think these families can be helped a whole lot because their mindset is implanted very deeply.

On your corporate wardrobe - yes, you need to comply and yes, it will no doubt cost more than you may have planned. Do you have any high end consignment stores in your area that you could use to fill in your wardrobe?

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