Yeah okay I can't believe I get to hear these conversations. So I'm sitting at playground and we're eating lunch and one friend says to another "I love that lunch bag, I've been looking for those." I say "it's cute".
They start discussing it, it's the stainless steel lunch bag on sale from pottery barn for
Now I bought my sandwich kits from Costco 3 for $14. And I got thermos on sale for $8.99. I send my kids with a lot of hot foods but still it was a nice kit.
I don't get it. I know I live in a very upper middle class area. I know these people make good money. But still I find a lot of these things they are willing to spend their money on unfathomable. A lunch bag for $50? I just bought a new backpack and lunch bag with free extra lunch bag for $12 from toys r us. It's frozen and my kiddo loves it.
I'm not sure how much my DH and I would have to earn to for me to comfortable spending that sort of money without blinking. Calling $47 lunchbox on sale a good deal.
I probably need to be independently wealthy like some of the people I know. Those who already have $3-5M to be really comfortable spending like that. But otherwise I don't think so. I'll write more about this later. Because I have more interesting stories about money at the "1% working people, not the 1% independently wealthy."
August 26th, 2014 at 01:29 pm 1409056156
August 26th, 2014 at 01:40 pm 1409056820
It *is* monogrammed! Well worth the $47 ... so I don't know what you're shocked ...
August 26th, 2014 at 01:42 pm 1409056925
HAHAHAHA! LOL! I was being sarcastic, and that was also my attempt at humor.
Rocks in the head. I laughed at myself for buying an insulated salad kit for my daughter, the Salad Queen. It was on sale at Target, I had a Target coupon, and a Rubbermaid coupon and still felt it might have been unreasonable at $9. Though that was dismissed since she loves it and is getting more creative with her salads (adding cranberries and chicken strips).
August 26th, 2014 at 01:47 pm 1409057246
I'm not really shocked there are people like this, but more sad that they think these things are important.
August 26th, 2014 at 02:35 pm 1409060154
I'm afraid I was a little shocked when she first showed it to me.
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August 26th, 2014 at 02:54 pm 1409061252
Of course people can spend whatever they chose to spend their funds on. And perhaps if I wasn't sitting here in money/financial limbo I would probably be less sensitive to a $50 lunchbox.
And, in the past, we have frequented the Vera Bradley Outlet store and purchased lunch boxes (fabric pattern to coordinate with gym bags). And my daughter did give one to her then best friend. Who was none-to-happy because she then *had* to go and buy two additional ones for her other daughters, and they weren't on sale and cost $27.50 or whatever (and we clearly didn't pay that for one, maybe 2.5). She gave me a sarcastic "thanks". So, I imagine that there are varying degrees of extravagance in lunchbox land.
August 26th, 2014 at 10:23 pm 1409088228
August 27th, 2014 at 04:11 am 1409109086
Lara I bought the same salad kit probably from costco. I love it. And your story of the gift sounds like something my friend would do and I'd have to die if my other kiddo wanted one too.
CCF I nearly dropped my lunch bag when I found out the price because the kids are 4.
CB perhaps they got it on sale? 3 years sound like a good deal.
Butterscotch it's stainless steel and looks nicely constructed.
Rob, no I doubt it. I think more that they make a lot, but still have to work.
August 27th, 2014 at 04:18 am 1409109537