I thought we were in a recession??

A very wonderful dream!

My ds received a $25.00 tip when he cleaned someone's yard and he took it to the grocery store and bought canned foods. He took those canned foods and donated them to the food bank. That was a very proud moment for me. He felt he was paid what he asked to be paid but the extra $25.00 was an additional blessing that he wanted to share with others who might need help.

 

I should also add that I am by no means saying that people shouldn't have nice things. I also think that if someone has the money, good for them. However, I also think that there are way too many people who are so ridiculously rich that feel it's more important to spend their money on a $1,000 shirt than worry about people who can't even buy a $10 shirt. I'm just all about reasonable wants and needs, is all.

 

That's too much weight to put on one pair of sneakers methinks. I actually wonder the same thing myself at times but it's a general question and one that's unfair to level at one person over one shoe purchase. Heck, remember the kerfuflle over Sarah Palin's election wardrobe? How many people could she have helped if she'd bought fewer pieces or department store clothes? I think we tend to recognize though that not every spending choice a person makes needs to be measured in terms of who the money could have helped, especially when most of us have made choices where we ourselves could have bought something cheaper and given the difference to charity.

If the Obamas were known for excessive spending and outrageous purchases I could understand the concern but whatever faults people may lay at their feet, outrageously expensive tastes or careless spending honestly doesn't seem to be one of them.

 

I should say that I also suspect Michelle Obama's idea of walking the dog isn't my idea of walking the dog. I walk the dog and it's a 20 or 30 minute affiar in which we saunter along at a casual rate.

The Obama's are a very fit family so what she means may be a stiff jog of about an hour. Not what you'd want an ordinary shoe for. Heck, the guy at the sporting goods store were I went for shoes a couple of years ago was showing me $200 sneakers that he informed me should last a good 6 months before they need replacing if I intended to do any serious jogging. I decided, after I picked my jaw up from the floor, that jogging was too expensive.

But for those people who have the money and are very physically active I doubt $500 would really seem outrageous. I know I tend to think of sneakers of casual shoewear but others think of them at vital sporting equipment and then it gets expensive. The Obamas strike me as a family that are likely more in the latter group.

 

Well I can plainly see that I have upset someone.

I do sincerley appologize. My observations are just my observations and nothing more. I am free to think as I please, am I not? I simply added my thoughts on the situation. Am I to be faulted because my thoughts happen to be different from the obvious majority? Once again I meant nobody in particular. Katie you continue to think my comments were directed at you and they aren't.

Dawn you are a wise lady.

 

Once again, I am not upset or mad. Just trying to defend something I never said or did.

Lets just put this nonsense to rest! (((( ))))

 

It was a hypothetical question, and I don't think it's unfair at all. If more people used their money to help others instead of spending money on overly lavish things, our world would be a better place...and that's just a fact.

 

I think the word you should use is 'catty', not 'caddy'.
'Catty' means vicious. 'Caddy' can be a noun or a verb, depending on how it's used in a sentence. The way you used it mnakes no sense at all.

I'm the one that started this thread, so I want to answer. I started this thread just because I thought it was wild that those shoes- not very attractive shoes at that- cost all that money. The whole thing reminded me of when Nancy Reagan bought china for the White House during another financially tough time.

It really gets on my nerves when someone posts a thread and others come into it and question it's relevancy! It would be like me going in and dissing all the House and Home threads, because I don't see a need to discuss domestic things. Instead, I rarely go into those boards unless I see an interesting thread title.

I'm not suggesting what the Obamas should or shouldn't spend their money on, I'm simply saying I can't believe those shoes were so expensive, and I don't think she should have paraded them at a time when people are out of work, losing benefits, and their homes. It's an 'in your face' to the people affected by the economy.

 

I wonder if 540.00 panties bunch as easily??

 

wow, this is getting heated for a pair of shoes. Man I just wish I had the money she paid for the shoes and I could go and do whatever I want with it.
But, that is her life, she is a smart women and knows what the rest of the world is going through, and she feels she needs the shoes to walk the dog and wal mart's wouldn't work for her then go for it.

 

ROFL! That is hilarious Becky. Mine are Hanes and they didn't get bunched up so perhaps they have to be more expensive or less expensive to have bunched up? LOL

 

Kris, you could always use the money for fuel in your pink jet. (((( )))) By the way, have fuel prices dropped for the pink jet?

 

I'll tell you what- 540.00 panties better change my life, make me rich, slim me down, and catapult me to stardom!

 

You are correct Becky! (((( ))))

 

LOL I think mine were like $7.00 for 6 pair. I got the time that are supposed to be wedgie/sneaky proof.

 

First and foremost I'd like to thank you Becky for the grammar lesson. :roll:

Second I didn't question the relevancy of this thread at all. Never once did I do that. Anything you want to discuss I suppose is relevant.

Thirdly (is that even a word? let's ask Becky!) since we are sharing what get's on each others nerves - what gets on my nerves is when I give my opinion on an open public board and get told that it isn't ok. Well ya know what? I dont care! How is that? I am going to continue to give my opinion when I feel like it. Know why? Cause I can. You do it. Everyone here does it daily. Why is it that when I do it it suddenly isn't ok. I know why. It is because I don't think the same way you all do. I happen to not think it was in bad taste to wear the shoes. I happen to think that it is CATTY for people to be coming down on them because the lady bought a pair of shoes no matter what they cost with her own money. The tax payers didn't pay for the shoes - she did. AND she buys American most often right? J. Crew is her store of choice. I happen to be in this thread since I can be, it is open to us all AND I do find it interesting. I didn't come here to diss anyone - I came here to give my two cents. Obviously it isn't welcome but frankly I don't care. Katie asked me to let it go and I did. I didn't say another word because i really didn't direct anything at any one person just the overall tone I percieved it to take. But then I come back and see the CATTINESS once more but this time it is directed at me.

I'm not going to not join a thread just because I have a different opinion. I am a member of this board too and just because you don't like what I have to say or how I feel about something doesn't mean I have to leave or not join in a thread. You can all learn to deal with it. And if you can't deal with someone stating a different opinion without getting your panties in a bunch (yes I said it again) then you have issues. Like I said I left it alone when Katie asked me to but not anymore.

 

You're welcome.

 

hey lets keep things nice. we don't need to bicker back and forth to get our point accross. Thats what drives people away from here.

 

Tiffany, unless you know my heart, you can't say that I was being catty-vicious. I wasn't, I thought we were past all this and just having fun. I certainly was not directing anything toward you and my intent was not vicious or "catty". I was funnin' and laughing at this whole thing. Come on now, this is really getting out of hand and I never was mad, whether you believe it or not. I feel perhaps you are upset but I never was. When I mentioned you calling me catty and said thanks, I was saying it in a flipid (is that a word?-Becky, please help) manner than was in fun and not mean or vicious. :love:

I think everyone is entitled to their opinion but when you accuse one person or a group of people of being catty, then you personalize your opinion and one can take it as a personal attack. It's like saying, I think those shoes are stupid vs. I think you are stupid. The latter one can personalize a comment. kwim?

I am sorry if you think that I was being unkind to you, that was not my intent. I truly thought you would join in and poke fun at the fact that any of us would look at one another in a less than friendly manner. I think some emotions are running high here and I don't think it is just about the shoes. It is okay to stand back and laugh at ourselves and think, boy this whole thing is really not worth the bother or worth getting catty with friends. For the sake of this entire board, lets shake hands and forget about this.

That is the thing about boards, you cant see someone's face or voice inflections and it is hard to get a true feel for what they are saying. I really think this is just a misunderstanding. (((( ))))