If You're Still Wearing Silver Tiffany Jewelry - STOP Right This Second

DeltaBetaBaby · #1 01-10-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by centaur532

I don't drink Starbucks coffee at all. I'm all about Fair Trade Coffee. I'm as meticulous about it as a vegetarian is about not eating meat.
Well, my example-right after the tsunami, I had money from christmas. I wanted this really nice leather jacket that was on sale, but I knew I couldn't justify spending $100 on something I wanted but didn't need when there were people who'd just had their entire lives wiped out halfway around the world.
It's not a price cutoff, it's just how my conscience feels on a particular day

This christmas I didn't know what I wanted from my parents and they kept asking, so finally I showed my mother this website : http://www.oxfamamericaunwrapped.com/ and spent $50 investing in a fair trade coffee collaborative.
I am a privileged westerner as is. I have clean water, clothes, food and shelter. I have a cell phone and a computer with internet access. I drive a decent car which I can fill with gas whenever I want, no problem.
Don't get me wrong-I do not begrudge people for wanting and buying expensive items (except Paris Hilton etc. she disgusts me!). It's all a matter of perspective.
Occasionally I do remind myself that I am allowed to spend large amounts of money on things I want because the cost of living is so different over here. Also I can't save the world, as much as I'd like to.
Oh, on topic-I own a fake Tiffany necklace. It looks pretty real, not very, but real enough. I'm not sure where it is actually.

This is why I can't stand the idea of a wedding registry. I have dishes and stuff, why would I replace them?

DSTRen13 · #2 01-10-2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

This is why I can't stand the idea of a wedding registry. I have dishes and stuff, why would I replace them?

That's why you can register for things like donations to charities if you already have dishes

(I personally don't have anything close to a full set of dishes. I am definitely registering for dishes and the donations. I am fresh outta college and I need some dishes!)

FuzzieAlum · #3 01-10-2007, 10:51 PM

Are you sure your interns aren't from Nashville? I swear I saw one of their sisters today at the gym in a t-shirt that said:

"Barbie has all the clothes -
Barbie has all the toys -
Barbie must be a (insert sorority name here)!"

KillarneyRose · #4 01-10-2007, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FuzzieAlum

Are you sure your interns aren't from Nashville?

Too weird, but one of them is actually from a suburb of Nashville (Mead something. I'm thinking Meadeville, but that's a town in Pennsylvania so I know it's not that).

DSTdimepiece · #5 01-11-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

Too weird, but one of them is actually from a suburb of Nashville (Mead something. I'm thinking Meadeville, but that's a town in Pennsylvania so I know it's not that).

Probably Belle Meade......it is a higher income district of Nashville.

FuzzieAlum · #6 01-11-2007, 10:20 AM

Yeah, in Belle Meade I'm always afraid I'll be pulled over for driving a Kia.

33girl · #7 01-11-2007, 10:54 AM

OK, I just looked up David Yurman because I didn't know what it looked like. I've seen that stuff before, but I had no idea it was "designer." I thought it was just from, like, Kay Jewelers or something.

KillarneyRose · #8 01-10-2007, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

This is why I can't stand the idea of a wedding registry. I have dishes and stuff, why would I replace them?

I agree with you, DBB! I've been married for 15 years and I still don't have any proper china to speak of. Where would I put it? I don't have one of those china cabinet doohickies.

All my dishes and stuff are Crate and Barrel junk and I'm fine with that.