cybercat wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote:
>> Egad! That is one place I have total self-control--as vs. shopping for
>> groceries when hungry, or shopping at an interesting ethnic grocery store.
>>
>
> Because you take no pleasure in wasting money and do not seek to impress
> with conspicuous consumption, perhaps. I buy beautiful and functional things
> all the time, at great prices, so that I can do other, worthwhile things
> with the money I did *not* waste. To knowingly waste money when there are so
> many people who are needy just turns my stomach. To then brag about it is
> just ****ing beyond sickening.
>
>
While I wouldn't say that about the OP, it is true that I don't
buy into the "gotta have" mentality. I find it odd, to say the least.

--
Jean B.