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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get it either OP. Now, I do have a very high HHI but I feel like I can either do really nice fashion or things I value more, like a cuter house/expensive kid activities/travel.

It comes down to priorities but I feel like a) it has to be a pretty high priority and b) you have to have a top HHi.

Alternatively you can just not have any kids or a mortgage. [/quote]

It's funny because I think you and OP are both assuming that style means having like $10,000 dresses. That's one kind of style, but it's not very attainable for most people. If that's your thing, save up or shop Poshmark. But for most people having style just means finding clothes you like that look good on you- just putting a little thought into how you dress yourself. It really doesn't take a lot of $ for that.

Skincare, on the other hand...[/quote]

Im not assuming it means having 10K dresses, but I admit I am interpreting “style” as something more than you are. I think that it’s more like having some flair and a sense of confidence about it. I find things I like and that look good, but they’re from target and I wouldn’t call myself stylish at all.

I do know that lots of fashionistas can do it for a very low price. But that takes a lot of time and effort, and yes some money that could be spent on other things, which that goes to my statement about priorities. I have had moments in life where I started trying to dress nicer and it is *so* much easier when you let yourself spend more money on things. Yes you can find that perfect fashionable shirt for the same price as a shirt you’d get at Walmart…if you have developed an eye for what you’re looking for, if you are willing to dig through things at consignment stores or posh mark, and if you’re willing to keep checking. If you let yourself spend more money, then it takes a fraction of the time and effort. And even then I think they spend more than I would.

So i suppose I am looking at the question myopically and I am thinking more about people who are more like me—busy moms with mortgages and high-ish HHIs—and I don’t know how they afford the really nice clothes they wear. Maybe they are just way better with other expenses than I am, or maybe they do take the time to scour consignment stores! [/quote]

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