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[quote=Anonymous]I actually appreciate her choices and lifestyle. It's the "frugal" part that doesn't quite ring true. Check out the blog entry for April 11. Apparently her DH came home with $500 of Brooks Brothers shirts, but the money wasn't the problem apparently. The issue was whether no-iron shirts were worth it in terms of the labor she saves ironing. The answer, after a digression into the chemicals involved in no-iron shirts, is yes, they are worth it, but only if said shirts come from Brooks Brothers. Now, I actually get DS the Brooks Brothers no-iron shirts (well, maybe 1-2 a year for special events), and DH sends his to the dry cleaners. So I actually appreciated her cost-benefit analysis, I thought about how I value my own time, and the fact that even the no-iron shirts need a once-over with the iron after a month on DS' closet floor. But $500 of Brooks Brothers is frugal, even for a guy with a FT job? You tell me. Maybe a modern Mrs. Beeton, instead?[/quote]
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