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My mind works differently... ...than

My mind works differently...
...than people with money. And I got the most proof I've ever gotten of that in the last few days

Over on Frugal Musings, there's been a semi-interesting discussion in the comments section after Kim ranted about Budget Living magazine having some really expensive things that would never fit into someone's budget (a lawn chair for $350? I don't even think my VP-of-a-NYC-commerical-real-estate-company uncle who got his 11- and 10-year old sons each their own laptop for Christmas would spend that much on a lawnchair). I mentioned that I agreed that some of the prices were high (my exact quote was "It's either stuff that we don't need, or is too expensive anyway. That Pottery Barn lamp (an $80 offering from Pottery Barn Kids) blew my mind." Well, after a while this was thrown out there: "Well I think the point is that the target audience for Budget Living Magazine is upper middle class to upper class. Those who have money but still want to be budget minded."

Okay, back the truck the fuck up. We have a magazine called "Budget Living" that's targeted to the wealthy? I responded back wanting to know where my magazine was. "Ghetto Fabulous. For those who have nothing but want to look like they make a living wage." Oh wait, they probably wouldn't even let it have a cool name like "Ghetto Fabulous." It'd probably be called either "Slumming It," or "If You Buy Your Furniture at Vinny's, You Probably Shouldn't Spend the Money on the Magazine Anyway."