A couple of days ago I found myself watching Tyra as I was waiting for my lunch to settle so I could go running. The topic of the day was "Label Mania." They talked to all these different girls who said how they feel so much better about themselves when they are wearing Prada or Gucci or have one of those ugly Louis Vitton bags hanging from their shoulder. Tyra even had three girls from the audience, who are clearly high end designer obsessed, compete in a nasty Fear Factor like competition where the winner won the latest bag by Dolce or LV, I don't really remember or care. All the girls were ecstatic to have the chance of winning this $800 designer bag and were willing to do anything for it. It was sickening, I probably should have thrown up all over myself. If not from that, I definitely should have from this : a girl in the audience said she was 21 years old and $22 thou in debt, no doubt from spending all of her money on materialistic designer stuff. She didn't even seem phased as she told the audience this. How could that not freak you out that you're probably going to be declaring bankruptcy by the time you're 23. I'm also 21 and thankfully I have no debt at all.


I think I just sat here for literally 5 minutes because I don't even know where to begin. Part of me wants to line up all the girls from that episode, slap them all individually, steal each of their bags to later sell on Ebay, then to top it off, I don't know I would probably just push one of them down and leave. Yes I know in reality I would never do that and if put in the situation I would most likely just talk to them or something. I'd like to think I would at least steal one of their bags though. Then the other part of me just feels almost sorry for them. Do you honestly have to define who you are by the label on your clothes? It's called personality - get one.


Now I'm not trying to be rude to people that are this way. I guess I'm just saying it doesn't make sense to me that you would care so much about what you're wearing and how expensive it is to the point that you don't even care if you have to go into debt just to get it. Even if I did have the money I don't think I would ever be able to justify spending close to a thousand dollars on some bag that's just going to hold my keys and money...and all that other crap girls carry in their bags. (And the answer to your question is- I have no idea why girls, myself totally included, carry so much stuff in there, and no I don't usually need it. It's just comforting to know that I do have my swim suit, change of clothes, hiking boots, spare tire, a Sherpa, you know the essentials at my side at all times. You never know how the day will play out.) Now I am probably the cheapest girl out there, so I can't really justify spending money on anything, but that is beyond ridiculous to spend so much on one item. And it's not even clothing, it's an accessory. You can still feel good about yourself and look good without spending so much. If it matters to you so much, just lie and tell them it's D&G or whoever. It's not like anyone is going to make you take off your shirt and prove it. Although I might, because that would be funny and really I just want to say that to someone.

In response to this you may be wondering - OK then why did you go to school for fashion. The answer is as follows. I do think it is good to dress well and take care of yourself and try to look your best. I do love clothes and I really, more than almost anything else, besides music and traveling which are probably ranked at the same level, love drawing. So I thought it would be fun to design clothes. I still think it is, but as I got more into it I came across a lot of this- all that matters is who you're wearing kind of stuff. I really don't want to be in an industry that is so focused on that and filled with people that revolve their lives around it. I just don't care enough about designers and the fashion world. There's so much more I could say about this, but I can't really word it. I just don't want to be surrounded by that.

I could go on and on about this subject as well as so so much more about other various money topics that are racing through my brain right now. This one has nothing to do with this, but it's sort of the same and I feel the need to touch on it right now. Someone please answer me this. Why do newly married couples feel the need to go out and buy brand new cars and take out loans to buy houses and crap? I can't see why they think they need all that right away. Ugh I hate kids that grow up rich and expect to have the best of everything all the time. Get a job. I'm just going to stop now, but really I'm just really bothered and sick of people waisting their money on frivolous things. I hope this all doesn't come off as rude, though maybe it has hmmm.