Can I Live?

You know, I have this one friend …. I love her to death, but she has to be the cheapest son of a biscuit I ever knew in my life! LOL And its fine – to each his own – but YOU be cheap. Can I live?

Every time I say I am going to do something, she comes back at me with a cheaper alternative. This would be fine, even awesome, if the cheaper alternative were equally as good as the original plan, but it never is. Its like the difference between drinking a pepsi and drinking an RC Cola. Im sure its fine for some people, I just aint one of em LOL.

Like today I showed her a dinette I wanted to buy for $250. If you know anything about good dinettes, $250 is already a great price. However, this is $250 “on closeout from $1000 ” great, not “it came this price” great, LOL. If a dinette CAME $250, its not a great price, its cheap, and to me, that means a lot more than just inexpensive. Cheap stuff is generally made from cheap materials. Yes, one can take excellent care of their cheap shit and it will look polished and new every time you see it for the next 50 years, but by and large, cheap shit doesn’t tend to last that long. Personally, I rather spend $300 on something once, than spend $99 on it 4 times.

Some might call that line of thinking “bougie,” but like I said, I believe you get what you pay for. Don’t trip – there are some things it doesn’t matter for. Other things, the rule applies to. For instance, I will buy me a $3 t-shirt from Walmart in a heartbeat, if its cute, but I wont buy jeans from there. I wont buy shoes from there. And dammit, I wont buy CD’s from there either, but that’s another story, so I digress LOL. I mean, I guess if there is one thing I did get from my mother, that was it. And it wasn’t about balling, trust me. I think it was exactly the opposite. Coming up, we aint have it like that to be re-buying shit LOL. So my mom would always buy the “good shit” so it would last. Clothes cant be unraveling and fading and shrinking and all that kinda madness. Your sneakers cant be tearing up all quick, you have to take care of your feet. Furniture was a big deal and my mama always liked to entertain, so it had to be sturdy and nice. Those are lessons I took from her, from a young age. Never has it been about flossing….. well I probably had a moment or two, LOL….. but mostly, its about recognizing the difference in the quality of things. My kids are hell on EVERYTHING and I work too hard to be replacing shit. So when you suggest I get the $99 or $199 dinette from Walmart or Big Lots, Im sorry, that’s not gonna work for me. Now I am in no way saying that Walmart does not sell quality goods. I LOVE WALMART! I am simply saying that they don’t specialize in anything, and THAT is kinda the problem for me. Think about it for a second…… feel me? So when it comes to something Im going to demand a lot of, I gotta see a specialist LOL. Unfortunately, Im not one of the lucky ones that can make cheap shit look clevvy. Cheap shit on me looks cheap LOL. Cheap shit in my house gets broke the fuck up LOL. I mean, I just cant do it. Don’t get me wrong, Im a little bit of a snob about certain things, but we all have our preferences.

So sweet, dear friend of mine….. its ok. When I mention a pending purchase to you, remember: you don’t have to pay for any of this shit LOL. Relax. Just tell me if you like the red or the blue, that’s all I asked LOL…..