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Outrageously expensive boots! fluff

AllyK81 View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:23 AM Post #1
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I am COVETING some Alexander McQueen boots. I saw them in a magazine, then in Myer and since then I have been thinking about them a lot. I would get a lot of wear out of them for potentially years and they are gorgeous. But they are $700. I can afford them no problems, but I am not sure I could live with the guilt! $700 is about 1/6 of our weekly take home salary - in relative terms, would you spend 1/6 of your take home household income on one pair of boots? Would it be worth it anyway if I felt guilty about being sucked in by such consumerism?!

~sydblue~ View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:25 AM Post #2
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Sure, why not buy them. I mean you have the money, so go for it.

elmo_mum View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:28 AM Post #3
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im supposed to care that you can afford $700 boots and you are complaining bout it??

Katie_bella View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:29 AM Post #4
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If you can comfortably afford it, buy them. Then wear them everyday for 3 years....

~Nic~ View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:30 AM Post #5
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I'm holding off replying till I see the boots... pics please!!

lafonda View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:33 AM Post #6
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I wouldn't spend 1/6th of our pay on boots no. Although that is under $100 for us, I don't value shoes at all.

minimae View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:37 AM Post #7
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Yep no answer here until I see the boots in question.

AllyK81 View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:40 AM Post #8
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I can't find a link! They are flat-ish black leather ankle boots with a little chain. Versatile and probably comfortable. Weekend shoes, rather than work shoes. My resolve is crumbling already!

PixieVee View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:42 AM Post #9
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Yeah, get 'em.

wesse View Member Profile	08/02/2013, 11:42 AM Post #10
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Prior to having children? Yes definitely! ...now, post children? My kankles probably wouldn't fit into them and there is no point wearing McQueen on the school run ... So, no I wouldn't. Pics of the boots please and I may reconsider

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