Making fun of people with money

[owlectomy]

Williams Sonoma now has a gardening/hipster domestic hobby store.

These chicken coops!

Copper trowels!

This is the prettiest, fanciest twine I have ever seen. TWINE.

I have spent sufficient money on yarn and kitchen stuff that I can be thoroughly understanding of the temptation to spend large amounts of money on one's hobbies, for the prettiness and the unshakeable belief that somehow a really pretty chicken coop will make you that much better at keeping chickens. There is probably some of this that makes perfect sense for someone who is serious about their jam-making or their beekeeping. But I am just mouthing at the computer screen, "You realize this is going OUTSIDE, right? This is going IN THE DIRT?"

Comments

[daedala]

But it's BRITISH twine.

[trouble]

Wow.

[writerjenn.livejournal.com]

What I liked was that the twine was a GIFT PACK. To celebrate that special holiday with the twine-lover in your life?

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Is it sadder to buy really expensive twine for yourself, or to buy really expensive twine for someone else?

[writerjenn.livejournal.com]

You know those jewelry store commercials where excited women whisper to each other, "He went to Jared!"? I can't help picturing the one where they whisper, "He got me twine!"