she was spending $60-$90k on each one, and took them off to do the dishes.
ohmygodpleasetellmethatsatypodoesnotcomputedoesnotcom....
Aw, Scrappy, that's awesome!
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Dec 08, 2009 10:34:31 am PST #23703 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Atropa - Dec 08, 2009 10:38:41 am PST #23704 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I don't remember how much my engagement ring cost. It's sterling silver, and the star ruby is in a setting of sculpted bones, ivy leaves, and a skull.
She was spending $60-$90k on each one
I can't think of any piece of jewelry I'd spend that much money on. Not unless it came with guaranteed magic powers.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 10:41:35 am PST #23705 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She spent three times as much one one finger as I did on my car. There were eyerolls and words of incomprehension. Nothing that small and inanimate is that pretty.
Chipotle line is long.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2009 10:44:55 am PST #23706 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not unless it came with guaranteed magic powers.
Yup. And even then only if one of the powers was "turn junk mail into gold."
msbelle - Dec 08, 2009 10:47:26 am PST #23707 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
And I just got an email about sponsoring children in Ethiopia so they can stay with their families and not come to the orphanage my agnecy runs (this is what they try to do with any family that is bringing a child in for solely economic reasons- not health, danger, or abandonment) and I can't reconcile the numbers.
Strix - Dec 08, 2009 10:51:43 am PST #23708 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
OMG ded of cute: lesbian gamer wedding
Also, Jilli, there is a stripey Victorian goth bride on there! And absinthe-themed wedding!
90K is 30K more than my parents house cost. Wow.
Zenkitty - Dec 08, 2009 10:57:08 am PST #23709 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
When I first read that, I thought it was $60-$90 (I missed the k!) and I still thought it was ridiculous.
Funny, I was writing up a little rant about engagement rings for LJ yesterday, but I didn't post it. I'd rather have a fake diamond than spend enough money to buy a house on a shiny rock.
Atropa - Dec 08, 2009 11:00:10 am PST #23710 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Also, Jilli, there is a stripey Victorian goth bride on there! And absinthe-themed wedding!
I know the woman who runs Offbeat Bride, and she is awesome.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 11:00:27 am PST #23711 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In their world $60k didn't buy a car, much less a house. They imported the wood for the ground floor of their house from the South. It was so smooth I slept on it bare.
They lived a different life. Not sure what the economy crash and a divorce have done to them. Haven't kept up with them or the goss.
Jesse - Dec 08, 2009 11:02:50 am PST #23712 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In their world $60k didn't buy a car, much less a house.
That is the one semi-reasonable thing about pegging the cost of a ring to your salary, at least. Although I'd still say less than one month is plenty.