'I prefer to spend less when I’m alone, which lets me spend more when I’m with others'
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My American Midwestern mother, who delights in shopping almost as much as she does in knitting and Barbra Streisand, would take me to the mall and try to buy me stuff I didn’t need or want. She was a single parent, and her nurse’s salary couldn’t support it, but she liked the idea of me having nice things. We’d scour the department stores of the Milwaukee suburbs. After saying no to the first nine items, I’d say yes to the tenth, since I knew it gave her some kind of pleasure.
This financial sensibility — as well as a very real privilege I’ve become increasingly aware of — is largely what’s enabled me to live my life the way I have. I’ve managed to pay off my student debt within a few years of graduating, to roam from place to place and see the world, to call Brooklyn my home base.
I choose libraries over bookstores so that I can put that money toward a concert or show with friends. I cut my own hair and wear drug-store makeup so I can afford drinks at the bar. Buying Nyx over Nars isn’t so bad when the $40 I save on pressed powder can go to happy hour with a friend.
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