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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion Archive: Archive August 2005: What are you a "snob" about?
DH and I are quite frugal...but, there are things we are "snobs" about. I will buy the cheapest things, but when it comes to getting my eyebrows waxed or my hair done...I feel like an absolute "snob". I also will not buy cheap toilet paper!! LOL!
I don't know if this is considered snobby or not but I have to have name brand ketchup and mayo...can't stand the store brands.
Yes- hair here too. Nothing worse than a bad haircut.
13yo dd was REALLY hungry for strawberry ice cream with actual chunks of strawberry in it, so we bought a better brand of ice cream, that was more expensive than the store brand (Kemps)
Toilet paper, haircuts, and dish soap are usually things I will pay more for. Quality bras are a must with a large chest. The days of picking up a cute but flimsy bra at Target are long gone! Oh, and batteries! I've found a definite difference in how long they last. Actually, I can think of several other things. I must be quite a *snob*!
My hair!!!!(the $ I spend on my cuts, shampoo and conditioner LOL), purses, undies, and (I'll get nailed on this one probably) fake jewelry. If it's not the real thing I'd just rather not have it. (It doesn't have to be big, it just has to be REAL
Fabric Softner-I can't stand the cheap stuff. You might as well not use any. I but Downy, Snuggles, or Gain.
I am a snob about jewelry. No costume jewelry. I will wear some sterling silver but prefer white gold or platinum. Antique Art Deco jewelry is my favorite.
Hmmm, car seats are about the only thing. I'm a huge fan of Britax seats. It's love, what can I say? Other than that, I can't think of anything I am "snobby" about. Usually, I find a brand that I like and I buy it. If it's Walmart brand, then so be it.
Ditto tp and haircuts etc.
Hmmm....I am a snob about a lot too
I am definately a name brand snob. I have tried many generics and just can't take them. I am also a high thread count sheet snob. I love nice purses and will save to buy them if I have to. I guess I am snobby about allot of things now that I think about it. LOL Funny thing is, I rarely notice what other people have. So I don't think I do it for any other reason than I just love great quality!!
I'm the same Vicki - I never look at someone else's purse and think bad thoughts, *I* just have to have a certain kind. It's just a personal thing!
Toilet paper, hair products, good jeans, ketchup, mayo, bras, coffee, lettuce (no iceburg for me!), lean cuts of meat.......
Toilet paper is I think the only thing I buy that has to be a particular brand.
I guess I'm an antique snob. I won't buy a reproduction. I won't hang cardboard prints on my walls....only paintings, lithographs and photography. I'm also very loyal to Agner purses, and won't carry any other. I only wear one perfume....Jessica, by Jessica McClintock. There are food brands I prefer...Heinz catsup, Hellman's mayonnaise, Jif peanut butter and Ken's Steak House salad dressings, to name a few. I only use Revlon Colorsilk on my hair, but I will try different colors, LOL.
Haircuts, shampoo and conditioner, skin care products, bras, tp...
Haircuts, Hotels...when we go on vacation i will not stay in a Motel 6 sort of place. it does not have to be a 5 star hotel (which we could not afford anyway) but i'm not staying in those cheapy pay by the hour sort of hotels either. They are just gross to me.
LOL! Isn't it amazing at how much we love things of quality and won't waver?
Oh, and Gentleman Jack is a very smooth Whiskey. If he had it his way, he would get the Single Barrel that is the most pure.
LOL i am also a big snob on hotels too! Ultimately I think the difference in what makes a true snob is if you like or do things only for the look or how it appears to others. But if you do things for you and what makes YOU feel good then it is just a strong preference. Emily commented about trailer houses...ya know they just are creepy to me, feel unstable, I honestly could never live in one. I would choose a cheap apartment or my car if those were my choices, this doesn't go for just some trailers, but all of them, RV's, pop ups, prebuilt homes. It is a whole sensory experience issue, hard to explain. But my ryland home in cincy had those floor ducts and I felt the exact same way, I spent most of my time in the basement because it felt more stable.
Britax carseats here too
Karen, no iceberg lettuce for me, either. It's gotta be dark green!
I should add Jif to my list too - it's the only peanut butter I buy.
Bread, I have to have soft honey wheat, I used to buy Nature's Own, but they don't have it here, so I buy Sara Lee. Victoria's Secret is the only place I buy underwear and bras, only the Very Sexy collection bras and Pink collection undies. Coke, I cannot drink the store brand. I have to drink bottled water, tap water tastes funny to me (probably because I was raised with well water, and never drank tap water) Sheets, although I just recently started caring about that. Toilet paper! I like Cottonelle, but they don't have it at the PX so I bought Quilted something, and it's so thin! Baby Soft is junk, Charmin is ok in a pinch, but I'm never buying anything but Cottonelle again! Oh, and my friends and DH have convinced me to stop buying the cheapest shampoos and conditioners, so I took a step up to Aussie. It's not the Biolage the hubs would prefer, but it's better than the cheap stuff!
Karen, those are the lettuces that I like, too! I love spring mix!
Oh Karen, you haven't even felt heaven yet on the sheets. LOL I just got a set of 1200 thread counts!! Just wait until you work your way a little higher... you will be a snob for sure!! LOL
LOL vicki, I thought the same thing, I just bought my first set of 800 thread count a year ago and have been looking ever since for more with a good price.
Vicki, I know, I've slept on really good sheets, but never bought any. I had no idea what a difference it made, I am slowing working my way up the thread count ladder. LOL I almost bought an 800 T.C. set of sheets a few weeks ago, but it wasn't available in the color I wanted in King. I still have a little problem with the cost of the *good* sheets!
Hotels, hair products and chicken, lol.
I am not very snobby, but I DONT like leaf lettuce, give me the crunchy, no nutrient, boring ol iceberg lettuce, but only if it is fresh
Haircuts, underwear and good red wine. I do likes my brand name clothes, but sadly they are very rarely in my budget....SALE RACK!
After reading all the responses, I have to agree with almost everyone so I guess that makes me a BIG SNOB!
That made me LOL.
I have my brand names I stick to : Hellmans, Heinz, A1, Scotts tp, for sure.
Tissues - Puffs with Lotion.
I like Puffs or Kleenex. If I have a cold and my nose is very sore, then I like the lotion kleenex.
What a bunch of Moms we are, going on about ketchup and toilet paper - tee hee
luvs diapers, tide detergent, dawn dishsoap, there are probably others but I can't think of them. I am don't necessarily have to buy brand name stuff, but I am willing to spend a bit more to get quality. I don't have to have brand name stuff that people can see necessarily. When buying for just the family I will buy a lot of generic food and suchm but when we have people over or something I buy the good stuff. Salad dressings mostly. I like the name brand stuff, but when you can get a bottle for $1 as opposed to almost $4 then I tend to go for cheaper. Hair cuts and stuff I don't pay a lot for. My husband goes to a place that gives $5 haircuts and he is happy with that.
Okay, don't need fancy dish soap, but I definitely needed brand-name diapers. Once in a great while, DH would bring home an off-brand. They didn't fit as nice and were nowhere near as absorbent as the nice ones! I didn't have a preference for Huggies, Luvs, or pampers, but it had to be one of the three!
ROFL Dawn! I remember when J & J were babies, X picked up some grocery store brand diapers for me. Not only did they stink with a funny odor to begin with, they crumbled/fell apart when wet! And he got mad and could not understand when I threw them all out. Huggies were my favs at the time.
We are "sausage snobs" at our house! We won a little sausage package from the grocery store, with summer sausage and cheese in it. The cheese was good, but the Klement's sausage is too fatty for my taste. The sausage we buy from a local butcher is soooooo much better. I keep feeding my pieces to the dog. I really shouldn't even eat anymore of it. I can't stand it! Klement's is a Wisconsin sausage, but once you have had Sheboygan sausage, there just is no other kind. We will take Miesfeld summer sausage and Miesfeld's bratwurst anytime!
Cheese - Kraft, DiGiorno or Sargento....
Karen, they make Sargento cheese, about 10 miles from my house and the Northern toilet paper is made about an hour from my house! LOL! You keep buying those WI products!
Kraft Miracle Whip
Oh, I forgot, yes...Intuition razors!! No longer need shaving cream and it's SO much faster!!!
My 16yo loves her Venus razor! I suppose I will have to spend the money and try one myself, one of these days. I just use the cheap Bic ones!
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) Also hotels/vacations. I'll pretty much buy anything generic at the grocery if I already know we've tried and like it. Let me just add that I'm getting less 'snobby' in my one-income days LOL!!!! 