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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)Don't feel bad. I spent $45 on a shower curtain not long ago. I feel decadent.
applegrove
(118,018 posts)what used to be called The Hudson's Bay Company, that had trading posts in Western Canada in the 1600s. They traded the blankets with the green, red, yellow, blue stripes on them with the aboriginals. It is a department store now. Iconic Canadian design. I've not every had such a thick towel.
http://www.thebay.com/eng/hbccollections-blankets-thebay?ad=test&gclid=CPm1lb3LpLICFcV9Ogod7XUARQ
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)Didn't know they made towels with that pattern.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)applegrove
(118,018 posts)with multiple primary colour stripes on it.
TexasTowelie
(111,299 posts)smoke blue and ganja green.
so sayeth towelie
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,299 posts)I realize that everybody may not be up.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I can't judge you. I've done the same, but that was when my paycheck included a couple more numbers at the end.
I hope it's fluffy and makes you smile.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)The last towels I bought cost $7 for an entire set that included 2 bath towels, 2 face towels, and 2 washcloths. They are Egyptian cotton and feel quite nice against the twins. I got them on clearance and bought 7 sets.
I'm not saying I wouldn't spend $40 for one, but it would have to make me laugh every time I used it.
TexasTowelie
(111,299 posts)But why should you settle for the feel of cotton when you can get a velvet touch instead?
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)So they are used to the feel of cotton. If I gave them something better they might demand I buy a whole set of $40 towels.
Mac1949
(389 posts)A towel... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have.
- Douglas Adams
zbdent
(35,392 posts)fbguy_144
(47 posts)must be made of some really special material.
applegrove
(118,018 posts)it would last me forever. A really classic historical canadian pattern. The iconic canadian company that made it is now owned by Americans...so I don't know what the future will hold. We are facing much competition with American retailers in Canada right now. Many canadian retailers have gone under. Many US retailers are setting up shop. I hope the "Bay" is around for another 342 years, as the Hudson's Bay Company has been all the way back to when they were fur traders. But I doubt it.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)and say to yourself, "I can't believe I spent $40 on that thing. What was I thinking?"
newcriminal
(2,190 posts)Don't we all remember the fork flame war.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)applegrove
(118,018 posts)but shop for a new one? No way. I've hardly shopped at all in the last 3 years.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Turn soap into gold? Give out free hugs? Oral sex?
I'll stick with my $6 Target towels.
applegrove
(118,018 posts)mat was my grandmother's back in the 1950s. It is good quality too and has lasted forever.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)$6.99 Charisma towel I bought at Costco. 100% cotton, made in India, 5' in length. I washed it last week and used it today for the first time and it is so, so, soft and nice.
applegrove
(118,018 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)applegrove
(118,018 posts)I could afford. It will last forever.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)I do on some of the things I like, but hey, I hardly ever buy anything and those are the couple of things I splurge on.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Kali
(54,990 posts)sorry that you will now be judged harshly for this, but don't let it get you down, most of us know what a good person you are
I have spent "too much" on a few things in my life. Some things are worth it to us, they bring enough enjoyment, pleasure, nostalgia, history, connection, or other good feelings.
I see people wasting money on so much shit it really aggravates me when they turn around and pile on somebody else for enjoying a little extravagance once in a while.
I love those HB blankets and have been tempted on more than one occasion to get one. Last time I saw them was in a store that specialized in craft items for Native American buyers. That was in Northern AZ, in Flagstaff about 10 years ago.
applegrove
(118,018 posts)that in the 1600 and 1700s they would have been widely traded amongst various peoples of the West.