Do you like to be one step ahead?

[kuhio98]

No, not me. I'm pretty much the opposite. And I know it's not kind of me, but I sometimes laugh at my brother (who has to have the latest and greatest). He has to be "part of the herd". Whatever everyone else is wearing, he has to wear. Whatever they buy, he has to buy. Whatever someone he admires says is the "in" thing, he has to have. What a waste of time and money! I remember when VCR's first came out. He had to be one of the first to get one. He paid $800 for it. And then when you could buy movies on video tape, he had to be one of the first and was paying $70 for a movie. All it led to was a home full of stuff and him filing for bankruptcy. I'd rather have money in the bank any day than the latest-greatest-trendiest thing that will go out of style in 30 minutes.

I heard a very strange story the other day about women to lease PURSES/HANDBAGS because they insist on having very expensive designer purses but can't afford them. They lease them by the month and then trade them in for the a new model. Like P.T. Barnam said, "There's a sucker born every minute."