Lunch Time Honesty Minute: Name Brand

As I walk into Target ... first stop the Dollar Spot!
Walk into Walmart ... first stop ... the $3.50 tables!

Hello, I'm Little Sister Grenade and I'm CHEAP! Yep I am ... I admit it! It's not like I ever had a problem admitting it I have always been this way.

When I was about 6 or 7 my Daddy came home excited to show me a pair of Nike gym shoe's he'd bought me. I looked at them and asked for the price. Not because I wanted to make sure he paid alot. He gave me the price and I informed him that he could have bought me four pair of shoes from payless.

When my siblings were asking for the name brand clothes and gym shoes I was asking to go to walmart and payless. I was the girl in school who wore the casual shoes while everyone else wore the air forces and jordans.

Old Navy soon became my RocaWear and BabyPhat. I was still in stlye with whatever the trends were it 's just that I cared less whether it  had a name on it.

Honestly... mind wise I think  it's a sad thing to have to have name brands. Now if it's a choice then by God enjoy yourself. But when the only thing you will spend your (or someone elses) funds on has to have a name clearly showing off of it I think it's really sad.

I have bought gift for peoples children and have heard complaints about how I make so much money and couldn't get their child name brand. Needless to say ... thats where the gifts for her and her child ended. I have even had people tell me not to get their family or significant other anything because he/she wouldn't even were it whether it's clothing or cologne.

When my nieces came to live with us and I went out and bought them something you could bet your bottom dollar it was not as expensive as other children but in the end they looked ten times better. I have my own two babies now and though my little girl doesn't wear a lick of name brand unless its bought by someone else she's still considered a little trendsetter.

My boy on the other hand was a test for me. When he first came to live with me the first thing I bought him were a pair of Timberland boots. Not because they were Timberland but because it was winter time and payless didn't have his size and they were on sale. I do admit to making sure my nephew has on nice gymshoes but for the same amount of Nikes he have he has the same amount of none brand shoes whether from Family Dollar, Childrens Place, Walmart or Payless. To think about he has way more none brand then name brand.

I have and still am watching people go broke because of their need for Name Brand items. Spoiling their children into thinking that they must have the newest shoe or they must have the outfit with all the designs and the big name on it in order to think they look nice. I actually think that people shouldn't use name brand as a spoiling tool for them or their children until you are literally living on your own.

Managing bills and rent will be much harder when your trying to keep up with the name brand clothing your friends are wearing. I can honestly say that when I moved into my own place I was able to continue shopping the way I liked to because I was shopping affordable. Which showed me how to live.

If name brands are getting all your money but CEDA hears from you about bills every six months or your making up a new name every month to keep your real needs afloat. Your priorities needs to be re-evaluated.

Think about it?

Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 on those little bottles of Evian water?
Try spelling Evian backwards.