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"Jenny here, wishing I was in Paris like Alex. (PS. great shoes, Alex!) The mention of the recession also made me think about how dang expensive everything is lately, particularly clothes and stuff that is being imported from Europe. At a market appointment with a new denim designer from London last week, she was telling me how U.S. stores can barely afford to stock some of her pieces this season even with the discount that she offers her American retailers. The weak dollar just can&amp;#x27;t stack up against the British pound. Or much of any currency these days, really. My BF and I just planned a trip to Rome for next September and we&amp;#x27;re already freaking out about the cost of the hotel; what were once reasonable prices to pay for accomodations are now just ridiculous. Not that a lack of dinero stops many of us from charging up our credit cards. I was shocked to learn from several of my friends that they have more than $15,000 of credit card debt alone--not to mention school loans and mortgages. Despite staggering amounts of debt, most of them still continue to shop. Not that they&amp;#x27;re going to Gucci everyday and dropping a few thousand on a bag or anything, but several hundred dollars here and there on shoes and stuff doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to phase them. I&amp;#x27;ve always lived in fear of credit card debt (thanks Dad!). What about you guys? Do you live and shop off your Visa limit? Or how do you reign it in? Just curious... --Jenny"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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