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"Like you guys, I&amp;amp;#8217;m kind of obsessed with Joanna&amp;amp;#8217;s hypothetical scenarios on Smitten. Her latest reminded me of a ploy I often use when I&amp;amp;#8217;m shopping, the fail-proof &amp;amp;#8220;Would I Rather Have BLANK or BLANK?&amp;amp;#8221; tool. Asking myself that has kept me from making some pretty stupid purchases likeThe over-priced, art-sculpture-like near-unwearable dress that for 30 seconds I was convinced I HAD to have (partly because was made by a Belgian designer whose name I can&amp;amp;#8217;t pronounce but mostly because it was 50% off). Before I whipped out the credit card I asked myself, &amp;amp;#8220;Would I rather have this or a night in a cute B+B with my BF?&amp;amp;#8221; The romantic in me triumphed that time, I placed the dress back on the rack and headed home to brainstorm about a weekend get-away. (Which I never ended up doing because I had a sky-high phone bill to pay, but I digress...) Even when I&amp;amp;#8217;m not shopping I like to contemplate some unexpected cost-comparisons (including the aforementioned Gisele&amp;#x27;s Bod or a Million Bucks? Q...) For instance, take a look at these two similarly priced finds. Ignoring for a second PETA-style concerns&amp;amp;#8212;and the fact that they may or may not be in your pricerange&amp;amp;#8212; let&amp;amp;#8217;s look at their similarities: Both showcase the owner&amp;amp;#8217;s edgy style, both are comfortable, and all things considered, pretty timeless. So if you had a lot of extra room&amp;amp;#8212;in your wardrobe, budget, or abode&amp;amp;#8212;which would you rather have? Young, Fabulous and Broke leather jacket, $379 at Singer22.com. IKEA&amp;#x27;s SATER leather couch, at IKEA.com. Which would you rather have? ( surveys)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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