Vent about Nordstrom!

[Cinderella94]

WHAT? You're really upset because your parents gave you the best? You sound ungrateful to me. My parents spoiled me rotten. They bought be Coach bags before Coach was even a big name. I'm BEYOND thankful that I had a mom who was stylish and a dad to foot the bill. I'm very grateful to them for giving me nice things as I grew up and it's why today I love having nice things and don't accept less. They don't call me "High Maintenance" for nothing.

As for the MAC counter your first mistake was going to a MAC in a department store. NEVER!!! It's a free for all and unless you have an appt to get make-up done there it's to busy. MAC has a great website and their ACTUAL stores are phenomenal when it comes to service. You would be better off going there.

NO, people don't need "things" to be happy but they certainly make life nicer. I find it funny when people here on the boards ridicule people who embrace/like nice things. How is it really any different than the 8 trips to Disney in 6 years. It's what makes you happy, as long as you aren't starving your family or insanely cutting coupons to save enough to go, who cares?

To many Disney vacations twice a year is important, to others having designer bags or jeans is. Different lifestyles, and different values. I can still have designer while not taking anything from my family.

The part of your first post that I put in red is not the issue. It's great that you're appreciative of what you had. The problem is the part that I put in purple. It seems that you're proud of the fact that you're "high maintenance" and would be unappreciative if you had had anything less.

 

[Cinderella94]

Depends. If you can afford it and if you've earned it, then hey high maintenance is a very good thing.

Oprah is high maintenance. She also makes her own money and is very generous. nothing wrong with liking luxury or exclusive items.

Steve wynn is very high maintenance. Once again, he earned it, he works hard for it, he enjoys it and he's very generous with it. Go for it.

The Dis is the only place where being rich is a crime.

Okay, let's run with the Oprah example. If she were to have dinner at someone's house who was poor, she would be grateful for whatever they put on her plate, yes? Just because she's nice and that's Oprah. High maintenance would be demanding the best cut of New York Strip steak instead.

That's how I see it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Depends. If you can afford it and if you've earned it, then hey high maintenance is a very good thing.

Oprah is high maintenance. She also makes her own money and is very generous. nothing wrong with liking luxury or exclusive items.

Steve wynn is very high maintenance. Once again, he earned it, he works hard for it, he enjoys it and he's very generous with it. Go for it.

The Dis is the only place where being rich is a crime.

Being wealthy and being high maintenance are two very different things to me.

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

The part of your first post that I put in red is not the issue. It's great that you're appreciative of what you had. The problem is the part that I put in purple. It seems that you're proud of the fact that you're "high maintenance" and would be unappreciative if you had had anything less.

I am proud of it. I don't know any other life so there is no way of knowing if I would or wouldn't be unappreciative. I have high expectations for myself and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

[Handbag Lady]

I've had issues at various Nordstrom counters before and I'm convinced it was because of my size (mainly due to a few comments I've heard from the staff). I don't know the OP or what she looks like so it probably isn't the issue for her. I can only speak for myself.

I have never felt that way in the MAC store stand-alone in one of our local malls.

I just stopped shopping at Nordstroms and that solved the problem! Both Macy's and Bloomingdales are very happy to take my money.

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

Being wealthy and being high maintenance are two very different things to me.

Not necessarily in my eyes. I think of high maintenance as someone who has expensive taste. Ivana Trump too me is high maintenance. I don't think Melinda Gates is.

 

[Cinderella94]

I am proud of it. I don't know any other life so there is no way of knowing if I would or wouldn't be unappreciative. I have high expectations for myself and there is nothing wrong with that.

Maybe I'm not conveying what I mean properly...there's nothing wrong with knowing that you like nice things. I know that I like nice things, too. I'd rather stay at the Beach Club than POP.

But if I had to stay at POP on one trip, would I throw a hissy fit? No. Answering "yes" is what high maintenance is, to me, and I don't know why anyone would be proud of that.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Not necessarily in my eyes. I think of high maintenance as someone who has expensive taste. Ivana Trump too me is high maintenance. I don't think Melinda Gates is.

I don't know either of them, though I would agree Ivana Trump is most likely high maintenance.

But I think just because you have expensive tastes, doesn't mean you're high maintenance.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Not necessarily in my eyes. I think of high maintenance as someone who has expensive taste. Ivana Trump too me is high maintenance. I don't think Melinda Gates is.

Oh, sweetheart, you can have expensive tastes and not be high maintenance.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

 

[allison443]

Oh, sweetheart, you can have expensive tastes and not be high maintenance.

Totally agree!

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

Maybe I'm not conveying what I mean properly...there's nothing wrong with knowing that you like nice things. I know that I like nice things, too. I'd rather stay at the Beach Club than POP.

But if I had to stay at POP on one trip, would I throw a hissy fit? No. Answering "yes" is what high maintenance is, to me, and I don't know why anyone would be proud of that.

No, I wouldn't have a hissy fit but Dh would never suggest it because he knows I would never stay at a value. My reasons have nothing to do with being High Maintenance, more to do with preference.

 

[ilovejack02]

But I think just because you have expensive tastes, doesn't mean you're high maintenance.

This is true : )

I don't find it a good thing to brag about being high maintenance or to look down on others that might not have quite as expensive taste.

I also don't find it a good thing to look down on those that have more expensive taste than you do .

 

[Cinderella94]

No, I wouldn't have a hissy fit but Dh would never suggest it because he knows I would never stay at a value. My reasons have nothing to do with being High Maintenance, more to do with preference.

We seem to have different definitions of "high maintenance" so I think I'll stop spinning us in circles here .

 

[Liberty Belle]

This is true : )

I don't find it a good thing to brag about being high maintenance or to look down on others that might not have quite as expensive taste.

I also don't find it a good thing to look down on those that have more expensive taste than you do .

Is that what you think I'm doing? I don't at all look down on people who have more expensive taste than I do, in fact I have pretty expensive taste, so that might be difficult.

 

[S. C.]

OP here. Thank you all for the feedback! I know I should have spoken up sooner. I just didn't want to be rude. I think I'll do my MAC ordering online from now on.. or go to a different makeup company to see what kind of products they can offer for my skin type.

Also, for those who said I'm immature.. maybe. But I don't think it has anything to really do with the situation. I found the other barbaric women who went in front of me to be immature.. not so much myself.

 

[ilovejack02]

I'm glad my mom spent minimal money on hair and makeup and taught me what real beauty was. I'm thankful I don't have any expensive beauty habits that take money away from my family.

And I'm immensely grateful that they placed the importance of education over appearance and didn't give me an attitude that I was better than other people just because we weren't struggling or could afford some things that others could not.

Is that what you think I'm doing? I don't at all look down on people who have more expensive taste than I do, in fact I have pretty expensive taste, so that might be difficult.

It did come across as that , while you may not have meant it. It sounds like those of us who enjoy playing with beauty products are vain and don't know what real beauty is.

Of course this might be only in reaction to what was previously said by our Dis self declared high maintenance Queen and not a across the board thought.

Back to original discussion lol, hit the MAC store, great customer service. I am never happy shopping at a dept store Mac counter, I always seem to have a much happier experience at the actual Mac store.

Next time, speak up quicker, it isn't rude to speak up especially when you do it with a smile, even if you have to use a bit louder voice.

 

[wvjules]

Bragging about couponing, skimping on things and doing without is

However, liking nice things, spending money on oneself, wanting to look nice and mentioning "high maintenance" is likely to result in a DIS Boards hanging.

I really don't understand?

And I also think people think of "high maintenance" as different things. Sounds like some of you are talking apples to cumquats.

Talkikng about money is ok as you are talking about being frugral with money? Is that it?

 

[Cinderella94]

Bragging about couponing, skimping on things and doing without is

However, liking nice things, spending money on oneself, wanting to look nice and mentioning "high maintenance" is likely to result in a DIS Boards hanging.

I really don't understand?

And I also think people think of "high maintenance" as different things. Sounds like some of you are talking apples to cumquats.

Talkikng about money is ok as you are talking about being frugral with money? Is that it?

Bolding is mine--I'm pretty sure that's what's going on. At least in the discussion I was having.

There's nothing wrong with having expensive taste and liking nice things. Nicer things usually are more expensive.

If you can afford nice things, buy them all you want. It's carrying the attitude with that that's the problem. Maybe I wasn't expressing that with what I said before.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

Bragging about couponing, skimping on things and doing without is

However, liking nice things, spending money on oneself, wanting to look nice and mentioning "high maintenance" is likely to result in a DIS Boards hanging.

I really don't understand?

And I also think people think of "high maintenance" as different things. Sounds like some of you are talking apples to cumquats.

Talkikng about money is ok as you are talking about being frugral with money? Is that it?

I think the point is the definition of "high maintenance." I mentioned on the other thread that I'm a bit of a food snob - I don't eat fake butter or "instants." But if I were invited to someone's house and they served me instant mashed potatoes with margarine and fried chicken (I also don't eat things with bones, but that's an entirely different story!), I would eat it and be grateful. "High maintenance" to me would be refusing the meal and making the host fix you something else.

There's nothing wrong with liking nice things and buying nice things if you can afford it. There is something wrong with thinking you are better than someone else because you like nice things.