Baskets

This is a quickie (none of my postings have been particularly long for a while... this is a result of the frantic pace of my life at the present time).

I was watching Unwrapped (on the Food Network... one of the most entertaining shows on television) the other night and the theme of the show was summertime food. They did a segment on picnics and meandered onto the topic of Longaberger baskets. During this segment, they showed video clips of people who love Longaberger baskets and one woman said that she had over 800 of their baskets!?! This is alarming to me for two reasons. REASON #1: Who has room in their house for 800 baskets? She must have an impressively large home to house 800 baskets unless they are piled on top of each other in one room. If that is the case, what is the point? WHAT DO YOU DO WITH 800 BASKETS? REASON #2: It is common knowledge that Longaberger baskets are not particularly cheap. So, I went on their website to confirm this. Their most inexpensive basket is $32.00, but a majority of their baskets seem to be in the $60-$150 range with some extremely expensive ones topping off at $1000 (click here and look for yourself). So, that means that this woman that Food Network found on the street belongs in a mental institution (in my mind). She has spent a bare minimum of $25,600 (800 X 32.00) on baskets and that is with making the foolish assumption that she purchased 800 of the same $32.00 basket. Couldn't she have thought of a better way to spend that money? Doesn't she have a child to put through college or a mortgage to pay on? Toss the money my way! I can guarantee you I wouldn't spend it on baskets!