450 pounds for a pair of ghastly shoes? That you can't even run away in?
Never.
I like to be comfortable and I like pink and sparkly as much as the next person but this sort of consumption is obscene. And it's certainly not particular to the UK. I think the US invented the middle-class princess. It started with the damned Princess phone!
One of which, a pink one, my neighbor had and I covet to this day.
The parents can spend their money how they want to - but it's just such a terrible lesson.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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