Carrie Bradshaw’s Budget In Real Numbers By Stephanie Georgopulos, June 21st 2011
The Background
A month ago, The Frenemy [1] wrote a humor piece titled ‘Carrie Bradshaw Math,’ in which the author attempted to break down the illusive Bradshaw Budget. I always enjoy The Frenemy’s articles, and this piece was no exception – but I felt unfulfilled when a trillion dollars was allocated to condoms (mostly because Carrie seems like the type who would take someone home from the bar and then get bitchface when they don’t have a condom on them because after all, “that’s the man’s responsibility”).
I didn’t want to watch the entire first season to write this (well, I did, because I always do, because I fxxking love the campy monstrosity that is Sex and the City), so I didn’t. I did, however, do some light research to paint what I believe to be as accurate a picture as we’re going to get regarding Carrie’s unkempt, irresponsible financial situation. For accuracy’s sake, this article refers specifically to Season 1 of the show, which took place in 1998. Considering Inflation
What cost .75 cents at the start of the series now costs us $1.00. Carrie’s Expenses
Carrie is a serious smoker during the first season of the show. I’d estimate, based on her drinking and stress patterns, that she smoked 3-4 packs a week. I say this as an ex-pack-a-day smoker. The cost of cigarettes nationwide in 1998 was $2.46 [2], but because everything’s more expensive in New York, let’s bump that number up to $3.50. This would put Carrie’s monthly cigarette expense at $49.
The average overpriced Manhattan cocktail is approximately $14 now, which makes the average 1998 Cosmopolitan (her drink of choice) $10.50. We’ll round that up to $11 per drink, the difference will account for a combination of tip and any number of drinks that were priced below the bougie price point of $10.50. The girls typically spend one night a week together sans dates, and based on her intoxication median (that is to say, slightly drunk but rarely boisterous), I wouldn’t expect that she’s ever purchased more than three drinks for herself on any given night. Drinks purchased by other people (Samantha, men) would account for the rest. That would put her at $33 a week, or $132 a month.
We’ll use Balthazar to deduce a price point for the typical brunch outing, as it appeared on the show countless times and is of similar stature to the restaurants they frequent. Because the girls don’t get bombed at brunch (is this what I have to look forward to?), I’d estimate that the bill would run them $160, or $121 in 1998 dollars. Since they seem to take turns treating each other, and inferring that they have brunch together once a week, the bottom line on brunch comes to $121 a month.
Prior to Carrie’s Vogue column and her book advance, she reveals that she’s spent $40K on shoes. Stanford calls Carrie out for wearing Candie’s (and taking the subway) when she first arrived to Manhattan in 1986 – so her “shoe addiction” hadn’t been fully realized in the ‘80s (because Candie’s, hello?) It’d be five years before she moved into her infamous Upper East Side apartment (according to the Sex and the City film, in which she claims to have lived in the apartment for 20 years when moving out). Let’s assume that she began her shoe collection in 1991, after securing her apartment. She calculates her shoe spending 11 years later, which would mean she’s been spending $3,363 a year, or $303 a month, on designer shoes.
Carrie is notorious for taking taxis everywhere. She goes out downtown often, so I’d slap a price tag of $25 (in today’s dollars) on a round-trip with tip, or $19 in 1998 money. Say she ventures out of the UES three times a week on average. That’s $228 a month on transportation. Remember – she’s been known to bum rides with Mr. Big, so she’s not taking a cab every time she leaves the house.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 caused hella drama in its wake, and phone bills were unpredictable because of it – but my sister was a bill paying New Yorker back then and estimates her bill to have been $125 a month circa ’98.
Carrie does not own cable TV, internet, or air conditioning. Gas in 1998 was at its lowest since 1949, at $1.03 [3]. Knowing that, and combined with the fact that she hardly used any electricity, we can assume that her ConEd bill was miniscule. Probably $60 a month.
Carrie’s rent controlled apartment cost her $750 a month. Carrie’s Column
In 2009, fashion writer Glenna Goldis publicly chastised The New York Observer, a weekly print publication that allegedly owed her $700 for two pieces she wrote for them [4]. Let’s assume they were $350 a piece.
We can agree that Bradshaw’s column for the fictional paper, New York Star, is meant to mirror Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell’s experience writing for the Observer. This would mean Star would’ve likely paid Bradshaw at least $350 in 2009 dollars. Let’s say, based on her notoriety, that she’d make $400 per column (in 2009). That’s approximately $300 a column in 1998 money. One column a week at $300 a column would give our girl a whopping $1,200 a month. Income Tax
Carrie’s taxes are low, because she’s a broke ass. In 1998, she would’ve paid 15% of her income, so $2,100. Her New York State income tax would have been $973 [5]. Of course, as a freelancer, there’s a ton to be written off – but Carrie is irresponsible and doesn’t handle her money like an adult so let’s assume she didn’t see an accountant. Actually, let’s assume that she didn’t even pay her taxes (hay girl) (jk, please don’t audit me, I totally plan on paying my taxes) (…). What I Can’t Account For
Meals other than brunch: This bitch keeps sweaters in her oven and offers Miranda expired food when she comes over, so it’s safe to assume she’s perpetually dining out. Who’s paying for it? Depends.
Gifts: The series starts with a birthday celebration. Later on, Carrie attends a baby shower.
Shopping: When Carrie cleans her closet out in the first Sex and the City movie, it’s revealed that she basically never throws anything out. If you remained the same size for twenty years and never threw anything out, you’d have an extensive wardrobe, too. It’s likely that Carrie has purchased 50% of her wardrobe and grifted the rest via her second tier socialite status. For that reason, I won’t put a number on clothes acquired in 1998. Other Considerations
In Season 1 Episode 5, a French architect leaves Carrie $1,000 after a one-night stand. Add to bottom line.
In the ‘90s, banks were like, “You’re a panhandler and your annual income is $437.62? AWESOME. Take this no-limit credit card; you undesirable loan candidate!” So Carrie had some wiggle room when it came to spending money she didn’t have.
Because she was clearly overspending, there’s bound to be some credit card payments she should’ve been making, but again, this bitch can’t handle her money so don’t count on it. Conclusions
In the first season of the show, Carrie spent an estimated $21,216. Let’s round that to $22K to account for the things I couldn’t itemize, like food and clothes that were actually paid for and not leeched from someone else. She made approximately $15,400 ($1,000 of which was a non-taxable “gift”). We can assume, then, that she closed 1998 about $6,500 in the hole (not including her unpaid taxes and ignored credit card payments). If her spending was similar in prior years, she probably had the debt of the modern recent college graduate come Y2K – IF THAT.
Carrie goes on to write $4 a word at Vogue (for a feature length article, that’s anywhere between $3,000 and $4,000 a month). She gets a $25,000 sign-on bonus for her first book (she goes on to write five, and they’re wildly popular), and finally, she marries rich. If she moved into Manhattan debt-free, she may have been able to crawl out of the red-numbered K-hole by crafting a successful career. Paying for college has put me in the same fxxked up financial boat as 1998 Carrie, minus 100 pairs of designer shoes. What I’ve Learned
Carrie Bradshaw’s Budget In Real Numbers By Stephanie Georgopulos, June 21st 2011
The Background
A month ago, The Frenemy [1] wrote a humor piece titled ‘Carrie Bradshaw Math,’ in which the author attempted to break down the illusive Bradshaw Budget. I always enjoy The Frenemy’s articles, and this piece was no exception – but I felt unfulfilled when a trillion dollars was allocated to condoms (mostly because Carrie seems like the type who would take someone home from the bar and then get bitchface when they don’t have a condom on them because after all, “that’s the man’s responsibility”).
I didn’t want to watch the entire first season to write this (well, I did, because I always do, because I fxxking love the campy monstrosity that is Sex and the City), so I didn’t. I did, however, do some light research to paint what I believe to be as accurate a picture as we’re going to get regarding Carrie’s unkempt, irresponsible financial situation. For accuracy’s sake, this article refers specifically to Season 1 of the show, which took place in 1998. Considering Inflation
What cost .75 cents at the start of the series now costs us $1.00. Carrie’s Expenses
Carrie is a serious smoker during the first season of the show. I’d estimate, based on her drinking and stress patterns, that she smoked 3-4 packs a week. I say this as an ex-pack-a-day smoker. The cost of cigarettes nationwide in 1998 was $2.46 [2], but because everything’s more expensive in New York, let’s bump that number up to $3.50. This would put Carrie’s monthly cigarette expense at $49.
The average overpriced Manhattan cocktail is approximately $14 now, which makes the average 1998 Cosmopolitan (her drink of choice) $10.50. We’ll round that up to $11 per drink, the difference will account for a combination of tip and any number of drinks that were priced below the bougie price point of $10.50. The girls typically spend one night a week together sans dates, and based on her intoxication median (that is to say, slightly drunk but rarely boisterous), I wouldn’t expect that she’s ever purchased more than three drinks for herself on any given night. Drinks purchased by other people (Samantha, men) would account for the rest. That would put her at $33 a week, or $132 a month.
We’ll use Balthazar to deduce a price point for the typical brunch outing, as it appeared on the show countless times and is of similar stature to the restaurants they frequent. Because the girls don’t get bombed at brunch (is this what I have to look forward to?), I’d estimate that the bill would run them $160, or $121 in 1998 dollars. Since they seem to take turns treating each other, and inferring that they have brunch together once a week, the bottom line on brunch comes to $121 a month.
Prior to Carrie’s Vogue column and her book advance, she reveals that she’s spent $40K on shoes. Stanford calls Carrie out for wearing Candie’s (and taking the subway) when she first arrived to Manhattan in 1986 – so her “shoe addiction” hadn’t been fully realized in the ‘80s (because Candie’s, hello?) It’d be five years before she moved into her infamous Upper East Side apartment (according to the Sex and the City film, in which she claims to have lived in the apartment for 20 years when moving out). Let’s assume that she began her shoe collection in 1991, after securing her apartment. She calculates her shoe spending 11 years later, which would mean she’s been spending $3,363 a year, or $303 a month, on designer shoes.
Carrie is notorious for taking taxis everywhere. She goes out downtown often, so I’d slap a price tag of $25 (in today’s dollars) on a round-trip with tip, or $19 in 1998 money. Say she ventures out of the UES three times a week on average. That’s $228 a month on transportation. Remember – she’s been known to bum rides with Mr. Big, so she’s not taking a cab every time she leaves the house.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 caused hella drama in its wake, and phone bills were unpredictable because of it – but my sister was a bill paying New Yorker back then and estimates her bill to have been $125 a month circa ’98.
Carrie does not own cable TV, internet, or air conditioning. Gas in 1998 was at its lowest since 1949, at $1.03 [3]. Knowing that, and combined with the fact that she hardly used any electricity, we can assume that her ConEd bill was miniscule. Probably $60 a month.
Carrie’s rent controlled apartment cost her $750 a month. Carrie’s Column
In 2009, fashion writer Glenna Goldis publicly chastised The New York Observer, a weekly print publication that allegedly owed her $700 for two pieces she wrote for them [4]. Let’s assume they were $350 a piece.
We can agree that Bradshaw’s column for the fictional paper, New York Star, is meant to mirror Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell’s experience writing for the Observer. This would mean Star would’ve likely paid Bradshaw at least $350 in 2009 dollars. Let’s say, based on her notoriety, that she’d make $400 per column (in 2009). That’s approximately $300 a column in 1998 money. One column a week at $300 a column would give our girl a whopping $1,200 a month. Income Tax
Carrie’s taxes are low, because she’s a broke ass. In 1998, she would’ve paid 15% of her income, so $2,100. Her New York State income tax would have been $973 [5]. Of course, as a freelancer, there’s a ton to be written off – but Carrie is irresponsible and doesn’t handle her money like an adult so let’s assume she didn’t see an accountant. Actually, let’s assume that she didn’t even pay her taxes (hay girl) (jk, please don’t audit me, I totally plan on paying my taxes) (…). What I Can’t Account For
Meals other than brunch: This bitch keeps sweaters in her oven and offers Miranda expired food when she comes over, so it’s safe to assume she’s perpetually dining out. Who’s paying for it? Depends.
Gifts: The series starts with a birthday celebration. Later on, Carrie attends a baby shower.
Shopping: When Carrie cleans her closet out in the first Sex and the City movie, it’s revealed that she basically never throws anything out. If you remained the same size for twenty years and never threw anything out, you’d have an extensive wardrobe, too. It’s likely that Carrie has purchased 50% of her wardrobe and grifted the rest via her second tier socialite status. For that reason, I won’t put a number on clothes acquired in 1998. Other Considerations
In Season 1 Episode 5, a French architect leaves Carrie $1,000 after a one-night stand. Add to bottom line.
In the ‘90s, banks were like, “You’re a panhandler and your annual income is $437.62? AWESOME. Take this no-limit credit card; you undesirable loan candidate!” So Carrie had some wiggle room when it came to spending money she didn’t have.
Because she was clearly overspending, there’s bound to be some credit card payments she should’ve been making, but again, this bitch can’t handle her money so don’t count on it. Conclusions
In the first season of the show, Carrie spent an estimated $21,216. Let’s round that to $22K to account for the things I couldn’t itemize, like food and clothes that were actually paid for and not leeched from someone else. She made approximately $15,400 ($1,000 of which was a non-taxable “gift”). We can assume, then, that she closed 1998 about $6,500 in the hole (not including her unpaid taxes and ignored credit card payments). If her spending was similar in prior years, she probably had the debt of the modern recent college graduate come Y2K – IF THAT.
Carrie goes on to write $4 a word at Vogue (for a feature length article, that’s anywhere between $3,000 and $4,000 a month). She gets a $25,000 sign-on bonus for her first book (she goes on to write five, and they’re wildly popular), and finally, she marries rich. If she moved into Manhattan debt-free, she may have been able to crawl out of the red-numbered K-hole by crafting a successful career. Paying for college has put me in the same fxxked up financial boat as 1998 Carrie, minus 100 pairs of designer shoes. What I’ve Learned
女主喜欢Big很好理解,电视里头说是多金又是年轻美貌版的trump。剧中女主爱上俄国艺术家,不接他电话,Big以为是play hard to get。亲自去找女主,却发现她当天要去巴黎了。后来追去巴黎一顿告白。那么Big为什么突然悟出来女主是the one的?铺垫不多 yogurtyoga 发表于 3/16/2018 12:51:43 PM
真实的在纽约中上层职业女性 是这么生活的吗?
特别是买鞋子 名牌包包方面
好奇中……
你自己的生活你自己做主
Carrie应该没有30万,或者不一定每年都有。电视里开头有一集她买鞋买的手头都很紧了,结果浪漫一夜情却被阴差阳错地付了高级睡资,她自己还觉得人家看低她。所以她一直想嫁给big, 其他的男友都是用来采风攒素材写稿用的,哪怕跟木匠男友订婚了也还是不行,木匠男友可能支持不了她一直随心所欲买买买。后来那个什么斯基,如果年轻些又一直呆在纽约,估计她就嫁了。
还有后来那个发现自己一衣橱的鞋子价值足够首付了却没有现金,最后夏洛特卖结婚戒指给她凑的。
她们几个中靠自己最有钱的是Samantha,所以她对男友从不挑经济条件。
律师也有钱,可以过潇洒单身生活,但是自从跟经济状况不如她的吧台酒保生子结婚后,她作为养家主力很辛苦,只能到差区买房子了。
夏洛特应该是赚钱最少的,但她出身家世最好。然后个人财富是依靠两任老公叠加出来的。光靠跟后来的律师老公结婚,她也住不上那套豪宅。
纽约豪宅标准是多少m?
猪脚光环啊!
为什么有的人 住有doorman 的 apartment 就装逼自己是upper scale
中国的apartment 不是都有doorman 嘛?
别理她,她一个不懂行的人还瞎bb
别瞎bb,你懂啥,什么十年前,那是9几年,鸡蛋才多少一盒,400一双M打头的鞋,很贵了好吧,那时候Carrie100双400的的鞋可以付她那小公寓的首付了,现在M经典款1k,还富二代呢,我看给我做指甲的mm都在买,买奢侈品现在绝对比以前多,设计师也是大牌设计好不啦,质量好不好也要分牌子好不啦
基本上,大 building都有 doorman
Carrie YY的,然后拍电影时又把服装上上升了一个档次,单身时也是到处玩,男的基本和剧里说的差不多,女的除了像S有要抛头露面的,都没有平时穿那么好的,到高档点的地方,鞋子包包有些都是一看就看的出牌子的,衣服都没那么贵,也没那么花枝招展。倒是亚裔,有些不是富二代还是从头到脚大牌的
老板好犀利哦
觉得区别最大的是首饰,买大牌鞋子包包的女的很多,但是亚裔带来带去就是那些爆款,但真正的上中产出席event衣服可能很简单,她们的配饰很出彩,都是珠宝,或很有设计感的,我语文不好描述不了。反正,戴T家的也不会让你看出来牌子,但看石头和设计都是上乘,头发都去店里做过一样,当然有些有时间是自己吹的,但大多数没时间也没那么专业。C家镯子是我唯一看过名媛戴的很多的爆款,普通上中产也不戴,我看到代购图和国内网红真是人手一个,美国这一问订婚戒指好多是T家的,还有偶尔V家十花,记住不是单花,爱马仕包也可以整一个,其他去欧洲掏点特别首饰吧
倒是觉得同一个作者的lipstick jungle比satc好看得多,每个女人塑造得都更立体,除了爱情以外也要面对很多真实生活的烦恼,职场,家庭,互相之间的支持也是实质性的比如在职场上,不单是空虚的抱团取暖。可惜这个剧不火,两季之后就砍了。
俄国佬没有big有钱,而且风趣对她胃口,她真是又丑又作啊
真是有安全感啊,我要是账户里低于70k就睡不着了。话说,有个富二代也是,留学到处借钱挥霍, 他妈偷偷瞒着他爸在他毕业时,还上了欠的十几万美元,他也真厉害,要我都借不到那么多钱让我挥霍的。反正,总结是,纽约单身大龄女,很多都婚配随缘了,除了家里很有钱,或者要做业务的,都没有花那么多钱在衣服上,很多大牌衣服都是大sale,或sample sale掏来的,,花不了几个钱,最主要是房子。而且,我发觉纽约男的想吊白富美的很多,也是打扮光鲜,后来我出去都不背大牌包了,一背,莫名其妙来搭讪,有三句就问你,家住哪个区,做什么工作的,查户口的很多,女单都没这样的呢。烦死这种男的了,很多长得都很丑,还想靠女的
别自恨了。
同样经济水平下,亚裔的品味绝对比白人好而低调。那些中上产的白人最喜欢的就是有大又丑的fashion jewelry 根本不能看,钻戒更是非常非常大非常非常黄。带个小单花的都算品味好的了。
你拿中产亚裔跟白名媛比有什么意思。有本事你拿亚名媛来比啊。
Carrie Bradshaw’s Budget In Real Numbers
By Stephanie Georgopulos, June 21st 2011
The Background
A month ago, The Frenemy [1] wrote a humor piece titled ‘Carrie Bradshaw Math,’ in which the author attempted to break down the illusive Bradshaw Budget. I always enjoy The Frenemy’s articles, and this piece was no exception – but I felt unfulfilled when a trillion dollars was allocated to condoms (mostly because Carrie seems like the type who would take someone home from the bar and then get bitchface when they don’t have a condom on them because after all, “that’s the man’s responsibility”).
I didn’t want to watch the entire first season to write this (well, I did, because I always do, because I fxxking love the campy monstrosity that is Sex and the City), so I didn’t. I did, however, do some light research to paint what I believe to be as accurate a picture as we’re going to get regarding Carrie’s unkempt, irresponsible financial situation. For accuracy’s sake, this article refers specifically to Season 1 of the show, which took place in 1998.
Considering Inflation
What cost .75 cents at the start of the series now costs us $1.00.
Carrie’s Expenses
Carrie is a serious smoker during the first season of the show. I’d estimate, based on her drinking and stress patterns, that she smoked 3-4 packs a week. I say this as an ex-pack-a-day smoker. The cost of cigarettes nationwide in 1998 was $2.46 [2], but because everything’s more expensive in New York, let’s bump that number up to $3.50. This would put Carrie’s monthly cigarette expense at $49.
The average overpriced Manhattan cocktail is approximately $14 now, which makes the average 1998 Cosmopolitan (her drink of choice) $10.50. We’ll round that up to $11 per drink, the difference will account for a combination of tip and any number of drinks that were priced below the bougie price point of $10.50. The girls typically spend one night a week together sans dates, and based on her intoxication median (that is to say, slightly drunk but rarely boisterous), I wouldn’t expect that she’s ever purchased more than three drinks for herself on any given night. Drinks purchased by other people (Samantha, men) would account for the rest. That would put her at $33 a week, or $132 a month.
We’ll use Balthazar to deduce a price point for the typical brunch outing, as it appeared on the show countless times and is of similar stature to the restaurants they frequent. Because the girls don’t get bombed at brunch (is this what I have to look forward to?), I’d estimate that the bill would run them $160, or $121 in 1998 dollars. Since they seem to take turns treating each other, and inferring that they have brunch together once a week, the bottom line on brunch comes to $121 a month.
Prior to Carrie’s Vogue column and her book advance, she reveals that she’s spent $40K on shoes. Stanford calls Carrie out for wearing Candie’s (and taking the subway) when she first arrived to Manhattan in 1986 – so her “shoe addiction” hadn’t been fully realized in the ‘80s (because Candie’s, hello?) It’d be five years before she moved into her infamous Upper East Side apartment (according to the Sex and the City film, in which she claims to have lived in the apartment for 20 years when moving out). Let’s assume that she began her shoe collection in 1991, after securing her apartment. She calculates her shoe spending 11 years later, which would mean she’s been spending $3,363 a year, or $303 a month, on designer shoes.
Carrie is notorious for taking taxis everywhere. She goes out downtown often, so I’d slap a price tag of $25 (in today’s dollars) on a round-trip with tip, or $19 in 1998 money. Say she ventures out of the UES three times a week on average. That’s $228 a month on transportation. Remember – she’s been known to bum rides with Mr. Big, so she’s not taking a cab every time she leaves the house.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 caused hella drama in its wake, and phone bills were unpredictable because of it – but my sister was a bill paying New Yorker back then and estimates her bill to have been $125 a month circa ’98.
Carrie does not own cable TV, internet, or air conditioning. Gas in 1998 was at its lowest since 1949, at $1.03 [3]. Knowing that, and combined with the fact that she hardly used any electricity, we can assume that her ConEd bill was miniscule. Probably $60 a month.
Carrie’s rent controlled apartment cost her $750 a month.
Carrie’s Column
In 2009, fashion writer Glenna Goldis publicly chastised The New York Observer, a weekly print publication that allegedly owed her $700 for two pieces she wrote for them [4]. Let’s assume they were $350 a piece.
We can agree that Bradshaw’s column for the fictional paper, New York Star, is meant to mirror Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell’s experience writing for the Observer. This would mean Star would’ve likely paid Bradshaw at least $350 in 2009 dollars. Let’s say, based on her notoriety, that she’d make $400 per column (in 2009). That’s approximately $300 a column in 1998 money. One column a week at $300 a column would give our girl a whopping $1,200 a month.
Income Tax
Carrie’s taxes are low, because she’s a broke ass. In 1998, she would’ve paid 15% of her income, so $2,100. Her New York State income tax would have been $973 [5]. Of course, as a freelancer, there’s a ton to be written off – but Carrie is irresponsible and doesn’t handle her money like an adult so let’s assume she didn’t see an accountant. Actually, let’s assume that she didn’t even pay her taxes (hay girl) (jk, please don’t audit me, I totally plan on paying my taxes) (…).
What I Can’t Account For
Meals other than brunch: This bitch keeps sweaters in her oven and offers Miranda expired food when she comes over, so it’s safe to assume she’s perpetually dining out. Who’s paying for it? Depends.
Gifts: The series starts with a birthday celebration. Later on, Carrie attends a baby shower.
Shopping: When Carrie cleans her closet out in the first Sex and the City movie, it’s revealed that she basically never throws anything out. If you remained the same size for twenty years and never threw anything out, you’d have an extensive wardrobe, too. It’s likely that Carrie has purchased 50% of her wardrobe and grifted the rest via her second tier socialite status. For that reason, I won’t put a number on clothes acquired in 1998.
Other Considerations
In Season 1 Episode 5, a French architect leaves Carrie $1,000 after a one-night stand. Add to bottom line.
In the ‘90s, banks were like, “You’re a panhandler and your annual income is $437.62? AWESOME. Take this no-limit credit card; you undesirable loan candidate!” So Carrie had some wiggle room when it came to spending money she didn’t have.
Because she was clearly overspending, there’s bound to be some credit card payments she should’ve been making, but again, this bitch can’t handle her money so don’t count on it.
Conclusions
In the first season of the show, Carrie spent an estimated $21,216. Let’s round that to $22K to account for the things I couldn’t itemize, like food and clothes that were actually paid for and not leeched from someone else. She made approximately $15,400 ($1,000 of which was a non-taxable “gift”). We can assume, then, that she closed 1998 about $6,500 in the hole (not including her unpaid taxes and ignored credit card payments). If her spending was similar in prior years, she probably had the debt of the modern recent college graduate come Y2K – IF THAT.
Carrie goes on to write $4 a word at Vogue (for a feature length article, that’s anywhere between $3,000 and $4,000 a month). She gets a $25,000 sign-on bonus for her first book (she goes on to write five, and they’re wildly popular), and finally, she marries rich. If she moved into Manhattan debt-free, she may have been able to crawl out of the red-numbered K-hole by crafting a successful career. Paying for college has put me in the same fxxked up financial boat as 1998 Carrie, minus 100 pairs of designer shoes.
What I’ve Learned
Inflation’s a bitch. TC mark
那是你没见过,真正的名媛吧,T家c家钻不会黄,夸张的饰品不是太适合亚裔,但是并不代表夸张就没有设计感,就没有品味,亚洲刚结束的香港珠宝展也有很多有品味的夸张的,有些人会去拍卖行买珠宝。亚裔里也有好的,但是爆款的出现率太高了,看烦了,我是就是论事的,不自恨。圈子也没很名媛,只有偶尔慈善活动有些名媛,俺以前做代购的,各种亚洲,欧美的八卦,时尚杂志没少看,亚洲明星可能要带货,所以各种休闲服都大牌到夸张,欧美很随意,亚裔比较精致,但是跟风太厉害了,没有自己的风格,王菲的品味就很好,有自己的风格,条适合自己的,不跟风
上海风气不错 想交女友 包包自觉送来
你说的高频爆款出现的亚裔是名媛?
你说的名媛莫非是马工家的蹲家贵妇?
我说的很清楚了,就品味来说,
亚裔名媛=白名媛》亚裔中产》白中产。
辣么远久的事情了。
踩一爪子, 里面只喜欢Maranda多一点点, 4个都很drama, 自私, 都很渣渣呼呼的。
有些挺帅的,发现美国人好自信,特别是碰到亚裔女,可能他们不觉得自己丑有机会就上
男的还需要送包?
Charlotte是喜欢谁就能抓住谁.
Charlotte 才是有钱男人的最终目标。
Carrie是给生活在水深火热中的文艺女青年YY的。
也只有Steve 能忍Miranda的坏脾气和judgmental。其实我觉得还蛮符合现实的。
电视剧编剧对Miranda太不友好,我见到的女lawyer,女banker要么独身,要么嫁给同行,很少会和比自己差很多得男人在一起,倒是像Carrie这种文艺女嫁都是不靠谱得很多。
同意,charlotte 出身蓝血,脾气好,最容易嫁有钱人。Miranda脾气不好又judgemental,配Steve挺好。
我身边的女律师女trader,有嫁旗鼓相当的,也有嫁赚钱能力差一些的暖男的,主要看脾气如何,我还没见过上嫁的。我认识几个女同事的老公是在家当家庭主夫的。
Miranda生活挺真实的,包括她穿着打扮和一些想法。
她男朋友那段情节有点不写实。
忘记了,就记得她家是 Connecticut 有钱人区,她小时候还有个 pony。养马不是一个便宜的消遣。
Re本来就是时装剧
charlotte拿玫瑰砸逃婚的big 看得我泪流满面
然后后来路上碰到big对big说I curse the day you were born. 多好的闺蜜啊
那是carrie拿玫瑰砸big, 不是 charlotte
哈哈据说sjp生活中也有这么一出只不过她和big没成