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I hear what you are saying, Connie, about some charity events barely breaking even, but we don't know that Jill's events fall into that group. And those news shows do love to exploit and exagerrate a story, especially that type of a story.

It's all relative anyway...if you've got millions and millions like the Zarin's probably do, a $16,000 purse isn't going to make a dent. She even admitted that spending that much was an extravagance so it's not like she does it every day. It's probably akin to a 'normal' person buying a Coach bag or a Louis Vuitton bag that costs $1,000 or so. People do that all the time...and I would guess that most of the time they cannot afford it. That kind of keeping up with the Joneses spending is more disgusting to me than a wealthy person like Jill buying something that she can easily afford.