Family Budget Items We Could Spend the $48,000 Value of an Oscar Gift Bag On

By The Hairpin February 25, 2013

by Claire Zulkey

– 943 XL cases of Pampers Swaddlers
— 192 weeks of daycare
— 872 three-packs of Costco brand baby formula
— 1,622 months of Netflix
— 817 pet insurance payments
— 960 gas tank fill-ups
— 112 car payments
— 248 months of cable
— 600 CTA card charge-ups
— 23 mortgage payments
— 600 visits from the cleaning lady
— 1,920 haircuts for my husband including tip
— 4,166 falafel salads + Diet Pepsis at Food4Thought, my office building’s cafeteria

Previously: That Baby Wants to Break You Up

Claire Zulkey could also spend the money on 94 round-trip tickets to New Orleans.