Ron, Molly and Those Robes

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 59368


> Hello all, Fred Waldrop here:
> While I agree that it is great to take vacations, exspecially
family 
> vacations, but common since needs to be considered.
> (page 8, PoA US) "A delighted Mr Weasley told the Daily 
Prophet, we 
> will be spending the gold on a holiday in Egypy.... The Weasley 
> family will be spending a month in Egypt..."
> 
> Why spend an entire month in Egypt? <


Mr. Weasley had just been through an inquiry at work, not to 
mention what Ginny had been through. They may have wanted to 
get away from prying questions. Or maybe, perish the thought, 
Mr. Weasley was on administrative leave.

 Harry remarks in GoF that the elder Weasleys also wear shabby 
robes most of the time. Clothes just aren't a priority.  Also, we 
don't know the expense breakdown. If the main cost of travelling 
to Egypt is transportation, a two week trip wouldn't have cost 
much less. They may have been staying with some of those 
numerous Weasley relations and the cost of living could be 
lower, in which case they wouldn't have saved any money at all 
by coming back sooner. 

Anyway, do you think Ron's deathbed regret will be, "I wish I'd 
had nicer robes at Hogwarts?"

Pippin