Why buy Ron Maroon? (Was: Why buy 5 sets of Lockhart's book?

[frugalarugala]

No: HPFGUIDX 113815

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alex Boyd" <alex51324 at h...> 
wrote:
> I've long thought it's very odd of Molly to repeatedly give him 
maroon 
> sweaters and socks when he hates that colour--maroon wool can't be 
any
> cheaper than other colours, can it?  and the sweaters that she makes
> are probably the only brand-new clothes he gets, which compouds the
> insult.

Frugalarugala:
Actually, I knit and sew and I'm frugal (arugala, hello), and um... 
If you're waiting to clearance sales, yeah maroon is one of the cheap 
colors. It's unpopular. Here's my two-cents on the marooning of Ron: 
I think Molly may be trying to pick colors that won't clash with the 
Weasley hair. His house colors are red and gold, two colors as a 
redhead myself, I know I can't wear. Maroon is a reddish-brown, it 
might be the nearest thing to red that looks good on him. Orange 
would be dead out--he'd look like a giant traffic cone! 

Alex Boyd:
> She could at least have taken off the lace, since
> she'd probably have done a neater job of it than Ron did.  

Frugalarugala: 
Yeah, I didn't understand why she didn't at least modify it for him. 
She knits, sewing is not much different. Maybe Molly flunked 
transfiguration. 

Alex Boyd:
> And it's hard to believe that the maroon set were the *least* 
> offensive set of used dress robes available.  

I'd be surprised if, having shopped for redheads all her life, Molly 
didn't just automatically ignore certain colors. I know I do--bright 
pink that's so popular on little girls, I swear shopping for my 
daughter, I swear it doesn't even register. 

Would wizards wear synthetic fibers? 'Cause you can't dye that stuff. 
At least not without magic. Alas. But, come on, these people have 
POLYJUICE--they have to be able to magically change colors of things! 
For that matter, why can't people who can make mice into teacups just 
zap up an infinate number of copies of Lockhart's books? Magical 
copyright? 

Here's a question, what must transfiguration do to an economy? 

I think there must be some way to magically setting something in 
stone (so to speak), or Ron wouldn't have hand-me-downs and Harry's 
last name would be mouse-breeder.