Why buy 5 sets of Lockhart's book?

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 113884

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "frugalarugala" 
<frugalarugala at y...> wrote:
> >  romuluslupin1:
> > *snip* Why did the Weasleys, who are reputedly so poor, spend so 
> much 
> > money on 5 sets of Lockhart's books.  
> > 
> > Amy here: 
> > I guess after the trip to Egypt, my thoughts on the Weasley's 
are 
> > that they are not-so-poor, ...they don't have all the gold that 
> > traditional "pure-blood" families are "supposed" to have, but 
they 
> > still have enough to live on... kinda like America's middle 
> > class...

> Frugalarugala: 
> I agree with Amy C., I just wanted to suggest that this might have 
> something to do with Molly's background. Remember the thread about 
> Molly being from a slightly lower social class than Arthur? I 
think 
> this might be further evidence. What I mean is, she doesn't seem 
to 
> hesitate to get the kids what they NEED for school (the books...) 
but 
> non-necessities (like new dress-robes and hand-me-down wands) are 
> places to scrimp. Then there are the unexpected expenses like 
Ron's 
> broken wand...

I could buy this, but when the Weasley's went to the bank with Harry 
(in COS, I think) they had to scrap up their last remaining knuts 
from the corners of their empty vault. I still think that 5 sets of 
books were a foolish expense. 

Romulus Lupin who'd rather spend money on books, DVD and travels 
rather than clothes and such