http://observer.com Fri, 24 May 2013 22:36:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/dac0f3722a48a53be75eb06c0c4f5119?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://observer.com http://observer.com/2012/12/lavish-self-gifting-for-ungenerous-grinchy-urbanites/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:00:03 -0400 http://observer.com/2012/12/lavish-self-gifting-for-ungenerous-grinchy-urbanites/ Benjamin-Emile Le Hay and Drew Grant http://observer.com/?p=282521 Screw gift-giving to others. This season should be all about you! Treat yourself to something extraordinary that, naturally, you'd never consider budgeting for to give to anyone else. Don't dwell on the stigma of selfishness--you deserve a reward! Sixty-hour work weeks with dreadful colleagues that collide headfirst into a binge of holiday family time; menacing nieces and nephews who aren't cute enough to warrant even a lump of coal; nagging parents who will never understand the costly, modern-day headaches of urban living; and so many tidings of joy you'll require heaps of booze to dull it all. But before you slip into soused, comatic bliss, here are 10 indulgences that have our AmEx drawn and ready to pounce on.

]]> Screw gift-giving to others. This season should be all about you! Treat yourself to something extraordinary that, naturally, you'd never consider budgeting for to give to anyone else. Don't dwell on the stigma of selfishness--you deserve a reward! Sixty-hour work weeks with dreadful colleagues that collide headfirst into a binge of holiday family time; menacing nieces and nephews who aren't cute enough to warrant even a lump of coal; nagging parents who will never understand the costly, modern-day headaches of urban living; and so many tidings of joy you'll require heaps of booze to dull it all. But before you slip into soused, comatic bliss, here are 10 indulgences that have our AmEx drawn and ready to pounce on.

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