Caribou Barbie: If you've got $150k, you can dress her, too!

She's just a regular hockey mom, but man, she's got expensive tastes!

The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.

According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.

The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.

The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.

Let the Eliza Doolittle comparisons continue, post-haste...
- posted by Brian @ 9:21 AM