To ask what the most ridiculous thing you have ever spent money on is?

Too many items to mention! However, anything I have bought for my children has always been worthwhile emotionally, even if it has made zero economic sense.
Most ridiculous money spent, in hindsight - alcohol and cigarettes! Your little one's lego crocodile sounds a much better buy.

I’m sorry @101Nutella but that really made me laugh.

I WANT A CROCODILE FAMILY NOW

My parents did this for me with my beloved Piglet, I never lost him but he’s so battered looking, I had 4 ‘spares’ on a shelf in my room that I wouldn’t play with 🤣

I spent about £10 on an identical backup of my son's favourite teddy, which originally cost £1.99, just in case.

It's been hidden away for three years now.

I became obsessed with gardening on my flat balcony, without using pesticides.
a plague of aphids arrived and I researched how to get rid of them. Tried washing up liquid and water, baking powder etc but nothing worked.

i found out you can buy ladybirds online to help eat the aphids. So I spent £12 on about 7 ladybirds who arrived in a box in the post. I put them on the plants and then watched them fly away after a day or so 😂

As soon as I set food in a garden centre I come under the illusion that my garden is 25 acres of south facing slope, with patio, shaded areas, rose and herb gardens etc etc. And I buy accordingly.

Then I get home and have to squeeeeeeze the plants into my 30 metre x 3 metre patch, which is now so crowded with plants that I have to prune just to be able to get the washing line up.

It's beautiful, but.... squashed.

Aww OP that is so lovely. I hope your crocodile family will be very happy together.

A Burberry mac.
It was beautiful, it had all the bits and pieces that made it look like a good mac, neck guards, adjustable cuffs etc, but it was cotton.
I wore it in the rain - it soaked it up. I wore it in the wind, deploying all gadgets, I was cold.
It was too thin for winter, too big and heavy for summer showers. After the 1st few outings it sat in my wardrobe for 25 years!
I gave in, and donated to a charity shop last year.

Same-ish
VW campervan during covid, just sold it for 10k less than I paid for it ffs

I love my books. I've impulse bought an entire series I already had because I preferred the covers of the new ones (well, it was technically older versions but they were a new purchase). It wasn't even like I had the money to throwaway, I had to make compromises elsewhere to accommodate that madness.

Worst thing was, it took me ages to give the originals away because I'm terrible at parting with books.

I almost fell for it and so glad I didn’t!! I just know I’d get bored after a week and they are quite pricey.

I’ve spent a lot of handbags which I suppose a lot of people would consider ridiculous/stupid, but I love them 🤣 I did spend €100 on a psychic fortune teller thing before, which proved to be ridiculous because she told me my husband was ‘straying’ from our marriage (I was 22 and single).

Apple EarPods. I lost one when I fell asleep wearing them one night and it has never turned up.

@PurpleWhiteGreen123
Same here. Mine has now increased to £300 pcm! Plus there are section 20 major repairs due and a lump sum will be demanded
I feel sick every time the DD goes out

Chicco next to me crib.

I spent an unholy amount of hours researching the most ergonomic, anti-SIDS, Fort knox level safe crib for my PF(O)B. And then I spent an unholy amount of money in Mamas and Papas to ensure its good quality and not a fake.

You can't get my DD within 10 feet of it before she starts screaming. Apparently only her pram will do.

Now I have to go see if anyone local wants it because I just don't have the space to keep it.

I once spent £££ on a pair of (for me) very high heeled shoes because they were the only shoes I could find in the exact same colour as a dress I'd bought for a work event. Within minutes of arriving they were so painful (not just because of the height, they were really stiff and were cutting in to the back of my heels) that I swapped them for the old ballet flats I took with me in case I needed to walk far for a cab home. I never wore them again and couldn't even sell them or try to return them as they had blood stains from cutting in to my feet.

I don't even know why it seemed to important to buy them- there were loads of other colours that would have worked with the outfit and I could have found cheaper, more comfortable shoes in those colours.

Had been agonising whether to pay for a meet and greet with an actor at an event, decided would regret it if I didn't.

Had car trouble that nearly made me miss the slot and I knew would end up costing an absolute fortune so just went into glum panic mode.

Made it and was nearly crying on him with the stress like a loon before getting booted out for the next person after a few seconds 😂

Now I know if I hadn't done it I'd always be thinking 'what if'. But wish I hadn't bothered. Memorable, but for all the wrong reasons 😂

Consultations with psychic mediums when I was grieving. I spent thousands with many, many different ones and never got any comfort, reassurance or proof that any one of them had a gift. I believed because I needed to, and now I see how they took advantage of a vulnerable young woman who was heartbroken.

I have adhd and often make silly impulse purchases which I subsequently regret. This week I came out in hives and I jumped to the conclusion that I was allergic to a new bio washing liquid I’d picked up in Aldi. I spent £35 replacing the washing liquid dispenser in my Miele washing machine before realising the hives were being caused by a latex allergy from some muscle tape.😩

A ninja creami, no one used it, I sold it for so much less than I paid for it!

Oh no! I'm extending my lease right now and still waiting for the freeholder to acknowledge service of the right to extend. I'm hoping it comes in at less than 5 figures, including fees!

Caravan to live in during building work. Can't sell the bloody thing now due to 1) shit weather, and 2) everyone buying caravans during covid do there is now a glut of the poxy things

I have two really old teddy bears and rescued them from my parents' house. One had one eye and one had no eyes. I paid far too much to send them to a doll's hospital to get the eyes replaced and the bears posted back to me. I just couldn't stand the thought they couldn't see!

Costs relating to extending the lease on my flat. Everyone involved is a grabby b@stard. Leasehold is a scam. (Yes I'm facking bitter)

After the second lockdown was announced I ordered a blow up dinosaur costume. Best thing ever, cheered us up no end.