talk to me if you stupidly bought something £££ you couldnt really afford

£500 on a massive air beam tent.
It's too big to put up in the garden.
It's actually tricky-er to blow up than its poley-predecessor.
It's not that stable in wind.

We have continued to use the poley tents more.

I dont think so - that sounds perfect to me. Apart from Chalet School books of course !

Sorry have not RTFT but for those of you buying Chalet School paperbacks you really need to get the hardbacks or the Girls Gone By paperbacks as the Armada paperbacks have soooo much edited out.

I too can confess to spending money on books although fortunately dh embraced buying CS books for me to complete the set as it solved the problem of birthday, christmas and anniversary presents for quite some time.

12 years ago my husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas, Dubarry Galloway boots please. He didn’t get them for me as he thought they were ugly. I bought myself them and although they look completely wrecked now they are comfortable and waterproof and me and my dogs have walked miles in them. Lots of lovely memories. The heel has now cracked but they are still waterproof and I will be replacing them as soon as they let in.

Gosh! Bit harsh.
though I agree with his sentiment. Horses are far lovelier than chopping up your face for no reason.

Use it! Tipping away the brown water is very satisfying.

£20k 20 years ago, what is that in today's money? do you still have all the pieces, cutlery tends to have a habit of wandering off and I reckon it goes to the land of single socks

Bugger the rugs - pay for a week or two's training and then sell him asap. If your daughter is scared she'll never ride him again.

Some years ago we finally had spare money and I told my husband I wanted a face lift so I could be pretty at least once before I die.When he stopped laughing he said, “Face it, you will never be pretty.If you want to spend money buy something that gives you joy.”
I bought a horse a few days later.Much joy.

A year ago, a dress for about £375. Bear in mind I'm a Primark/ charity shop kinda gal. And it didn't fit, couldn't do the back zip up, (am big of norks and wide of shoulders too) then my dad had a stroke and other things, so I never sent the dress back. It IS an amazing dress. So I need to find someone who can perhaps put a back panel or side panels in...so I spend even more on it. And that won't look great...

This wins the thread. Sorry, as I know it was an expensive mistake😅

But I'm dying as I imgine the vision of you turning up in a replica Victorian dress and no-one else dressed up😂

They are completely unusable if you're left handed. Only work for you right handed types. I have to ask for a normal knife.

I seem to have spent a lot on experiences and travel and nothing on material possessions. Maybe time to change that.

It was 20k it started with a lovingly bought single teaspoon £120 given on their wedding day and they built it up. It was actually very sweet. I love beautiful things but I think I’d be eating porridge with the big wooden stirring spoon and lots of finger food or buy a cheap spare set as I am too lazy to hand wash and polish, and lovingly re wrap in tissue everytime I want to use a spoon.

Can be fussed the rtft, but what was the outcome on the cutlery? I assumed it was 2k rather than 20..?

There are people on this thread who have unused items and others who want them - we could revive Noel Edmond’s’ Swap Shop and sell the items to each other.

If it's on the bone or even if it has the skin on a fish knife is designed to slide flat along the bone to remove it or under the skin to remove that. When we were buying our cutlery 50+ years ago we declined the option of buying lobster picks though.

Oh fgs.

Care to elaborate on how that poster not spending 20k on cutlery would alleviate 'suffering in the world'?

I mean, it's not what I would personally choose to spend my hard-earned on, but why the hell not if they can afford it and it brings them joy? It is doing literally zero harm to anyone else.

MN really is the most painfully sanctimonious place at times.

My late MIL would always bring out some elegant fish knives when we visited, to eat our chippy tea with!

OP, those shoes are great and I hope you wear them every chance you can! I completely understand that sick feeling though. Once you’ve worn them a few times it’ll be all positive associations though 😊

@TimeForATerf I have recently joined the fountain pen club (not in the MB league) and may I gently say - use it! It might as well be lost if it’s just sitting in a drawer.

I always try to employ the “sunk cost” fallacy if I have buyer’s regret - the money is gone, might as well get whatever benefit you can. Thanks everyone for the interesting stories!

We bought Georgia O'Keeffe prints at the Museum in Santa Fe which then cost us 10x their price to have framed locally in UK but I still love them.

Dh and I went to Switzerland as an anniversary treat. Saw a watch he liked. It was probably a decimal place in the wrong direction in comparison to the prices we usually buy gifts at. But we live quite frugally so thought “why not?”. He liked the idea of giving something sentimental to our son for his 21st.

Dh got robbed the first day he wore back at work in London. He texted me on the train whether it was best to put it in his laptop bag or keep it hidden under his coat. He had forgotten to take it off.

Shit happens.

I grew up with a dad who was terminally ill. Many years under a cloud. I am very good at not sweating the small stuff which has no material impact on life. Everyone still breathing and healthy? Roof over our heads? Great, let’s crack on then.

I've recently realised some of the stuff I've had for decades costs an absolute bloody fortune now.

I got some Le Creuset pans in my early 20s and a set of Denby plates and bowls. Yes, they were not cheap, but they certainly weren't "how can I justify this" type prices. Both were in Debernham sales and we were on pretty low wages at the time so we definitely didn't spend a fortune on them.

Now the casserole pot goes for £280 and plates are over £20 each.

TWO HUNDRED ANDS EIGHTY QUID. For a cooking pot. I own two of the buggers (got my parents' one when they decided it was too heavy) and I have a dreadful feeling they'll be the most valuable things my kids inherit by the time I drop dead.

Ha, yes, thank you!!! I seem to remember Jill putting lipstick on to go to the auction and 'feeling very grown up'... and didn't a kindly Retired Major type tell her that Pedro looked like he had 'good lines' under all the dirt and advised her on how to bid?

Ditto, the rest of my brain is munge, probably from too many falls on my head, and this is all I will remember when I take up residence in the Home for the Bewildered... 😄

(Weren't the illustrations wonderful though?) 🐴