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

Standard horse owner behaviour in my experience 😂

I knew someone who could only buy grey horses as she had an old grey nag (without being mean) when they got together and she just kept trading up. He never knew despite the thousands of £ difference in price.

@edwinbear DH and I spent £20k on a cutlery set when we were young I am waiting for a pic of said cutlery!!

Ok I am not going to question the price of the cutlery but you still use it 20 years later? I have to buy new teaspoons every couple of months. 😂

Love the 20k cutlery derail. Please can we see the cutlery? And the shoes?

I've been feeling guilty for spending £400 on a new hobby, id hoped I'd be able to sell items I make or have some requests to make things to offset the cost but so far no real interest. Not even sure I'm enjoying doing it tbh. Ah well, we live and learn.

OP, yes it’s an Asprey set. They were a client of mine and we did get a discount….but still! For about 5 years every birthday/Christmas we’d buy each other a set of fish knives, or a set of teaspoons etc. Not something we’d waste that sort of money on now, but they are very lovely.

I completely agree and Venice is a magical place, money well spent creating memories!

O wow OP, how long have you got? so many, too many, squirming here

we all do it but don’t speak of it, often after a prolonged period of austerity
the ‘what the hell I’m worth it’ spend up

£75 for my rescue dog. £2.5k on vets fees a few months later, gulp.

@stclementine my son has just bought a used Audi A4 and it's gorgeous. I'm very jealous. Especially as it cost less than £900! He's a car mechanic and so can sort out issues if needed.

The prom dress business is insane. I had 2 boys. Both borrowed my husband's DJ for their prom and wore their school shoes. No issues. Friends of mine with girls spent £££ on the dress and then paid for shoes, hair, professional MUA etc. Completely ridiculous.

A horse for my DD.

Currently in for about £10k what with buying him, saddle, rugs etc.

Worst part is she scared of him and won't even ride him 🤬

Spent nearly £40K on a used Audi A6 which I can’t really afford the repayments on, but it gives me a lot of pleasure to drive and is so very pretty that I don’t regret it for a minute. My justification was that my A4 was nearing 10 years old and would start becoming expensive —yes I know Audis last for decades but I needed a reason to replace it with something prettier with more toys—

I keep buying stuff online using Klarna & Clearpay so that it doesn’t feel real in a way & the other day looked around & realised just how much I’d got. The other day I bought 2 rings on TJC & then a matching necklace for one of the rings & it was over £150 which I don’t really have. Plus I rarely go out so will probably only wear the necklace at Christmas. I definitely have an addictive personality!

Yes, a 'knotty ones' cardigan after recommendations on here, actually. I'd been on the hunt for the unicorn of black cardigans for a long time, and this one appeared to tick all the boxes. Ethically produced and handmade from a small business, slouchy, 100% cotton, pockets... It was £400! But so heavy owing to being 100% knitted cotton, I just couldn't wear it!

My daughter's prom dress. I feel ill if I overthink it and am paying it off gradually but it was more than my wedding dress! (We're not talking posh cutlery prices here or even thousands)
She didn't realise how much it was until a few weeks later when I told a friend (and was horrified as knows we're not exactly rich!) but the look on her face when she tried it on and just "knew" it was "the dress"....
I only have one child, I can't afford any more!!!!

I love the idea of a mid-wife crisis. Please tell me that isn't a typo?! I visualise your exhusband having that vanity trophy wife as number 2 before settling for someone sensible again when it all goes wrong.

Mid wife crisis is the best typo!!

I have silver cutlery, because for some reason we found 3 sets in my grandfather's attic when we cleared his house. I don't think it's worth anything like £20k, so I am intrigued by this set and really want to know what it is!

I impulsively bought a painting for £1400. It’s an original and I still love it 14 years later but at the time I was like, WTAF have I done?????

Turns out, I bought a piece of original art that I loved then and still love now.

I didn’t have the money then to pay for it - bought it on my credit card - but I paid it off over a few months and don’t regret the purchase for a moment.

£20k on cutlery is obscene but do you have stunning crockery too? If not and you're eating off ikea's finest then what's the point, my opinion only.

I am trying to complete the set at the moment as I read through it! DH does not need to know how much some of the innocuous looking 2nd hand paperbacks cost

I recently spent on a handbag, I really didn’t need it and I’m not even a massive handbag person. I’ve been having a tough time of late and I find I’m shopping a fair bit (need to rein it in) It wasn’t loads of money, few hundred but more than I have ever! spent on a bag. Although when I look at it I can’t help but smile. Haven’t even used it yet but plan to when I’m away in April.

Don't beat yourself up look at all these men having mid wife crisis buying sports car and weekends away with their mistress you are small time spender compared with it. You deserve a treat - wear and enjoy them!

I went a bit mad on the Rosa Bloom website not long ago. Set me back about £500. Don't know when I'll wear any of it. No regrets.

Even as a yearly cost that cutlery is £1000 a year or almost £3 a day!