what one-off extravagant purchases do you have ? *not a gloating thread*

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A friend of a friend lives in Greece and has recently brought themselves an underwater sea scooter. A top of the range one. They are not well off by any means, but could afford to treat themselves to this. It looks a real smart piece of kit.

It got me thinking, we don't have any one-off extravagant purchases. Not that you have to have any, of course. There has just never been anything we have really wanted, with the exception of a new car. But this thread is not about buying to that level.

*edited to add this is a no judgement thread

Interesting- that’s not been my experience at all! Glad you’ve found something that works for you though 🙂

Hi, sorry about that. I should have been clearer.
I meant that they are a pair because they are the same Buffet Crampon model. The difference between them is a semitone in pitch, one is Bb and one is A.
If you want to completely bore yourself to death with clarinets:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet_family
😃
I was ecstatic when I thought I had acquired an Eb clarinet when my husband called to say he found a ‘small clarinet’ for £20 in a charity shop.
It was an oboe!
Still struggling with it.

@Tryonemoretime ive had my Kenwood Major for about 40 years and it still goes strong.

👏 excellent!

About three years ago I got an absolutely massive bonus at work, and I treated myself to two Mulberry bags, total came to about £1k?

Massively regret that now. Want to sell them.

A diamond ring for my 65th birthday. It’s much fancier than my engagement ring but it’s not a replacement, I wear it on my right hand and feel like a million dollars 😀

Contrary to other reports here - we have a wood fired hot tub and use it every weekend. I think what might make the difference though is that we live rurally with no neighbours and can fill it directly from an outside hot tap so it can be used right away.
that and the big green egg we bought almost a decade ago were extravagant at the time but on cost per use have definitely proved worth it! Couldn’t afford an Egg at the prices they are now though.

Cordless Dyson!

I'm glad someone is getting use out of theirs. We're also very rural, but still ours sits there several years on, unused.

that's such a shame! give it a go this weekend - I think with hot tubs you just have to get into the habit. We do a lot of manual labour outside and it's just the thing at the end of a long busy day when your muscles are aching.

We've got one too. It keeps breaking down but we love it.

Thanks. They are gorgeous!

I was even keener when I realised the lampshades were made by a small local women-owned business!

😘 my kind of person. Go you. Xxx

Mine rise beautifully with a £7 electric hand whisk. I’ve always like the look of Kitchen Aids but the cost is too high to justify. Now I think I’ll stick to what I have. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

A ridiculously expensive (to me) food processor but I use it everyday. So £ per use it was a bargain 😅

My Tommy Hilfiger dress. Although I bought it cheaply on a clearance site. That and perfumes , my poshest ones are probably, oh but that's not expensive, Maison Margiela and DNKY
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Omg, someone who thinks like me. It’s a freaking dinosaur. It’s way too heavy and theirs nothing about it I like. It’s rotting in a cabinet somewhere. Give me kitchen aide beaters any day.

I certainly would! (apart from the little current matter) because it is the main transport link over a vast area and you get to meet ordinary Russians getting on and off the train, going about their business. You share food, play chess, chat. Siberia is gorgeous (and boiling hot in summer). Not much English spoken as you get further into the Wild East, though.

To the PP who regretted buying an American style fridge/freezer.
I’ve got one arriving today (no ice or water dispenser) and I’m thinking of all the possible problems.
Are there no adjustable feet underneath to stop it sloping forwards and stuff sliding off the shelves? Does it only effect the freezer side?

I’ll arm myself with a spirit level before the installers leave!

My 8yr old rescue dog. Cost £75 last September to rehome, I'm now £2,500 in debt on maxed out credit cards on vet fees (yes, she is insured, btw, otherwise I have no idea how I'd have paid the full bill!).

But I love her and she's the reason I get out of bed every day.

Upper blepharoplasty! Always wanted one since I was about 35 and knew it was going to happen. Best £2k spent! X

My Mum loves her American style fridge freezer but that’s at least partly because she has a chest freezer in the garage for the big stuff / things she wants to spread out to freeze.

I think she’d pick the American style if she had to choose 1 but that’s at least partly because she has difficulty getting stuff out of the chest freezer these days.

Yeah, the only thing I have needed to do is 2 battery changes at £30 each at a reputable local jewellers (the batteries last years). It has the odd scratch from day to day wear but I still love it as much as when I bought it!

A lock down puppy. I lost my dearly loved Jack Russell within 6 weeks of learning that he was terminally ill. I had already decided that I would get another dog when he went because the thought of daily life without my own dog was so sad (I was very stressed and unhappy with some aspects of my life that I couldn't change - my dog was my comforter).

He isn't a pedigree but he is the breed and type I love. He was bred by a lovely family and well socialised along with his parents and the rest of the litter. I could have waited until prices came down (probably paid 3 x the price they are now) but I would have had to get through that period without my dog and it would have been so much harder.

And before the "adopt don't buy" pack descend on me: we were caring for another family member's rescue dog who was not neutered and rescues would not allow us to adopt unless he was. He wasn't our dog and his owner would not agree to castration, convinced she would be able to have him back in the future. Five years on she has died and last month we had to take him to the vet for the last time. We have another very large rescue dog who we adopted privately so we're not adverse to adoption, it just wasn't an option.