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

[littlemoonspistachio]

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

Solar panels on the roof, I log onto the app to see what they are doing most days, multiple times on sunny days and very frequently this time of year when the sun is a novelty.

Lens replacement, use them every day😆

My Raymond Weil watch. I love it and wear it every day.

A painting by a West African artist

In 2007, we got a pedigree lab puppy. Money was tight as I was SAHM with my young kids (6 m and 2 )

Sadly, he died aged 13 in 2020.

He was worth every penny as the memories made were priceless. We have photos of him everywhere 😍

Just spent 22K on a nice little used Mercedes clk200. For perspective, Worked from age 17 now 64 and diagnosed with a heart condition so retiring next year! Hope to spend the money rather than leaving it to the kids!!

Sage Impress Express machine, bought from the Sage reconditioned store for about £500 in a late night moment of lockdown madness. Used nearly every day and brings as much caffeinated joy as I hoped it would. On a lesser level, the locally roasted beans to go with it.

Also £3k on Invisalign to fix my wonky teeth; I secretly hoped it would break my snacking habit and lead to effortless weight loss. It didn't, but my teeth look a lot better.

My 3 Persian cats that we got during lockdown when i had much more money!

And my Mulberry and LV handbags, one which ive had for 30yrs plus.

Brand new campervan. Always bought 2nd hand cars and bikes before, but heading towards retirement and decided to treat ourselves with DH redundancy money.

A proper hot tub and a trip to the Maldives next week- so excited!

Children... literally IVF is extortionately priced when everyone else seems to get there kid for free after a few minutes of fun. I couldn't imagine life without my kids though.

Singapore Airlines Business Class seats from Seattle to Singapore. 18 hour flight.

Love the sound of an Arab horse ❤️

Apart from property probably our cars (Range Rovers).

Most expensive holiday was staying at Sandy Lane in Barbados - hoping that won't be a one off though!

I worked out the other day that by the time the dcs leave school we'll have spent approximately £600K on school fees 😓

Does a house with in ground pool looking onto the Med count? Hated the country, the house was freezing in the winter and the animal cruelty was a daily hell. Left after 16 months, took a year to sell.

My Le Creuset Dutch oven. It's a lot for a pot but I love it.

Boobs

I got a £900 pair of Bang & Olufsen headphones a few years ago as a 'one off', and recently upgraded to the new model - £1300 👀 I have a Astell&Kern music player (basically a Hi-Res walkman) that I spent £3k on, and I pay £20 a month for Tidal for Hi-Res music streaming/downloads.

I listen to music every day so I get a lot of enjoyment/use out of it, and I'm a massive nerd so the quality really does make a difference to me.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 😅

A Mercedes.

It's 8 years old this year and still looks brand new. I swiped my fingers over the bonnet just yesterday thinking how lucky I am to have it.

We also have a sage coffee machine and love it. Worth every penny.

This for me too. Perhaps not as exciting as other people’s purchases but this machine brings me so much joy - I genuinely go to bed looking forward to my morning coffee 😂

Years ago when we were DINKYs my DH bought a convertible BMW, not outright, but still... We had a fun car for a couple of years...

Our Quooker boiling/fizzy water tap. If it was a choice between the DH or that - the tap comes first!

That doesn't actually sound too bad, when you think a macbook or some phones cost around the same and won't last nearly as long as a table. Plus the benches.

My Cartier bangle - gold with diamonds.
Flash bint 🤣

It actually is rather discreet, worn every day as it’s screwed on and I love it (and it was second hand as there was no way I was buying it direct from Cartier) - it’s increased in value too which is nice.

Also my Invisalign - worth every single penny.

But now it seems I need to start saving for one of those pool tables! They look amazing! (And also a new house as I actually don’t have the room 🤣)

Me too 👀