To ask what the best money you ever spent was?

[ILoveBray]

I was using my hair straighteners today, and realised that it's been 15 years since I purchased them. They are GHDs and I bought them in 2004. Used almost daily and they were £100. At the time I thought this was quite expensive. But working out cost per usage it's pretty amazing! They're still going strong.

What was the best money you ever spent on something and why?

I asked a friend, and she said it was the registration fee on a dating site, as she is now married with 2 children

Loving these, thanks everyone. So heartwarming to see how many people have said their pets ♥

Our fridge. I bought it in 1986 when I had my first flat on my own. (This was 3 years before I met DH.) Still got it! Same one. It cost £99. (Was quite a lot then, maybe £250 in today's money!) but well worth the dosh when it lasts 33 years.

Gorgeous cat @maidenmothercrone Is she a russian blue?

Well done on your huge weight loss @susieq5604 160 pounds wow! Amazing.

Well done to all the folk who quit smoking and had successful IVF cycles too!

Pre seed and the pregnancy tests.

Also finding the 'my pet is my best value for money' posts very cute! And (as I said,) the successful IVF ones too.

My boobs

MaidenMotherCrone

Your cat is absolutely gorgeous! Amazing bone structure

£55 on a Sherpa blanket
Honestly it makes me so happy, I am stupidly attached to it and have been for months

SuzieQ5604

160lbs?! Amazing! Well done.

Materialistic: Dyson airwrap (saves me so, so much time on blow drying and styling. I look much more "put together" every day now and however petty that sounds, it improves my confidence and assertiveness because I know I don't look a state).

Emotional: all the money I spend visiting DP. We are long distance and physically seeing each other is worth every penny.

Hersheys

You know you've probably just jinxed your straighteners! @ILoveBray**

I know! TBF after 15 years I think they've earned a rest!

Loving the IVF and sperm donor stories too. How lovely ♥

Must be something about GHDs mine are at least 18 years old!

Laser eye surgery 16 years of perfect eyesight

All my wonderful pets

Blood Sugar Sensors for DP.

Dyson fan.

Learning to drive.

Sex toys!

@Crackers1428 I'd love to know what they advised!

GHD too. Mine lasted 14 years. Just bought a new one last year when the previous pair died as I thought that was pretty good going

Blood plasma transfusion after multiple miscarriages and a stillbirth - and having at last been diagnosed with high natural killer cells. Finally got my lovely longed for baby (she's 5 in a few weeks).

Also laser eye surgery. Absolutely life changing.

What is GHD? I looked all over MN & couldn't find help with abbreviations

There are lots of things over the years but one of the best things I ever spent money on was our gorgeous bunnies. I never expected to love them so much & they have really brought us closer as a family.

Doesn’t sound anything special but a £10 fluffy blanket from Primark! I’m ill a lot of the time and gives me comfort when I’m house bound on the sofa! It’s lovely and washes like a dream!

My daughters bunk beds! Never thought I’d be able to have children and I get a bit misty eyed whenever I go into their rooms and hear them snoring away always sharing one of the beds!

SusieQ it’s a brand, GHD is short for Good Hair Day! They were the ultimate straighteners in the 00s. Mine must be 8 years old. I’ve replaced the plug on them but otherwise still going..

Couple of things my parents paid for - £3k on braces and false teeth (cap and crown). I had awful, wonky teeth, I hated them! I had a dental op, two years of braces and head gear, but it was so worth it! Also paying for the assessment to diagnose my dyslexia at uni. Finally at 21 I had an answer as to why I’d struggled academically all my life!

A funny one- about £7 on a crochet kit in Lidl! I’d thought about trying to crochet but didn’t know where to start. This had a kit and basic instructions. I made the hat and found a new passion that gives me so much joy!

The Kebabacue , hands down.

My first Maine Coon cat, Morpheus. Without a doubt, my soulmate, love of my life (sorry DH). 12 years of total love. My kids sobbed into his fur during their teen heartaches, he just wrapped his huge paws round our necks and loved us.
I have had many pets and will doubtless have more, but he cost me £350 and was my daemon.

Other than that my GHDs are 15 years old and still going strong!

Dishwasher.

Not the best thing ever, but I was really happy yesterday, I bought a new light bulb for my cooker ! I can now see in the oven again, and only £1.50 for two !
Then I felt my life must be quite shite if that made me happy

Panasonic microwave, first generation as they came on the market, purchased 1983....cost a whole month’s wages at the time, just replaced, bit only because it no longer fits the kitchen.

Laser corrective eye surgery - every shadow in the sea when I am snorkelling and swimming is now no longer “a shark”...just seaweed 😀