To ask what the most ridiculous thing you have ever spent money on is?

[AveAtqueVale]

Mostly to make me feel better. I'm currently up and about because I have a hacking cough and can't sleep, and have just spent £6.50 on a baby lego crocodile on eBay.

Backstory: DS(6) has a Lego set which includes a family of crocodiles. Today a friend's toddler was over and took a shine to the baby crocodile, so he gave it to her to take home. He is totally unbothered, and knowing him will remain so, but I've felt sorry for the parent crocodiles all day, and have now spent actual real money to assuage my upset that two small pieces of plastic might be missing a third smaller piece of plastic. I even caught myself (briefly) worrying that the new baby crocodile isn't quite the right shade of green, and that they might know it's not really theirs.

My only defence is that I am quite pregnant and hormonal, and due to aforementioned cough have had very little sleep for the last few days. I'm honestly not usually this batshit...

Has anyone else spent money on anything so completely ridiculous?

When I was pregnant, I used to cry every time.i saw a certain persil advert, because to advert mum just looked like she loved her daughter very much.

I hope your baby croc fits right it!

Aww there are so much more ridiculous things you could waste money on, this is a small sop for your concerns about the plastic family.
I once spent a stupid amount of money on a rail ticket so I could travel first class because I thought that was the ticket I’d bought and was looking forward to it. Madness

You see that seems much less bonkers to me - you at least presumably enjoyed your first class trip! 😂

Awww, that's so sweet, OP! When my DS was little, I found a wooden Brio 'Bob the Builder' set on eBay for him one Christmas, but it was missing Scoop the digger. I spent weeks scouring eBay for one and eventually got one, but it cost me more than the actual set had! He was happy though. I also had a three-section bendy bus shipped from blooming Holland because he was obsessed with bendy buses and DH had made up a bedtime story about a three-section one, and of course he decided he wanted a toy one and they basically don't exist in this country. The shippong cost about three times as much as the actual bus.

Oh I love your op

I once spent nearly £100 on vet bills for a gerbil that could have been replaced for about £3 at the time. But we loved him..

Bottled water

My ex-husband

After the second lockdown was announced I ordered a blow up dinosaur costume. Best thing ever, cheered us up no end.

Costs relating to extending the lease on my flat. Everyone involved is a grabby b@stard. Leasehold is a scam. (Yes I'm facking bitter)

I have two really old teddy bears and rescued them from my parents' house. One had one eye and one had no eyes. I paid far too much to send them to a doll's hospital to get the eyes replaced and the bears posted back to me. I just couldn't stand the thought they couldn't see!

Caravan to live in during building work. Can't sell the bloody thing now due to 1) shit weather, and 2) everyone buying caravans during covid do there is now a glut of the poxy things

Oh no! I'm extending my lease right now and still waiting for the freeholder to acknowledge service of the right to extend. I'm hoping it comes in at less than 5 figures, including fees!

A ninja creami, no one used it, I sold it for so much less than I paid for it!

I have adhd and often make silly impulse purchases which I subsequently regret. This week I came out in hives and I jumped to the conclusion that I was allergic to a new bio washing liquid I’d picked up in Aldi. I spent £35 replacing the washing liquid dispenser in my Miele washing machine before realising the hives were being caused by a latex allergy from some muscle tape.😩

Consultations with psychic mediums when I was grieving. I spent thousands with many, many different ones and never got any comfort, reassurance or proof that any one of them had a gift. I believed because I needed to, and now I see how they took advantage of a vulnerable young woman who was heartbroken.

Had been agonising whether to pay for a meet and greet with an actor at an event, decided would regret it if I didn't.

Had car trouble that nearly made me miss the slot and I knew would end up costing an absolute fortune so just went into glum panic mode.

Made it and was nearly crying on him with the stress like a loon before getting booted out for the next person after a few seconds 😂

Now I know if I hadn't done it I'd always be thinking 'what if'. But wish I hadn't bothered. Memorable, but for all the wrong reasons 😂

I once spent £££ on a pair of (for me) very high heeled shoes because they were the only shoes I could find in the exact same colour as a dress I'd bought for a work event. Within minutes of arriving they were so painful (not just because of the height, they were really stiff and were cutting in to the back of my heels) that I swapped them for the old ballet flats I took with me in case I needed to walk far for a cab home. I never wore them again and couldn't even sell them or try to return them as they had blood stains from cutting in to my feet.

I don't even know why it seemed to important to buy them- there were loads of other colours that would have worked with the outfit and I could have found cheaper, more comfortable shoes in those colours.

Chicco next to me crib.

I spent an unholy amount of hours researching the most ergonomic, anti-SIDS, Fort knox level safe crib for my PF(O)B. And then I spent an unholy amount of money in Mamas and Papas to ensure its good quality and not a fake.

You can't get my DD within 10 feet of it before she starts screaming. Apparently only her pram will do.

Now I have to go see if anyone local wants it because I just don't have the space to keep it.

@PurpleWhiteGreen123
Same here. Mine has now increased to £300 pcm! Plus there are section 20 major repairs due and a lump sum will be demanded
I feel sick every time the DD goes out

Apple EarPods. I lost one when I fell asleep wearing them one night and it has never turned up.

I almost fell for it and so glad I didn’t!! I just know I’d get bored after a week and they are quite pricey.

I’ve spent a lot of handbags which I suppose a lot of people would consider ridiculous/stupid, but I love them 🤣 I did spend €100 on a psychic fortune teller thing before, which proved to be ridiculous because she told me my husband was ‘straying’ from our marriage (I was 22 and single).

I love my books. I've impulse bought an entire series I already had because I preferred the covers of the new ones (well, it was technically older versions but they were a new purchase). It wasn't even like I had the money to throwaway, I had to make compromises elsewhere to accommodate that madness.

Worst thing was, it took me ages to give the originals away because I'm terrible at parting with books.

Same-ish
VW campervan during covid, just sold it for 10k less than I paid for it ffs

A Burberry mac.
It was beautiful, it had all the bits and pieces that made it look like a good mac, neck guards, adjustable cuffs etc, but it was cotton.
I wore it in the rain - it soaked it up. I wore it in the wind, deploying all gadgets, I was cold.
It was too thin for winter, too big and heavy for summer showers. After the 1st few outings it sat in my wardrobe for 25 years!
I gave in, and donated to a charity shop last year.