The most expensive item ever purchased for YOURSELF?

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  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    Got a new car about 6 months ago for $48500 am hoping to keep it for a while and enjoy it!!!!
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    Her name was Tatiana. Best night ever.

    Classic! :laugh:
  • sylvuz323
    sylvuz323 Posts: 468 Member
    My car and degree are up there. Does my eye surgery count? Best investment ever, $4500! I suppose for a smaller item my iPad but I used birthday money plus also wrote it off as an expense, I do consulting work on the side.
  • kingscrown
    kingscrown Posts: 615 Member
    I bought myself a house when I was 22. It was a fixer upper, but I figured why pay rent. Plus I was young enough to spend my evenings and weekends painting, plumbing, electrical, cabinet work with my grandpa's expertise.
  • Lize11e
    Lize11e Posts: 419
    Most expensive : Chrysler 300

    2nd most expensive and best: Divorce
  • jonnyrosko
    jonnyrosko Posts: 30 Member
    $500 on a custom tailored 3 piece suit. Well worth it. I just need friends to get married or people to kick the bucket so I can wear it more often.
  • atomiclauren
    atomiclauren Posts: 689 Member
    Grad school :sick:

    Other than that (and not counting daily driver/the house), I'm pretty much a cheapskate :smile:
  • Rubie81
    Rubie81 Posts: 720 Member
    Round the world plane ticket! I leave for New Zealand in November, then Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam :D

    That sounds amazing!
  • lamilli09
    lamilli09 Posts: 354 Member
    My graduation gift to myself -- my puppy :) Having a dog is not cheap but it's oh so worth it.

    Dogs are the best!

    Isn't that the truth! But, I should tell you that my dog is the best of the best, hands down :)
  • lamilli09
    lamilli09 Posts: 354 Member
    My Corgi puppy was 700$

    I know money isn't supposed to buy happiness and friendship, but in this case I think an exception has to be made

    <3 Love you lildog!

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    Love it! There's a lot to be said for the value of a furry companion :)
  • FitnFabMichelle
    FitnFabMichelle Posts: 161 Member
    A house. I never quite finished paying for that one though.

    Same here. Just bought it in June. Best thing I could have ever done for myself. :)
  • peles_fire
    peles_fire Posts: 501
    Blew $1600 on a year of personal training. Didn't even ask the hubby, just bit the bullet and went for it. When I got home and told him, I saw all the blood drain out of his face. Then I told him to picture coming home from work a year from now and being greeted at the door and handed a cold beer by a sexy wife wearing about 2.5 inches of lace and string. After that, he was good with it.

    But when I signed that contract, I have to admit, I thought there was at least a 35% chance I'd vomit.
  • LiliWray
    LiliWray Posts: 101 Member
    tuition... I hate paying for university out of pocket :grumble: :sad:
  • nc_moon_beam
    nc_moon_beam Posts: 38 Member
    Horses and all their accessories.... I refuse to add up their total annual costs. They're less expensive than psyco-therapy, though!
  • bsuzanne88
    bsuzanne88 Posts: 61 Member
    I bought myself braces when I turned 20. So happy with that decision.
  • MainahGirl
    MainahGirl Posts: 282 Member
    A recent trip to California. Just a close friend and I went. Kids and hubbys left at home! :)
  • Frozen300
    Frozen300 Posts: 223 Member
    Brand new 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

    I loved that car, damn kids grew up and couldn't fit in the back seat...
  • RiverMelSong
    RiverMelSong Posts: 456 Member
    A 3 week vacation to India and Nepal when I was 20. Learned a LOT from that trip!
    Apart from that.. €200,- on a pair of Prada heels.. Sooo pretty! And they were half off!! :embarassed:

    Edit: Next year I'll be doing my masters degree which will cost me about €20.000.. The thought already scares the living daylights out of me!
  • JessigirlJb
    JessigirlJb Posts: 656
    My Truck
  • guardian419
    guardian419 Posts: 391 Member
    house :)

    not life purchases... when I re-stocked on supplements, protein, blender bottle, etc. All in all it was about $200
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,285 Member
    It was my first car. A brand new, 1978 Honda Civic. I loved that car! It ran great till my ex killed it....sigh.
  • ncthomas09
    ncthomas09 Posts: 322 Member
    Aside from my truck would be a $250 Dooney and Bourke purse (and sadly that was the sale price) but I have carried it almost daily for the last 2.5 years at least.
  • ladylu11
    ladylu11 Posts: 631 Member
    it is not the most expensive thing and not an "item", but because it is an ongoing expense and just for ME and something only I benefit from, I would say having a personal trainer. And if I keep using her, it could end up being the most expensive thing I've done for myself. LOL
  • dadoffo
    dadoffo Posts: 379 Member
    Honda Odyssey 12 years ago. I still have the van.
  • fawndam
    fawndam Posts: 595 Member
    My van..paid cash as I do for everything!!:bigsmile:
  • Tallulahbelle2011
    Tallulahbelle2011 Posts: 24 Member
    My tattoos.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    My Macbook Pro
    My Canon T2i
    The SUP board I recently ordered...

    I'm hard to buy gifts for because if I really want it I usually buy it for myself. I have little self control in that way lol
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    My Mini :) (the love of my life)

    My Shoe collection

    Holiday to Miami

    My MacBook Pro

    in that order i think...I consider my macbook and mini and shoes as necessities though !
  • Scottish_charlene_84
    Scottish_charlene_84 Posts: 986 Member
    well apart from the boring stuff like house, car etc. I bought a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes this year. They were £480 ($780) :)
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    A car, or, if you count the money cumulatively, rent. One of those is an absolute necessity, the other is more-or-less a necessity since I have lived places with limited public transportation. Other than those, probably one of the laptops I've purchased over the years, all of which have been used heavily in my academic/professional life.

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