Apparently, your sleep is priceless. 
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We’ve often put off purchases of things like household updates or vehicles because we’ve realized how much we could travel with the same money. It comes down to, “Would we rather have a new floor (or X) or go to Jordan (or Y)?” Travel wins unless something is absolutely, positively necessary - and necessary for someone else isn’t always our definition of the word. We’ve found we’re perfectly content with some pretty run down or old things.
Our kids are the same. We want to prowl the world, not sit in an updated house.
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Talking about splurges, I mentioned the Steinway above. But another splurge that involves my parents were Omega watches. My mom loves Omega and is not a fan of Rolex. When my parents got married, they bought matching omega watches. She was an immigrant that came to the US with 150 dollars so that was her largest purchase until then…
Flash forward 15 years (they just celebrated their 15th ann), we are still sticking to the Omega tradition. She is on her second as she lost the first at Harris Teeter…
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Unfortunately my husband has some health issues that might make traveling difficult. So maybe for us, it would be better to make our home our oasis. Sad to admit that might be our future.
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Years ago, before I had kids, a mortgage, and bills, I splurged on this lovely small vase at Barney’s of NYC. I think I paid about $100+ for it, at least 25 years ago. These pics don’t truly show the very cool opalescence. I often put small bunches of flowers in it, usually from my garden. I love it.
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Absolutely get it rejuvenated. Those things can last decades!
Someone I knew years ago said that she’s never regretted buying the more expensive something, but that she’s often regretted buying the cheaper something. That has stuck with me.
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As my grandfather used to say, we are not rich enough to be able to afford cheap stuff. 
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I always use, “Buy once, cry once.”
If you don’t buy what you really want the first time you’ll end up spending more money replacing your compromise purchase.
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You all convinced me to buy the cantilever umbrella and stand for the patio. It’ll be delivered on Friday. YOLO.
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Which one did you get?! The Tuuci one?
This one of splurge stories. Many moons ago I saw a Rolex watch I really liked (not bulky, diamond, white gold) on eBay (how crazy). A jeweler going out of business was selling it. It was around 20% off the list, so it was still a lot of money. I bought it with my AmEx because I figured if I had any issues with it I could claim it with AmEx.
The watch arrived. It was beautiful and and I loved it. I wore it for few months and it just stopped working. I thought, “Oh crap, it is probably a fake.” Nevertheless I took it to the repair center in NYC. I gave them the watch. They asked me where I bought it and if I had a receipt. I said, “It was a gift and I had no idea where it was bought.” The said, “No worries, it’s probably the battery, come back in an hour.” I asked, “Do you know what’s the model and year.” They said, “look over there on the display, it is our latest model.”
Needless to say I was relieved and promised myself that I wouldn’t buy anything like that on ebay again.
It is still my favorite watch. 
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DH reminded me of another extravagant purchase, the sterling Tiffany Vermouth Can that I gave him for his 35th birthday when we were living in the Boston area. We loved to spend weekends antiquing, and I had stumbled on one of these in a shop in Marblehead. I believe it cost a bit over $300 which was outrageous for a 4” item whose sole purpose in life is to drip a single drop of vermouth into our martinis, but he cherishes it, and it’s a great conversation piece.
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It took me far too long to learn that lesson.
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This identifies it as a rare Rolex quartz watch, whereas most Rolex watches are mechanical. Currently Rolex quartz watches are relatively cheap, but I suspect that they will increase in value over time due to it being an interesting part of Rolex history.
double posted. Last night CC was having a lot of technical difficulties.
I like this watch because it is not chunky. I have never been a fan of large clunky Rolex watches.
That’s a beautiful vase, Lindagaf!
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A few years ago, when college was done and the nest had emptied, we decided that it made no sense anymore to avoid buying better quality items, price be damned. For example, after buying cheapo gas grills my whole life every few years, the last one I bought was a $500 Weber. OMG–what a well made and well-functioning grill! This thing will outlive any of my old cheapo grills by many years. Same thing with lawnmowers–paid a little more for a huskvarna (sp), and the quality is there.
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No way! This is what I got, plus a base, for an additional $179:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PJLJSPQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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At some point over 15 years ago we invested in a good Weber grill. We got tired of replacing our cheap Kenmore one every 2-3 years. We have bought some replacement parts for it over the years (an ignitor and the flavor rods), but the thing is solid and works great. This is not a splurge - it costs less to buy a good one for several hundred dollars that lasts instead of spending a couple of hundred every couple of years.
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