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What is your biggest extravagance?

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  • #52
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,309 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    I would usually say holidays.
    Love really nice hotels and business class fights as well the very odd time.
    But not had one of those in a while!


  • #53
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,933 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    Probably my fortnightly manicures is my main extravagance. I mean, I spend money on other things too, but that's something that's purely for me and totally unnecessary, I just like looking down and seeing my pretty nails!!

    But you saved up all that money during lockdown...
    And have now spent it all, combining your nails, into 2 huge scoop like meganails?

    Like huge cornflake shifters? ;)


  • #54
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    banie01 wrote: »
    But you saved up all that money during lockdown...
    And have now spent it all, combining your nails, into 2 huge scoop like meganails?

    Like huge cornflake shifters? ;)

    Actually I spent the money I saved on a nice spa day for myself a few days ago, Swedish massage and luxury pedicure and what have ya. Worth every penny!! :)


  • #55
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Coins. Ancient Roman silver. There is some strange thing about imagining the hands each one passed through.


  • #56
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    5 ply toilet paper.


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Blush_01 wrote: »
    Get a few pairs of Snag tights. They stay up, have lots of sizes and colours, and I've found them fairly durable.


    I just pre-ordered the Remarkable 2 which I consider to be reasonably extravagant for a single purpose item, but as far as I'm concerned it'll save me a fortune in notebooks, so it's fair enough. I'm getting less impulsive than I used to be with money. I'd like a new phone, but can't justify it now. I'm not very extravagant. Though, I do go out to eat with friends regularly, rather than going to the pub, but it doesn't have to be expensive, just good.

    Actually, keeping my car on the road is probably the biggest extravagance I have.

    I like a good pair of tights. I have a Wolford pair from years ago that are in great condition. I had a look at the Snag website. Their sizing is very specific, prominent bum and/or belly, and flat bum/and or belly. I am neither.


  • #58
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    CelticRambler wrote: »
    IF I'd bought the reciprocating saw in Lidl for 40€, I'd have considered that an extravagance, seeing as I already have three chainsaws, a circular saw, a table saw, a band saw, a jigsaw and all kinds of other cutting tools.

    But I didn't.

    Instead, I bought a mini-digger with a whole clatter of attachments for 200 times the price. Just hope it's delivered before the novelty wears off ... :D

    I have a real hankering on me these past few weeks for a mini digger. There are so many jobs I could do with one. Think they might be quite good fun too, like a bionic arm. It would be great.

    My good hard working petrol strimmer (no, you fecking cannot borrow it and give it back making a funny whining noise) and camera equipment are my biggest expenses in life to date. Worth it!

    In ordinary expenses the only thing Im a little flaithulach about is Dr Hauschka's skincare products. A tube of Rose cream every couple of months. I just love it.


  • #59
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    I've have the same Technics DMC battle mixer for nigh on 20 years. It's extremely basic.
    I'm buying a 2nd hand Pioneer DJM 900 NXS off a buddy for a tidy $750 CAD. This is actually a steal of a deal. Comes with flight case too. We'll see whats up in 20 more years!

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



  • #60
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KevRossi wrote: »

    3. I purchased 5 Jack B. Yeats sketches, and drawings, for about €7,000 in 2010, when I could have spent the money on holidays and having a decent life.
    Marry me?

    You're lucky to have gotten anything by JBY for 7 grand. Aside from the monetary investment, which has surely appreciated, it's just a really cool thing to own.

    I saw a sketch of his for sale in James Adam & Sons a few years ago, a close-up of jockeys mid-race, with their whips flying, looking very intent. If I'd had the 10 grand, I'd have bought it. Imagine having a Jack Yeats in your house? That's the dream.


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  • #61
    curiousinvestor
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭curiousinvestor


    Instead, I bought a mini-digger with a whole clatter of attachments for 200 times the price.

    A farm
    A few slatted sheds
    A tractor , all eat money and time
    An X5, oh lord, 1200e tax, the maintenance is shocking,
    A boat, in a shed for 4 years , just dont have the time.


  • #62
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,024 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Marry me?

    You're lucky to have gotten anything by JBY for 7 grand. Aside from the monetary investment, which has surely appreciated, it's just a really cool thing to own.

    I saw a sketch of his for sale in James Adam & Sons a few years ago, a close-up of jockeys mid-race, with their whips flying, looking very intent. If I'd had the 10 grand, I'd have bought it. Imagine having a Jack Yeats in your house? That's the dream.

    He won a silver medal, for Ireland, at the 1924 olympics in Paris.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #63
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    He won a silver medal, for Ireland, at the 1924 olympics in Paris.

    The country's first medal. I love him. It's irritating that he has spent the last century in his brother's shadow.


  • #64
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,283 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Copious amounts of weed. Although that has been removed as an option since the bust in Laois last week... *sad face*

    Other than that, I spend loads on gaming and gaming merch, got a 2010 Merc E220 instead of a more frugal car, and general tech gadgets... I'm terrible with money.


  • #65
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,256 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    curiousinvestor wrote: »
    Instead, I bought a mini-digger with a whole clatter of attachments for 200 times the price.

    A farm
    A few slatted sheds
    A tractor , all eat money and time
    An X5, oh lord, 1200e tax, the maintenance is shocking,
    A boat, in a shed for 4 years , just dont have the time.


    What kind of boat is it?


  • #66
    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    Most recent extravagance? A Barbour jacket.

    Didn't really need it, but always had a hankering for one.

    Of course I got it cheap(er), it being summer and all.:D


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  • #67
    curiousinvestor
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭curiousinvestor


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    What kind of boat is it?

    Nothing too big or expensive
    A dublin bay mermaid
    Still an expensive door stop. Sails are probably ruined, haven't been taken out of the bag in 3 years


  • #68
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I like a good pair of tights. I have a Wolford pair from years ago that are in great condition. I had a look at the Snag website. Their sizing is very specific, prominent bum and/or belly, and flat bum/and or belly. I am neither.
    Good for you, but life as a woman sounds totally exhausting. Really, I don't know how you guys put up with it.


  • #69
    Airyfairy12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,405 ✭✭✭Airyfairy12


    Makeup, skincare and Clothes.

    I can easily blow 200 euro in the makeup section of Brown Thomas. Im quite paired down when it comes to wearing makeup. I don't look like I wear allot of it as I like a natural look but makeup that does the job while also looking natural is surprisingly expensive.


  • #70
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,891 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Mine would be books (well, I am an academic) art on my walls (I will pay a good price - but not an exorbitant price for a stunning piece) and one luxury holiday a year (would do a more budget week away also if I can afford it and one or two weekend breaks also).

    I think that it is ok to treat yourself to one or two nice little luxuries.


  • #71
    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    The country's first medal. I love him. It's irritating that he has spent the last century in his brother's shadow.

    Let's not go mad, 'his brother' was one of the greatest writers of all time and deserves all the praise he gets.


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  • #72
    PmMeUrDogs
    Registered Users Posts: 743 ✭✭✭PmMeUrDogs


    Make-up. Anything that's going on my eyes and skin, I want good quality. I'd rather spend a fair chunk of money on something I know will blend easily, look good, stay on and last in good condition in the packaging until it's expired.


    Aside from that, nothing. I'll eventually spend thousands on brachioplasty (skin removal on upper arms) because I have loose skin from weight loss. I don't care about the skin on my stomach or thighs but what's on my arms genuinely plays havoc with my confidence and I won't wear a massive range of clothes because of it, so for me it'll be thousands very well spent.


  • #73
    Josh.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭Josh.


    Music ,when i choose to listen to it which isn't very often

    Interferes with my brain chemistry and addiction


  • #74
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I like a good pair of tights. I have a Wolford pair from years ago that are in great condition. I had a look at the Snag website. Their sizing is very specific, prominent bum and/or belly, and flat bum/and or belly. I am neither.

    They're not that restrictive size / bodyshape wise, but they're not "fancy" tights either (no offense intended to anyone who thinks they are) - they're your bog standard everyday tights with a lot of height and size flexibility. If they don't meet your needs that's no problem, I'm a big fan myself. :)


  • #75
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Ryanair lost it and you found it again??


    It went missing from one of their flights and you found it on the side of the road in another country?

    Nope, but there is a thread on it: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=110479841

    It was left behind in Munich Airport when I flew to Dublin, but nobody could find it, so on a business trip 2 months later I went looking for it and found it in the airport. In the meantime Ryanair gave up on looking for it and agreed to pay me out. I actually told them I'd found it, but heard nothing from them, as legally, once they paid up it became salvage.

    Incidentally, in that thread there's a few good tips on how to find luggage that is deemed 'lost'.


  • #76
    gogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭gogo


    Books, first editions, limited editions, illustrated editions. Use a kindle for day to day but I’ve some expensive books.

    Other than that clothes & shoes, a ridiculous, stupid amount of money spent on both, I think I’ve easily about 200 pairs of shoes, over 100/150 dresses... funny thing is I wear pretty much the same Thing or variation of the same things each day and change into a tracksuit after work, but I like clothes, I like finding something little bit quirky, unusual or vintage and am happy spend what ever it costs to have it... might never wear them, but I want them anyway.


  • #77
    Class MayDresser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 395 ✭✭Class MayDresser


    The vanity.


  • #78
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,532 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    I don't think I've any real extravagance apart from occasional makeup and perfume splurges, but I go for quality over quantity.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




  • #79
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Good for you, but life as a woman sounds totally exhausting. Really, I don't know how you guys put up with it.

    Good for me because I like a nice pair of tights? Wha? :)

    Life as a woman isn't exhausting at all for me. Imagine being a smelly yucky man?

    :p


  • #80
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Good for you, but life as a woman sounds totally exhausting. Really, I don't know how you guys put up with it.

    None of it is mandatory and some of us don't bother at all.


  • #81
    Lollipops23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭Lollipops23


    JaCrispy wrote: »
    Doe or dole?

    Our own money, don't worry;)

    We both work full time, have been lucky to both survive rounds of cuts in our places of business (for now!).


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  • #82
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'd say it's the apartment I rent as I don't really spend much money on other things. It's not even that expensive, but it's definitely a splurge considering I'm single and could get something nice for half the money.


  • #83
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Eh, I'm struggling to think. . .

    I suppose the telly was £1100 but that's down from £3000 when released so I see that as a good deal rather than extravagance.

    I am planning to splurge up to about £1500 on a surround sound system for the living room.

    I suppose the foreign wedding shindig counts but then again it was substantially cheaper and sunnier than an Irish wedding.



    Oh wait a minute, we went for to Chelmsford for a sneaky five guys for lunch yesterday, that's definitely a contender!


  • #84
    Hoop66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Hoop66


    Socks and booze.


  • #85
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,147 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    €2000 on a camera and another €1500 on lenses.


  • #86
    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    XXL silk undergarments 60 cans of Monster Ultra Blue a week and Fiji water for my cat


  • #87
    tuff1
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭tuff1


    theteal wrote: »
    Oh wait a minute, we went for to Chelmsford for a sneaky five guys for lunch yesterday, that's definitely a contender!

    Did you have to pay them separately or did they come as a package?


  • #88
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    tuff1 wrote: »
    Did you have to pay them separately or did they come as a package?

    They came together. . . . ooooh matron :eek:


  • #89
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,153 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Forgot to add that I like to have a week long ski trip every year if I can but I'll forego any other holiday for this if necessary. While ski trips are never cheap, I don't spend a lot of money while I'm there.
    I guess all holidays are an extravagance but for some reason, ski trips seem more so. Not exactly environmentally sound, either.

    Not sure there'll be a ski trip in 2021, though:o


  • #90
    I Am Nobody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭I Am Nobody


    Most recently I would say the draught system I had installed in the man-cave.Otherwise it's the fancy bits and bobs for the HD.as well as booze and the good smoke as well.


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  • #91
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,510 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Church on Tuesday wrote: »
    Oh and Faberge eggs, have a weakness for them too.

    Once you've had one you can never go back to regular eggs.


  • #92
    antimatterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,002 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    Probably my iPhone. I'm fairly good with money, but my phone is my only waste. It cost about ~€900 and then €43 a month after that (including insurance). I know it's wasting money, but it's my only treat to myself really.

    My outgoings are the usual subscriptions (Netflix, Spotify, Prime, Irish Times, Dropbox etc). I'll be moving out of the folks place in a year or two so I'll have a mortgage and utilities then soon.


  • #93
    Ultrflat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Ultrflat


    I think my most expansive extravagance was on my teeth it work out at about 10k. I had it done in Ireland simply because I wasn't risking something like that in another country.

    You cant beat being able to smile... So its worth every penny :D


  • #94
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,510 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Everything I have is absolutely essential.


  • #95
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    I'd generally say I don't splash out on extravagances, but I can think of loads of examples where I did.

    We're getting a stove fitted and could have gotten a good one 600 quid cheaper. But we like the look of the one we've chosen, so we'll pay it. The logic being that we'll be looking at it for long enough.

    I've gone skiing every year for the last 4 years. I pick Austria because it's the best value, but don't count the pennies when I get there.

    I buy expensive coffee beans (over €30/kg). But I don't often buy coffee out, so that justifies it to me.

    For a wedding gift from my wife I got a new golf club for €400. The logic was that it's the only excuse I'll have to spend that on a golf club, but to be honest there's no real justification for spending that on one club. It's a disgraceful price. And I won't be doing it again any time soon.


  • #96
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Why didn't you just get two separate matresses?

    I have a king size bed 200cm x 180cm and have 2 90 X 200 matresses of differing firmness in the frame.

    Oh I would have, but it's not a standard size bed so it was going to be a custom mattress anyway. At least this is double sided so it can be flipped, most off the shelf mattresses are just rotation only.
    AllForIt wrote: »
    Do you ever swap positions when you're on that mattress, just to see what if feels like?

    I've fallen asleep on his side a couple of times, to me it feels like I've snoozed on concrete!


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  • #97
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,310 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    ... The money he spent would put a deposit on a bungalow in the midlands....

    2 grand?


  • #98
    splashthecash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭splashthecash


    I do a lot of running so have an expensive pair of Nike runners that a couple of years ago I would have never thought of spending over €200 on a single pair. :D


  • #99
    gibgodsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭gibgodsman


    Most I have ever spent in 1 go, 2,150 on new parts for my already stupidly good PC which I upgraded in January with an i9 9900k and 2080 Super among other upgrades

    Though I have been saving ALOT for a wedding and Mortgage so I felt like I deserved the expense as without it I would be spending loads on outings weekly


  • #100
    crisco10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭crisco10


    For me, it's got to be going to Rugby matches. Between Ireland and Leinster, I probably go to all their home games and around 4 away games each season since around 2006 (when I started to have my own money).

    All those €50 tickets in April/May really add up!


  • #101
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A future extravagance will be something plastic surgery related on my face. A bit of a lift and a tuck. I'm not too concerned about wrinkles it's sagging and lack of firmness that would bother me.

    I love love high end makeup and skincare but don't buy them too often. I do have my eye on this though. Thing about buying lipsticks and glosses online is you can't really test them. Not that you can do that these days anyway.


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