Your most expensive moment

[Songbird]

Would you pay a grand for pizza, or an omelet, or a sundae?

http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/45857/new-york-on-a-million-a-day

 

[forever_town]

The most expensive day I've had in recent memory was when I laid out about $800 in one day to get my first car some time last year.

Granted, it was a gift from my grandmother, but I had to deal with all the stuff like taxes, tags, registration, inspection, repairs to pass inspection, insurance, etc.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

I might pay a grand for a beautiful blonde with big tits and an ass that tastes like french vanilla ice cream. But that'd be about it.

 

[Diabeetus]

This is why people hate the U.S.

 

[sportschick]

My most expensive day I dropped about $1000. Most of it went toward my sofa and TV, but I dropped close to $200 of it on Creed tickets. My darling baby brother was turning 21 and he really wanted to see Creed. sigh.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

This is why people hate the U.S.

Because guys like Norman suggest women's ass should taste like french vanilla ice cream and he doesn't cap French?

 

[Angola!]

I bought my then wife a $450 ring for Valentine's Day, ***** filed for divorce about 2 weeks later and kept the ring to top it off.

We also dropped about $2,000 one day on a new washer and dryer and a new furniture set for our living room. That felt strange to spend that much at once.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

This is why people hate the U.S.

Because guys like Norman suggest women's ass should taste like french vanilla ice cream and he doesn't cap French?

That actually was a line from the movie True Romance.

In reality, I made an initial down payment of $50K on my house. I paid nearly $25K in cash for my car last spring.

Not surprisingly, I haven't bought much else since...

 

[Hiro]

One day last month I:
Paid rent ($760)
Paid credit card bill ($120)
Finished off engagement ring payments ($250)
Paid student loan ($130)
Paid TV/Cable ($110)
And bought my and my fiencee's wedding bands ($650 all together ... she was supposed to get mine, but our money already is together and I was running late for work).
And then I paid for dinner ^_^ ($25)

And then my little sister who still lives at home says "I don't know where all your money goes! You probably just spend too much."

Norman ... it's that kind of spending that really makes me nervous ... I've never even had $50K at one time

 

[thegrifter]

I bought my then wife a $450 ring for Valentine's Day, ***** filed for divorce about 2 weeks later and kept the ring to top it off.

so sad, yet one of the funniest things i've read on here in a while.

 

[slappy4428]

I bought my then wife a $450 ring for Valentine's Day, ***** filed for divorce about 2 weeks later and kept the ring to top it off.

We also dropped about $2,000 one day on a new washer and dryer and a new furniture set for our living room. That felt strange to spend that much at once.

You win... thought it was when I paid cash for my HDTV, but you win.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Norman ... it's that kind of spending that really makes me nervous ... I've never even had $50K at one time

Who are you telling? I wasn't exactly happy to be spending it, but as they say, a home and a car are the two most expensive things most people purchase in their lives. I just so happened to buy both within about an 18-month span.

I'm also guessing I'm a little older than you are, Hiro. I've had a little more time to accumulate.

 

[playthrough]

One of my most expensive-painful moments was in London a few years back. My wife and I scored some amazing British Airways fares and took a 10-day vacation to London and Paris. But we missed our flight home thanks to a combination of poor planning and the Gatwick "Express" train taking about 4x as long due to construction delays. We were at the airport about 45 min prior to departure, but that wasn't enough with security, etc. The unsympathetic woman at the ticket counter said we were screwed thanks to our discount tickets and that we would have to buy one-way tickets to get home. Our choices were to wait a week for a decent price, which really wasn't a choice since we burned all our vacation days for this trip, or to pony up for the next flight out to the tune of $2000-plus. My wife was a mess, I was pissed but tried to pretend it was a surprise car repair or something that you just swallow and deal with. But it was really awful after we had pulled off a very economical European vacation.

 

[outofplace]

Mine was about four years ago, when my daughter was born. Trust me. THAT is an expensive day.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Wedding Day. But, it was worth it.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

$600 buy-in poker tournament, 30 minutes in ... flopped nut flush on Q-7-4 board. ... Bet, raise, re-raise, all-in ... Flush vs. set of 7s ... turn: blank ... river: 4.

Thanks for playing.

 

[pressboxramblings07]

Wrote a $1,500 check in January for down payment on new car.

Couldn't breathe for a while after that.

 

[Idaho]

Our second anniversary.

Hotel was only $79 for the night. Dinner was only $40 or so. Gas to get there maybe $20.

The baby nine months later is still costing us thousands per year.

 

[Hiro]

Norman ... it's that kind of spending that really makes me nervous ... I've never even had $50K at one time

Who are you telling? I wasn't exactly happy to be spending it, but as they say, a home and a car are the two most expensive things most people purchase in their lives. I just so happened to buy both within about an 18-month span.

I'm also guessing I'm a little older than you are, Hiro. I've had a little more time to accumulate.

I am 75 years old.



OK, so 25. But a house is my next big adventure, and I can't wait.

 

[amraeder]

Every time I buy that plane ticket to visit the parents. There's just no cheap way to get from here to there, even with 4 layovers.