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What do you splurge on?

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    #32
    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    Sneaker's, cloths, music games, books......

    Like just ordinary dish cloths? :p


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    #33
    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    I've often said, if I ever win the lottery I'll just turn over my share to the following:

    - Canon (Cameras)
    - Le Creuset (Kitchen ware)
    - Benefit Cosmetics
    - The North Face
    - DVDs and boxsets
    - Plane Tickets




    However, until I get a job again I'm not really splurging. (Books don't count, I buy most of my books at the used book store anyway)


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    #34
    embee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭embee


    Clothes for the child. Shoes for the child. Activities for the child. Childcare for the child. Petrol to cart the child around, etc etc.

    You people are so lucky :(


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    #35
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,304 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    embee wrote: »
    Clothes for the child. Shoes for the child. Activities for the child. Childcare for the child. Petrol to cart the child around, etc etc.

    You people are so lucky :(

    Yeah, but on the other hand she's a cute kid. :)


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    #36
    FruitLover
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    allabouteve wrote: »
    I splurge on shoes

    I know a guy like that.

    He's a foot-fetishist.


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    #37
    LolaLuv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭LolaLuv


    embee wrote: »
    Clothes for the child. Shoes for the child. Activities for the child. Childcare for the child. Petrol to cart the child around, etc etc.

    You people are so lucky :(

    Sounds to me like your child is so lucky! :pac:


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    #38
    Crumble Froo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,196 ✭✭✭Crumble Froo


    flights :rolleyes:

    usually cds, i do download some stuff, but usually prefer to get the proper cd, and curl up and listen to it and read the booklet and stuff :)

    also gigs. and boozamohol.


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    #39
    Pythia
    Registered Users Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Holidays at the moment. I also love designer clothes/accessories.


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    #40
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,304 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    FruitLover wrote: »
    I know a guy like that.

    He's a foot-fetishist.

    FruitLover infracted. I let the first one go earlier, but I can't ignore a second comment like that. We've put a lot of work into eliminating sleazy comments like that around here, so if you can't behave yourself the next time you'll be taking a little time off.


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    #41
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Xiney wrote: »
    - Le Creuset (Kitchen ware)

    Want.


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    #42
    ukgalwaymcguire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 301 ✭✭ukgalwaymcguire


    elizabeth arden 8 hour cream, shoes blanik, uggs handbags, total chanel and louis vuitton slave
    the kids.. 14 year old has a juicy couture handbag for xmas, as well as a lot more.. (start them young)

    get a lot of things on ebay, (not the shoes and handbags dont do fakes)
    or in london, totally refuse too pay irish prices even more so now the euro is nearly the same value as the pound, the savings on clothes !!
    plus living in galway i dont find the choice fantastic.
    but splurge must happen within everyones budget, you cant spend a life saving, the graves are full of regrets!!

    oh and holidays.. 2009 cuba or milan, not sure yet


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    #43
    cuckoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭cuckoo


    Xiney wrote: »
    I've often said, if I ever win the lottery I'll just turn over my share to the following:

    - Le Creuset (Kitchen ware)

    In all the colours, I'd line the kitchen walls with shelves and display them. Then, depending on what mood i'm in ("today i'm feeling...orange") I'd pick which set to use.

    *happy daydreaming*


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    #44
    embee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭embee


    Zaph wrote: »
    Yeah, but on the other hand she's a cute kid. :)

    She sure is. She has me driven demented asking about Santy. That isn't cute when you're asked the same question 100 times in a day :(
    PillyPen wrote: »
    Sounds to me like your child is so lucky! :pac:

    lol, she's not really... she doesn't get spoiled, her clothes are cheapo stuff from Penneys and Dunnes, activities are just trips to open farms, indoor kids playcentres etc. Childcare is mad money anywhere in the country.

    I was just trying to illustrate that I'm extremely poor :(

    Not to worry though - I <3 Christmas :)


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    #45
    Lockstep
    Registered Users Posts: 9,029 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    embee wrote: »
    She doesn't get spoiled, her clothes are cheapo stuff from Penneys and Dunnes, a

    Nothing wrong with that now.

    I'm a grown up with a real job (:pac:)and I still get all my clothes from Pennys.


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    #46
    Pherekydes
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    Books! I have spent over €2500 here. :eek:


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    #47
    PrettyInPunk
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    ukgalwaymcguire wrote: »
    elizabeth arden 8 hour cream, shoes blanik, uggs handbags, total chanel and louis vuitton slave
    the kids.. 14 year old has a juicy couture handbag for xmas, as well as a lot more.. (start them young)

    get a lot of things on ebay, (not the shoes and handbags dont do fakes)
    or in london, totally refuse too pay irish prices even more so now the euro is nearly the same value as the pound, the savings on clothes !!
    plus living in galway i dont find the choice fantastic.
    but splurge must happen within everyones budget, you cant spend a life saving, the graves are full of regrets!!

    oh and holidays.. 2009 cuba or milan, not sure yet


    what do you mean by 'start them young'. Start an obsession with designer labels?

    My biggest splurge is probably bags, i am partial to the odd fendi/mark jacobs/louis vuitton.


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    #48
    noel farrell
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭noel farrell


    computer bits and bob's hunting is my passtime i like the best it can be costly ;)


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    #49
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,575 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    surviving.


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    #50
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    I used to spend 100's on makeup. Mainly benefit stuff etc but I've cut that down lately.

    Lush is one of those places where I can't walk by without going in and getting something.


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    #51
    Snowie
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    orla wrote: »
    I used to spend 100's on makeup. Mainly benefit stuff etc but I've cut that down lately.

    Lush is one of those places where I can't walk by without going in and getting something.


    just make shore you get rid of the cabagey smell:P:D

    dont you just hate that :eek:


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    #52
    Stheno
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    kickoutthejams wrote: »
    Anyone have any thoughts on the new electronic books where you download the titles onto a little computer thingy?


    I use one in work, that we have a pile of manuals/tech docs on and it's amazing, I cannot bear reading manuals and stuff on a pc/laptop but the ereader that we have has different lighting and it "feels" like you are reading a book once you get used to it.

    Am considering buying one for myself.


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    #53
    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    just make shore you get rid of the cabagey smell:P:D

    dont you just hate that :eek:

    eh what ?


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    #54
    Seonad
    Registered Users Posts: 171 ✭✭Seonad


    Badges! I gave myself a sausage dog badge for christmas:D

    Oh and for all the book people-bookmooch.com is pretty good


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    #55
    trout
    Registered Users Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭trout


    Ah yes ... I splurge on books ... lots and lots of books ... dry technical books for work, and old skool comics, science fiction, fantasy, physics, popular science and economics (don't ask) for home.

    This is followed closely by an irrational desire to own modern gadgets and many examples of retro computers and consoes.
    Who needs 6 Dreamcasts ? I do ... apparently.


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    #56
    Maple
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 16,186 ✭✭✭✭Maple


    YSL mascara at 30 a pop. :o screw it, i love it.

    oh and books. and yankee fricking candle smelly things.

    and tshirts from topshop. if i like them i buy them in all available colours. :rolleyes:


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    #57
    LolaLuv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭LolaLuv


    maple wrote: »
    YSL mascara at 30 a pop. :o screw it, i love it.

    oh and books. and yankee fricking candle smelly things.

    and tshirts from topshop. if i like them i buy them in all available colours. :rolleyes:


    I splurge on makeup, too. And while we're on that: Never, every buy Dior Show Blackout. Worst mascara I've ever tried and the most expensive. Grrrrr.


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    #58
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,212 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Gadgets and computer stuff


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    #59
    Maple
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 16,186 ✭✭✭✭Maple


    PillyPen wrote: »
    I splurge on makeup, too. And while we're on that: Never, every buy Dior Show Blackout. Worst mascara I've ever tried and the most expensive. Grrrrr.

    really? duly noted. cheers for the tip!

    oh i also use Clarins products like moisturiser and toner. but i don't think of it as a splurge tho, more a necessity. :confused:


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    #60
    thermo66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭thermo66


    usually eating out which i'm desperately trying to cut down on as its such a waste of money. Its not that i'm too lazy to cook i actually like cooking its just i get sick of eating the same stuff and restaurants /take aways offer something different that i'd never be able to reproduce. Also when i'm away in college i'd never have all the ingredients you need to follow all these celebrity chef's recipe's. Does anyone else have this problem?

    I also spend on clothes but not every week and i only buy reasonably priced clothes even then unless its a special occasion and i see something i really really love! For instance i often go into River Island to have a look around but have yet to buy anything in there as its ridiculously overpriced and the clothes are not good quality. 65 yoyo's for a t-shirt top with no sleeves that shrinks or the glitter falls off after one wash is not worth it.

    I also go to the cinema/rent or buy dvd's quite often but i rationalise that its better than spending 5 times as much in a pub where the beer is imported piss and the price seems to get higher the more often you go to the bar /the more pissed you get


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    #61
    LolaLuv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭LolaLuv


    maple wrote: »
    really? duly noted. cheers for the tip!

    oh i also use Clarins products like moisturiser and toner. but i don't think of it as a splurge tho, more a necessity. :confused:

    Anything to do with skincare is a necessity, imo. As long as it works.


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