CONFESS!!!! What was your CRAZIEST impulse purchase that you regretted afterwards

[LynneSin]

You've had them, what were they.

I bought these really expensive mustard yellow harem pants about 25 years ago from Dillards in Houston Texas. I have no clue why I bought them, mustard yellow is not my color and I had no clothes that matched them. What's worse is I bought them in Houston Texas at a store that doesn't exist where I live so I had no way of returning them.

I ended up spending another $100 finding some clothes to match it.

[HopeHoops]

1. Pretzel M&Ms.

Okay, okay, so they weren't expensive - but the sucked moose cock. Never again.

[LynneSin]

2. I think the makers of M&M believe they can put anything inside an M&M and we'll love it...

next - M&M Rat Turds

[HopeHoops]

3. Those are called "Raisinets"

[GoCubsGo]

11. I like them.

Not as good as Flipz or other chocolate-covered pretzels, but I really like the sweet-salty thing going on there.

[GoCubsGo]

12. I like them.

Not as good as Flipz or other chocolate-covered pretzels, but I really like the sweet-salty thing going on there.

[LeftinOH]

4. A Dodge Daytona:

Not a bad car, but I didn't need a new car.. I was just young and stupid.

[Kali]

5. I don't regret it THAT much but it was definitely crazy.

and now with the recent history it is kind of cool. I ordered this (the one in front) on E-Bay FROM Egypt - had e-mail exchanges and then it was actually shipped from Cairo.

[Heidi]

7. Kali, I think that's lovely,

and I'm glad you don't regret it too much. And due to my smell-of-leather fixation, I can only imagine what a joy it was to open the box when the saddle arrived. :pals:

[Kali]

49. heh

it was fun getting it, but there isn't much leather on it - it is actually made from some kind of fabric - maybe auto upholstery? :rofl:

it makes a much better clothes rack than a stationary bike, though!

[HappyMe]

13. That's beautiful!

The horse has a gentle 'damn, I look good' look on it's face!

[Kali]

50. That was Uno, and I don't know if he was capable of thinking much beyond

"where is my next bite of food?" He was a good pal, though. I miss him very much.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

32. So, what's your horse like?

I love them. We always had the craziest horses. Sonny, a quarterhorse, thought he was a dog. He enjoyed Rum and Coke, and if you entered the pasture with a Coors beer and didn't share, he'd knock you down. Then there was Winnie. She was the most beautiful Appaloosa. She was sweet and loved everyone who walked into her fence. Then the fuckers down the street stabbed her through the heart because my dad wouldn't sell them liquor because they were too young. She was pregnant. Then we had the tallest Palomino you'll ever see. His name was Mr. Ed, of course. He was mean. But he loved it when I'd feed him apples. I was the only one he liked. The guy we bought our land from left a Shetland pony named Candy. She was mean. Loved to kick the kids off her back when we tried to ride her.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble. I just started remembering and couldn't stop. =)

[Kali]

51. He was kind of a moose.

rode like a damn camel, but he could trot out all day long if you could handle it. Here is a birthday post I did a while back: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=6445036


He disappeared that fall. He never went far from the barn and his old friend was still around the next day. We searched EVERYWHERE and never found a sign of him, I think somebody stole him - everybody around here thinks it was migrants, but this is more of a destination than a place to grab a horse - we are right on the interstate where people get in vehicles - more of a place that you would LEAVE a stolen horse than take one.

He was 20 years old and a big doofus - not any kind of registered or performance horse at all so I don't think he was stolen by a "horse" thief. Prices were down to nothing for slaughter and nobody in state was selling for that anyway so I don't think (don't want to think about) he was taken for that. It is still a mystery and I miss him a lot.

There have probably been more close horse friends in my life than humans, but Uno was the first horse I raised and trained 100% by myself.

[tigereye]

55. huh, maybe you could put pix all over youtube and find

out where he went!

I am sorry, though, I really don't understand people who would steal, hurt, what have you, horses or other pets.

[txwhitedove]

37. Kali, the top saddle in first picture - I had that saddle when 13-yrs old

and had my own bay trained to barrel race and herd cows. I loved that saddle, and Bonnie...sniff.

[Kali]

53. That saddle has been around.

One of my best friends is German. She had a horse as a teen and had purchased that American made western saddle from somebody there. A pottery student of hers came here to study (race horse economics of all things, now married and living in the same county as me!) and brought it over on one of her flights a few years ago. (she also brought two dogs and two horses!)

So now it sits in my living room along with my impulsively bought Egyptian carpet saddle.:crazy: I don't want to take either one of them to the barn as it is SO dusty down there and frankly there are already 7 rarely used saddles sitting down there in dire need of oiling as it is.

[tigereye]

54. that is beautiful!

he? she? looks like he is ready for a parade or something..

[Heidi]

6. Pumps very similar to these

and every bit as expensive. I don't know what came over me. I regret that purchase to the infinite depths of my soul. And there is shame (especially upon recollection of attempting to walk in them). They looked great with exactly one cocktail dress and not even _that_ when I had to walk. :yoiks:

[LynneSin]

8. I have a pair of Calvin Klein shoes that were just as impulsive

what's worse, at my weight I'm just not safe in 4 in heels but one day I will be and those shoes will still look amazing!

[Heidi]

9. Oh, but I think you're quite a bit younger than me, my lovely.

I should have known better after decades of falling off of shoes like these. I guess I bought them because I can't resist the smell of leather in combination with exquisite design. I had no other excuse or hope. :-(

[LynneSin]

10. I'm a woman in my 40s - been there, done that and will STILL buy beautiful shoes

go figure

[Skittles]

43. SCHEDULING HEIDI FOR ASS KICKING

F***ING EGREGIOUS

[VoteProgressive]

14. A pet rock!

[WCIL]

15. A crazy expensive business suit for my career

I was a 16 year old page at the public library. I bought it on sale at Herndons in Springfield IL in the early '80's. I got carried away by the savings, but could never wear it because not only was it ugly, I had to hide it from my mother because she would have immediately pointed out that a 16 year old girl had no reason to own a business suit.

For the life of me I can't even remember the name of this awesome designer. Adolpho, maybe?

[dawg]

16. I bought pair of size 33 black jeans ...

'cause I was so thrilled to be down to that size. And they fit me like a glove and are quite flattering. But none of my shirts really go with them that well. :(

[LynneSin]

17. They are black jeans - everything goes with black jeans

unless they were Acid Wash Black Jeans then I have to say :wtf:

[dawg]

18. I wear lots of black shirts.

Concert shirts, sometimes just plain black fruit-of-the-looms. The black on black was just too much.

And the black is so slenderizing to my lower half, that I'm scared a white t-shirt will make me look a little "muffintoppy". (Although once I lose 10-15 more pounds, that would be a killer look for me)

[Raven]

19. A Mazda RX7 turbo sportscar...just when Will turned 16. n/t

[LynneSin]

25. How soon did he crash the car

And personally, after raising Will - you deserved it :D

[Raven]

29. He never actually crashed it....dented it and tore the driver's side

mirror off it. He also added about 20 years to my life. :-)

[NightWatcher]

20. (illicit substance) + ebay = ukelele purchase

[woo me with science]

21. LOL!

:rofl:

[BlueIris]

41. Oh, no. Don't shop stoned.

(Nonillicit, prescribed substance) + campus bookstore = $100 worth of holiday presents no one wanted.

[tigereye]

56. you sound like my husband- without any illicit substance

he wants to order accordians, all kinds of instruments! We are pretty much past our illicit substances years... :D



That being said, one my of my most impulsive purchases a few years back was a didgeridoo, which i never did learn to play. We have a lot of instruments around here, and that one was rarely played, and then it got a crack in it... :(

[Angry Dragon]

22. A mail-order Russian bride

[JonLP24]

23. Chevy Impala

I didn't look around, visit other dealerships, I bought the first car I looked at and the dealer convinced me since I was a first time car buyer I couldn't get a lower interest rate anywhere else(a lie).

[ohiosmith]

31. I had a 65 396 turbo jet. It was unbeatable.

[Mopar151]

39. The prime rib we ate at new year's

A $60 piece of meat!

[rucky]

24. a $150 razor from the Art of Shaving

that ended up being the same as a $14 model from Kroger.

[JesterCS]

26. the nudy bar... $400 in a week >< n/t

[trof]

27. e-cigarette

meh
:-(

[ohiosmith]

28. Pool table. Used maybe a dozen times in ten years.

:shrug:

[rbnyc]

30. Subscription to BDSM site.

All consensual.

It's a lifestyle.

And a very poor way to spend money.

It was a long time ago.

[Name removed]

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[rbnyc]

46. Actually, yes.

I've always been very intrigued by domination and submission and restraint.

Edit: typo

[TreasonousBastard]

33. A large container of horse semen.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

63. Here is a novel use for it...

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/stallion-semen-served-up-in-new-zealand-as-new-energy-drink/

snip

Raise your glass if you fancy a shot of horse semen, a purported "delicacy" that will debut at the Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika, New Zealand, in March.

"It is sort of quirky, I suppose," festival organizer Mike Keenan told AOL News, with Kiwi understatement.

"It is the protein of the stallion. It is going to be tastefully done."

snip


Can't say that I would ever drink it, but apparently some people do.

[LibDemAlways]

34. I got caught up in the frenzy of an art auction and

overpaid for a piece of crap painting that looked like a Thomas Kincaid reject. It sat in my garage for a couple of years before I tossed it.

[triguy46]

35. Does CRAZIEST include when one might have been, well, umm, under the influence....

If so, I tossed away $15 in college because we HAD to have "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots." I know it doesn't sound significant, but I was broke, down to my last $20. Sure seemed like a good idea. So, as a ratio of cost/total net worth, this is #1.

Now as to impulse purchases that I haven't regretted, the farm we now live on and purchased 30 years ago was an impulse purchase. Has worked out great.

[LynneSin]

36. Scroll up for the ukelele story

it counts :D

[zen_bohemian]

38. light gray carpeting throughout the house with 2 cats

next time, darker carpeting!!!

[BlueIris]

40. An absolutely ridiculous pair of shoes that I wore exactly once.

Black patent (p)leather...sneakers. (I swear to God.) With sparkly silver laces. That did not even fit. $25.00. Ugly as shit.

It was 1996. I still regret that.

[Skittles]

44. SCHEDULING BLUE IRIS FOR ASS KICKING

if you'd have said 1976, I would have considered forgiveness. But....1996? WTF? *EGREGIOUS*

[Paradoxical]

45. I bought a 1971 Porsche 914 for $3000.

I was going to work on it and clean it up. Used it as a daily driver for several months. Also had in the shop for over 2 months. Ended up costing me almost $1000 in repairs. Drained me of all my assets. I had to sell it below what I paid just to make it out alive.

But goddamn did I love that car.



:loveya: :cry:

[LynneSin]

47. Oh I love that car too - I love Green sporty cars

:D

[old mark]

48. My first wife...not exactly a purchase, but I sure paid for it...nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

52. you beat me to it Mark.

I as going to say when I bought into the happy marriage myth with my first husband,

who was also my second husband --long story that!

[old mark]

59. My second marriage is working out just great-18 years next week....

#1 was a nightmare.

mark

[NewJeffCT]

60. sounds like I'm on a similar path

my second marriage is working out fine as well - 10 year anniversary coming up at the end of the year.

Congrats on the second marriage working out great.

[old mark]

61. You, too...maybe we just needed a little practice....nt

[NewJeffCT]

57. I know that feeling

My wife knew how to spend money - so much so that the judge gave her 0 alimony.

[NMDemDist2]

58. my first day sober, musta been into withdrawals already

and surely NOT in my right mind, i bought a pair of zebra stripped parachute pants (this was 1992) off a street vendor

if that wasn't bad enough, they were 2 for $20 or something so the other pair I chose actually looked like these (whoda thunk I'd find em in google images!)



:hide:

[Evoman]

66. Buttafuoco pants! Classic.

[LanternWaste]

62. On my desk at the office...

After drinking three glasses of Scotch while watching Star Wars one evening last summer (the first movie... not the five crappy knock-offs), I now have on my desk at the office a "fleet" of about twenty-five various Star Wars space ships that do nothing other than loudly advertise "An Eleven Year Old Boy Disguised as a Forty-Four Year Old Man Sits Here!!!"

I'm embarrassed to state how much the collection cost me... :hide:

[seaglass]

64. I bought a card catalog from my library. My kids were so excited when I had the winning bid of $50!

I don't really regret it but 15 years later I still don't know exactly what to do with it.

Any ideas?

[Brother Buzz]

67. Start collecting baseball cards

My brother, the retired librarian, glommed onto a fine oak card catalog case when they computerized years ago. He stores his extensive baseball card collection in it.

Bummer, standard postcards don't fit.

[seaglass]

68. Thanks. My husband and son both collect baseball cards but

I don't think they could fill more than a few drawers. Could prob fill another drawer with Pokemon cards :-)

[Evoman]

65. My degree in Biochemistry.

Impulse? Yes. I went to University without a clear idea of what I wanted. Started in pre-med, and by the time I noticed that it would be a horrible choice because I hate blood, puke or any of that stuff, I had a lot of bio and chem classes. So I impulsively decided the best thing was just to get the bio degree. Then I just as impulsively did a master's degree.

After all that schooling, I finally admitted to myself....man, I have absolutely no interest in it. I'm still paying off my loans, because, well..the only thing I could do was lab tech work that paid crap, seeing as how I don't live in a really sciency area and don't want to move. Also, I don't have the motivation or interest that it takes to be succesful at it, and mediocre lab techs don't go anywhere (but then, neither do good lab techs lol).

So my "purchase" was both impulsive and crazy. Completely unsuited to my interests or personality.

On edit: And I'm really glad I was able to resist the almost Force powered Persuasion techniques used by other academics to go into a phd program. I'd probably have slashed my wrists by now. I do like science, though, but in a broader sense....the minutia and boring repitition don't do anything for me.

[Phentex]

69. Purple-ish shoes and a face cream...not together!...

the shoes were on sale and I really liked the style. But I soon discovered I didn't have anything to wear with them. They were an odd color that seemed too strange to go with even basic black. I ended up donating them unworn.

The face cream was really on impulse! Not sure what came over me (feeling frumpy?) but I bought it and gave it a shot. Didn't notice anything and then the salesperson bugged the crap out of me about buying other products. Dumb dumb.

There was one other purchase but I am too traumatized to talk about it. :)

[SCantiGOP]

70. not me, but a friend

Swears he'll never watch late night TV again drunk/stoned. He had forgotten all about it until a $100 box set of the Three Stooges arrived at his house. He said it seemed like a great idea at the time (as far as he could remember).

[JitterbugPerfume]

71. you mean that bong my girlfriend and I bought

back in the '70s shaped like a dick?

[LynneSin]

72. This post is useless without photos

[JitterbugPerfume]

73. it is long gone--

I think she got custody . I asked her on the phone last night if she remembers it.She remembers that and more! We were a real Thelma and Louise there for a while LOL