Splurges that are worth it.

[Anonymous]

Two-time cancer survivor who eats organic food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:liposuction and brazilian butt lift, it totally changed my life! I used to be square and flat butt and now I have a great shape!

If that's you, Kailyn, you should save that money for your kids. You won't be on the show forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:liposuction and brazilian butt lift, it totally changed my life! I used to be square and flat butt and now I have a great shape!

You know, people make fun of plastic surgery but I think for the right reasons it can change people. My mother had a tummy tuck a bit after 50 (several pregnancies had created a gnarly situation there--lots of hanging skin and loose flesh) and I swear her self-esteem sky-rocketed for years after that tummy tuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:liposuction and brazilian butt lift, it totally changed my life! I used to be square and flat butt and now I have a great shape!

If that's you, Kailyn, you should save that money for your kids. You won't be on the show forever.

Hahahaha.

[Anonymous]

For me:


Regular haircuts with my amazing stylist.
Cleaning person, not just for the clean toilets but also for the pre-clean routine of decluttering it forces us to do.
Good quality shoes...I walk a lot and they make a ton of difference.


Lots of other things I enjoy but aren't musts since I can't afford thme. Yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:liposuction and brazilian butt lift, it totally changed my life! I used to be square and flat butt and now I have a great shape!

You know, people make fun of plastic surgery but I think for the right reasons it can change people. My mother had a tummy tuck a bit after 50 (several pregnancies had created a gnarly situation there--lots of hanging skin and loose flesh) and I swear her self-esteem sky-rocketed for years after that tummy tuck.

+1

GOod for her! The repercussions of pregnancy come to bite us in the butt many years later.... and again!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spend the extra for organic non-antibiotic, non growth hormone, non-gmo food. Much cheaper than cancer in the long run.

Oh so that's how you cure cancer.

Do you work in the medical profession, PP?

Curing cancer is what doctors in the US do, but preventing cancer is what all of us should be doing. Eating organic, non-GMO food is an excellent way to reduce your exposure to pesticides. Study after study has linked pesticides to cancer, so by eating organic, non-GMO food, you are reducing your risk of cancer.

Why ridicule someone with common sense, PP?

Actually, GMO food has not been linked to cancer, and GMO may actually make pesticides unnecessary in many cases. So eating non GMO food is actually a way to increase your pesticide exposure.

Organic, "real" food is certainly the way to go and there are studies linking a better diet to a reduction in cancer incidence, but don't ridicule someone if you have your argument all backwards.

[Anonymous]

If you're into fancy shoes/clothes or are impressed by expensive appliances then go ahead and enjoy those things. But, given that this is a money/finance forum let's not pretend that those things are anything resembling an investment. Now certainly there are poorly made clothes that will not last, but for most high end brands you are purely paying for the marketing the quality does not justify the price (of course there are the mid priced brands that are charging for the quality). That is especially true with appliances. High end appliances are bells and whistles they are not of higher quality. Any repairman will laugh if you suggest otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spend the extra for organic non-antibiotic, non growth hormone, non-gmo food. Much cheaper than cancer in the long run.

Oh so that's how you cure cancer.

Prevention is much easier than curing.

You really believe that you are preventing cancer by avoiding GMOs? So when a friend comes down with cancer, are you secretly thinking, "Well, she really should have eaten organic food"?

I do buy organic produce and humanely raised meat most of of the time, almost completely because I hate what pesticides are doing to pollinators and I think factory farm practices are disgusting. But if you really think you are preventing cancer by buying organic/non-GMO food, well, you've been hoodwinked.

I suspect these people actually do think that. My mother died of lung cancer. She never smoked a cigarette or drank a sip of alcohol in her life. She exercise every day and was slim and healthy until the day she was diagnosed. Not to hijack the thread, but I really do believe some people think that people are to blame for cancer. Despicable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're into fancy shoes/clothes or are impressed by expensive appliances then go ahead and enjoy those things. But, given that this is a money/finance forum let's not pretend that those things are anything resembling an investment. Now certainly there are poorly made clothes that will not last, but for most high end brands you are purely paying for the marketing the quality does not justify the price (of course there are the mid priced brands that are charging for the quality). That is especially true with appliances. High end appliances are bells and whistles they are not of higher quality. Any repairman will laugh if you suggest otherwise.

I don't disagree with you, but sometimes it is exactly those 'bells and whistles' that make a splurge really worthwhile. When I splurged on the fridge with a built in ice maker, it was absolutely worth it to me because I use tons of ice. When I spent $100 on a clock radio that can set a different wake up time/routine for every day of the week, and 2 separate alarms each day, it is not hyperbole to say it changed my life. I don't have any illusions that the quality of my clock radio is better than a $20 one, but I get tremendous value from my $100 clock radio.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're into fancy shoes/clothes or are impressed by expensive appliances then go ahead and enjoy those things. But, given that this is a money/finance forum let's not pretend that those things are anything resembling an investment. Now certainly there are poorly made clothes that will not last, but for most high end brands you are purely paying for the marketing the quality does not justify the price (of course there are the mid priced brands that are charging for the quality). That is especially true with appliances. High end appliances are bells and whistles they are not of higher quality. Any repairman will laugh if you suggest otherwise.

I don't disagree with you, but sometimes it is exactly those 'bells and whistles' that make a splurge really worthwhile. When I splurged on the fridge with a built in ice maker, it was absolutely worth it to me because I use tons of ice. When I spent $100 on a clock radio that can set a different wake up time/routine for every day of the week, and 2 separate alarms each day, it is not hyperbole to say it changed my life. I don't have any illusions that the quality of my clock radio is better than a $20 one, but I get tremendous value from my $100 clock radio.

Which clock radio please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're into fancy shoes/clothes or are impressed by expensive appliances then go ahead and enjoy those things. But, given that this is a money/finance forum let's not pretend that those things are anything resembling an investment. Now certainly there are poorly made clothes that will not last, but for most high end brands you are purely paying for the marketing the quality does not justify the price (of course there are the mid priced brands that are charging for the quality). That is especially true with appliances. High end appliances are bells and whistles they are not of higher quality. Any repairman will laugh if you suggest otherwise.

I don't disagree with you, but sometimes it is exactly those 'bells and whistles' that make a splurge really worthwhile. When I splurged on the fridge with a built in ice maker, it was absolutely worth it to me because I use tons of ice. When I spent $100 on a clock radio that can set a different wake up time/routine for every day of the week, and 2 separate alarms each day, it is not hyperbole to say it changed my life. I don't have any illusions that the quality of my clock radio is better than a $20 one, but I get tremendous value from my $100 clock radio.

FYI for everybody else: your phone can do this stuff!!

[Anonymous]

I thought all fridges had ice makers.

[Anonymous]

Running shoes

The therapist I went to during a difficult time in my life was the best money I ever spent

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Spend the extra for organic non-antibiotic, non growth hormone, non-gmo food. Much cheaper than cancer in the long run.

Oh so that's how you cure cancer.

Prevention is much easier than curing.

You really believe that you are preventing cancer by avoiding GMOs? So when a friend comes down with cancer, are you secretly thinking, "Well, she really should have eaten organic food"?

I do buy organic produce and humanely raised meat most of of the time, almost completely because I hate what pesticides are doing to pollinators and I think factory farm practices are disgusting. But if you really think you are preventing cancer by buying organic/non-GMO food, well, you've been hoodwinked.

I suspect these people actually do think that. My mother died of lung cancer. She never smoked a cigarette or drank a sip of alcohol in her life. She exercise every day and was slim and healthy until the day she was diagnosed. Not to hijack the thread, but I really do believe some people think that people are to blame for cancer. Despicable.

New poster--My mother is currently in remission from cancer. She went to Cancer Centers of America and they highly recommend that patients take up an organic diet. Since that time she only eats mostly organic and has changed her entire diet around. I also completely changed my diet and eat mostly organic. Never had cancer but I notice I no longer get ovarian cysts, which I had been struggling with almost every month. It's a shame that organic food is so expensive though.