Blew $500 on PhotoReading classes. It's a unique take on speedreading in that you deliberately unfocus your eyes when reading so you can't see the letters, then you're not slowed down by reading words -- your mind absorbs it somehow.

Generic speedreading concepts are fine but I now thing this was snakeoil.

Anonymous wrote:nanny. So much better at daycare.

For us, it was daycare. So much better with a nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the make-up I have ever bought, especially the lip gloss I bought this morning. Looks terrible. $9 I'll never get back.

CVS will take back all beauty products - open and used - within 2 weeks with a receipt.

Good to know! Thanks for posting.

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Anonymous wrote:$8000 on plane tickets (family of 4) and hotel to BIL's destination wedding.

Yikes. Hope the location was some where fun at least.

Meh, Would've been much more fun without having to sit through a wedding...

Seriously--that one was on you. How could you have thought that was a reasonable decision? Just say "Sorry, we can't come. Best wishes to you."

Yes, you tell my wife we're not going to her only sibling's wedding.

How did your wife feel about going? Maybe in her mind it wasn't a waste?

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Anonymous wrote:Private school in the DC/NoVA area.

Says the person who never paid for it.

Huh? Still paying...

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Anonymous wrote:My Vitamix

Oh no! I'm currently campaigning for one right now!

That's funny! 3 years going strong and it is one of my favorite purchases for the kitchen!

Our piano. I should have done more research and was fleeced by sleazy salesperson.

My engagement ring - I would rather have that money in the bank right now. It would pay for IVF. (It is a beauty, though.)

Also, I think the wedding industry is a racket. We didn't even spend that much and I still would rather have had a big, cheap BBQ with everyone we know than a small, elegant wedding with 40 guests. I think people who blow 30, 60, 100, 250 grand on a single day are suckers.

Also too, I am a sucker for spending $80/month on a gym membership I never use.

Designer jeans or any designer clothes for that matter.

Anonymous wrote:This device that was supposed to kill the mosquitos in my backyard (a gfit). Mosquito magnet maybe? Felt so guilty landfilling it but there was no sense just storing it forever.

We use ours all the time. It really works!

Anonymous wrote:20 years ago we paid for an ADT security system for five years in DC/Capitol Hill until we realized our neighborhood was/is fine. Also the architect we hired for our second house reno was a total waste. Still wish I had that $8k back.

Fine neighbourhood homes get burglarized too.

Anonymous wrote:Private school in the DC/NoVA area.

Says the person who never paid for it.

Private school in the DC/NoVA area.

20 years ago we paid for an ADT security system for five years in DC/Capitol Hill until we realized our neighborhood was/is fine. Also the architect we hired for our second house reno was a total waste. Still wish I had that $8k back.

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Anonymous wrote:Great Wolf Lodge

The arcade they have smack in the middle of the hotel?

And the stupid wizard game that takes half a day to complete if it's working properly. I hate the hotel too. Rooms are tract home quality and the halls smell of mold and mildew. Rooms have old TVs and dingy bed spreads.