Well I’m glad you asked… 
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I may have mentioned this else where, but I came across a guy who was making pens out of wood from the gym floor of my HS. I thought that would be an awesome thing to have until I saw the price was $75. He was donating some of the revenue to a scholarship fund at the school but I couldn’t justify $75 for a pen that wasn’t even going to be that great of a pen and probably one I would simply put in a display case.
My wife’s sister who lives in the city next to the city I grew up in, saw a news article about this guy and told my wife about it. Unbeknownst to me she bought one for me and gave it to me as a gift for Father’s Day.
To add to it, the guy making the pens is married to my 2nd or 3rd cousin who grew up around the corner from me and is one of my sister’s best friends.
Not quite fitting the thread title but since we don’t have mine/yours money, I could consider that I bought it. 
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Actually used shoes have nice value. Take a look at StockX and see what I mean. You would be surprised. I thought the conversation earlier in the thread was misleading about some types of luxury goods. A Rolex is not a sunk cost. They increase in value over time and you get to wear them everyday while you own them. A storer of value that provides utility is not a waste of money.
I award you no points for extravagance based on this story. Mrs. 321, yes.
You actuaried your score to 0, and provided the evidence in paragraph 1.
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Preparations continue for the master bath remodel. House of Antique Hardware is offering 22% off this week. Even with that, I just spent almost $400 on towel bars, towel rings, a TP holder, and six knobs for my vanity. I also bought a large piece of antique stained glass (about 24x66), it’ll sit behind the tub and be built into the wall so light will shine through it. And we’re looking for a chandelier to go over the tub, my wife really wants her dream bath here.
We are going a bit over the top to try to make this room look appropriate for the house. There will be some elements not quite period-correct but it’ll be close.
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This actually frightens me. It shouldn’t really, but I’d get anxious in the tub, which defeats the purpose.
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Fair point. The wires would come loose if it fell, so there’s virtually zero risk of electrocution, but a ~25lb thing hurtling towards you in the tub isn’t great. In addition to screwing it in place I should see about adding a braided steel cable as a backup, or something like that.
Yeah the falling on me part is where my paranoia was headed. Extra cable seems like a good idea.
How often do chandeliers fall in your house? I’ve had at least one in my house for 20 years. Never once has one fallen.
Happens quite a bit in Parisian opera houses:
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Kind of want to buy a concept 2 rower, but I don’t think I can justify the cost, so I guess I’m not buying it just because.
My best advice for buying home exercise equipment is to make sure that it has a good spot to hang wet laundry from, so after week 2 of ownership it has at least some sort of practical use. For that reason, elliptical machines are preferred to rowing machines.
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I got the go ahead to buy a $140 rower, which would’ve worked for laundry, but apparently has so little resistance it’s kind of worthless, so I think I’ll pass on that.
I think that these days, lights like that come with a braided steel cable by default. Pretty sure I’ve installed lights like that, in the past.
Oh, I’m likely buying a chandelier from a century ago. I’m looking at new ones but will probably get an old one and re-wire it so it isn’t a fire hazard.
My house was built on the bleeding edge of when the area got electrified, and had gas lamps. But I’m not sure my wife is fully committed to the 1912 ideal to add a chandelier with candles. But I will ask!!!
You lucky sob. I’d love to have a really old house to Reno and live in. SO’s not interested though.
We looked at one back when we bought our first house. 100 year old brick, beautiful, needed full Reno’s. I was dying to buy it, spouse vetoed it.
So one day I send her flowers to her work with a card saying ‘please please please please.’
Couple hours later I get a call from reception. I wander down, and it’s a bunch of flowers with a card that said ‘no no no no’.
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This reminds me: a traditional German Christmas tree has lit candles on it. You can imagine how fire on a dry indoor tree went out of style
She did you, herself and your marriage a huge favor. 
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