I don't really *need* any of my big purchases, with the exception of my house and car. I wanted them. :)

A second snowmobile

hahaha!

i bought an air fryer a few months ago. used it quite a bit the first few weeks but haven't had it out in a good while.

oh yeah, that $85 dog bed that looked SOOOO comfy in the online photos was a total bomb. i gave it to the local shelter.

I bought an X-Box because I thought I needed it for Netflix, but it never worked for me because I did not want to pay $10 a month for an X-Box account.

I bought an air fryer two years ago this month, and it gets used at least two or three times a week, sometimes daily. Probably use it as a small oven as much as a fryer. I love it! I also bought an Instant Pot about a year ago. I'd been reading about them on the 'net, seemed like something I'd really use a lot. Wrong. While it's handy for some things, I'd never miss it if it were to go away.

I live on a fixed income, (Social Security), so I'm usually pretty careful about what I spend, and research thoroughly.

Rusty

Exercise equipment.

Not that big of a purchase but a down coat several years ago which supposedly went to -30F protection. Not certain how that number was decided other than out of an advertisers brain because the stitching was where the cold entered. Now I know if I wanted one that it would need to have down baffles?? stitched above the seams. Something that you do not see often in women's coats.

Gosh, maifleur, if it’s -30, I am not going outside!

maifleur03 -- My favorite super-warm down coat (with hood) is a Rainforest. It weighs *nothing*. Exterior is nylon/polyester. I can barely tolerate wearing it inside a store because it's SO warm.

He didn't buy it, but chose it as a company 'reward' gift: An Atmos clock. Very pretty, but it will only operate for about a year, then has to be shipped away to be re-calibrated -- for $400. (It sits on a shelf in our living room, where the time is always five o'clock.)

I tend to waste money on cookware and appliances.

A local store had a closeout sale on Calphalon, and I bought several pieces - a large skillet, a covered larger "everything/egg poacher" pan (because I wanted the deeper, straight sides, not because I wanted to poach eggs), and 2 new saucepans. I've never yet used the saucepans, finding that for some reason I prefer the old wider & shallower style that I had. I have used the everything pan only a couple of times, and not at all in the past year; I've never used the skillet, because my 9" pan is adequate for nearly everything these days.

I have a comal that has gone unused also.

I have an unused still NIB 4 cup coffee maker and a mini slow cooker but they weren't expensive.

I have used the instant pot type of cooker several times, but not since last winter. I don't think that it was so much worth the purchase - even though I make soup from scratch often. I wasn't impressed with the pot roasts made in it either.

I can't really say that I didn't need it because my previous car was totaled in an accident, but my new car, now a year since purchase, has only 2,600 miles on it.

We have 4 motorcycles and 6 scooters, we didn't have time to ride 9 of them this year. I only rode my little scooter to Wegmans once to buy a gal of milk. :-)

Jim, your post made me laughed loud! Lol Even she is your Ex, even she was expensive, she has reserved a corner spot in your heart , and pops out once in a while in your mind. :-) Everything happens for a good reason, it's called fate. :-)

The Roomba. I got it because I hate housework. But it doesn’t do the corners and our house is all stairs. Otherwise I’m very frugal. Few clothes, few gadgets. I’m a very poor shopper. I can always find justification not to buy something.

KitchenAid stand mixer! Thought I needed it; really wanted it. Used it once, and let it take up way too much kitchen space for about five years. Finally donated it to a good cause.

I just bought the Instant Pot Air Fryer Lid. I've been on You Tube all afternoon reading recipes and directions to use it. Now I'm not sure I really needed it.

Chisue, it's great that it is always 5 o'clock at your house. More opportunity to drink wine. ::)) LOL

Oh, I have one more to add: My Trek road bike. I was already riding a hybrid, but kind of missed my old 1981 road bike that I had given to my nephew. Bought it used, so it was a less than half the price of new, but still several hundred dollars; and I found that I was just no longer comfortable with the drop bars and the reach of it (due to an old injury) even though it was the correct size for me. Also I thought at the time that I might once again do some multi-day trips, that a road bike would be better for - but that desire evaporated. So, it has been languishing in my basement! I should post it for sale on ebay or craigslist - I think that there is still a shortage of bicycles in the market.

Raee, before moving your bike on, look into having different handlebars. When I wanted to start riding again I found that my neck could no longer tolerate the down-swept bars. My son put a different set on and now it’s perfect. Well...I do need to work on my tolerance of sitting on the seat for any length of time.

Probably a horse, but I really only sort of regret buying my mule. I have never ridden her, and she is very devious and crafty. She is very smart and I believe her mind is always working to make everything to her advantage. She usually succeeds. She is very closely bonded to Gypsy, the top mare. It isn't like Gypsy welcomed her into her inner circle, but Sabrina, the mule, sort of weaseled her way in. Gypsy likes her and lets her stay close and will let her eat with her. I don't think the mule cares a bit about Gypsy. She is extremely independent, but worked the situation to her advantage.

I have seen people in relationships like that.

A number of years ago I bought a turkey fryer. Used it maybe twice and then gave it away. New chain saw, never used it, gave it away when I bought a lighter, battery powered one.

I had forgotten about the Greenworks chain saw I purchased. Found out that my hand is not large enough to start it and keep it going. I still have my little plug in one but thought I needed a battery powered one. Was going to pass on to friends only to find they had just purchased a new gasoline powered one.

Kathsgrdn, you reminded me of our turkey fryer languishing in a box downstairs (in storage). What was I thinking ... we never used it.

I thought I wanted an InstaPot, then when we visited hubby's brother and SIL she got one for Christmas. After checking it over and reading the manual and seeing the pure size of it, I was glad I didn't spend the money on one. She ended up by taking it back to the store, she's happy with the small appliances she has.

I too bought a stand mixer, used it a couple of times and re-sold it. Haven't regretted it.

I bought a stationary bike about 3 years ago, and the seat was do darned uncomfortable it just didn't get used, so it got re-sold as well.

So I guess, knock on wood I don't have anything languishing that isn't being used.

This thing comes to mind. Bought for a long gone Grapefruit tree when I first moved here.

https://www.amazon.com/Ra-Chand-Best-Citrus-Juicer/dp/B0006GNVFY

The tree is gone but I could probably use it to break the bead on a tire if push comes to shove.

We have 2 pianos, one is a upright and the other is a baby grand. We don’t have a pianist in the house. We knock the pianos once in a while. Lol Now we might have the 3rd piano. Will find out when we do the final walk through in the near future. The previous owners left one in the house when they moved out.

A piano.

I really can’t think of a big purchase, but I am bad to buy little gadgets that don’t seem to get much use and are finally tossed or given away.

I don't have anything big that I can think of. I did ask for a camera for my vehicle that hasn't been mounted yet.

Last year I bought a larger dining set in anticipation of a big Thanksgiving gathering. My old set was in sad shape and only sat 6. Guess how many guests showed up? 5. Guess how many will be here this year? 4. Oh well. It’s nice to have a more grown-up dining room.

Not one big purchase, just 7 or 8 sets of dishes, and I live alone and mostly use a paper plate. My family was very poor. Few of our plates matched, some had a crack. You might say I have an incurable china addiction.

#1 a pool table. When we looked at this house there was one in the basement. DH always had one growing up. I got him one for his birthday our first year here. It and the ping pong table cover come in real handy for holding things we are getting to! #2 a metal framed gazebo with mosquito netting. The town began spraying a few weeks after we bought it. It wasn't needed after that. 20 years later we gave it away basically brand new.

I really wanted the Instant Pot blender that cost me $135 so I could make crushed ice and also hot soup in it. I bought it over a year ago and have not used it. One of the reasons is I don't have room in my freezer to make ice and the other is you can't get the bottom of the blender jug wet because of the heating element which makes it harder to clean. I guess I should give it a try and make some soup in it.

Probably a subscription to a food supplement.

Mentioned above:

• I have a Kitchenaid mixer that I use 2-3 times per week, so that was a good investment for me. :)
• Roomba vacuum - our two run every day in our condo, one upstairs and one downstairs. I don't mind taking care of the corners and the stairs once a week. Takes 0 time, especially since the rest of the floors are already clean.

Our house is 4 storeys with 5 flights of stairs. There’s really only one room a Roomba can do. It can’t even go from one room to the next without running aground on the door sill and having to be rescued. We just don’t have the wide open spaces it needs.

Marilyn, I did some volunteer work around working mules and your mule sounds like she is just the personality that I encountered with the ones I became acquainted with. They are not so much stubborn and they are quite smart, crafty and seemingly able to plot and scheme.

I bought a BabyLock serger some years ago thinking it might jumpstart my sewing mojo. Well, it didn't. And, I discovered that I still preferred to do old school sewing techniques and to sew with old school fabrics. I don't really use it much and could do nicely without it. By that time, I had already been sewing garments for over 40 years and have managed quite well to sew quite well.

A serger would probably serve you well if you sewed something that you were making over and over again. But to have to set the machine up for each individual option as you move along the construction process was more of hinderance than it was an aide. And, I found that I liked the tailor/seamstress inspired finish of my garments rather than have them look as if they were made in a factory.

I think sometimes that Americans believe that they have to have their very own everything to do anything and everything.

They will buy machines to cut out decorative paper cut outs, machines to embroider things onto things that no one needs, rooms full of yarn enough to fill a small yarn shop, specialty ovens, and enough yard machines to keep a golf course. American have demonstrated a huge appetite for having the biggest, and the best right in their own homes for their own personal use.

I respect having good tools. I just question if being able to do something as if it were made in a factory is really such a valuable thing or even needful. In the recent past it became a selling point to produce otherwise cheap machines like sewing machines and vacs to look as it they are "industrial' or "professional' by constructing them of metal/silver colored plastic. What a sham!

You still see some things like that that are made to look like something that they really are not, at all.

Last April, I got a new sewing machine so I could make some masks. Then I remembered that I really don't enjoy sewing and I'm not very good at it. My masks all look like they were made by a third grader. My husband was very sweet about wearing them and pretending that he liked them. Then I bought some masks over the internet, and that's what we wear now.

that durian I got .... once

Just bought another winter jacket. I already have 6, but it’s a 3/4 length fake fur jacket and I found it at the Goodwill for $8.50.

Another one with sewing machine regret. I bought a machine over a decade ago that retailed for $4,000.00. Not only does it have many bells and whistles ( two embroiderd alphabets, 5 buttonhole stitches) it has a snap on table for quilting and a quilting walking foot. I rarely use the bells and whistles and have never used the quilting table. To add insult to injury it does NOT have a free arm for hemming skinny pant legs. But I do use the machine a lot.

Mine is not a big purchase at all, but I have never had a ceiling fan and wanted one. I kept saying in our next house we'll do it. So when we moved 2 years ago, I looked and looked and got somewhat educated. I couldn't decide on the color and let my husband pick ( not the best move but it;'s ok and I am past it) .

The part about what I did not need- I thought the idea of a remote for the fan made so much sense. Not every fan has that feature to be compatible so I really limited my searches to those that had a remote. It's not a bad thing, but after 2 years I can tell you that we have never used it and never felt the need for it. Not a big deal, but it was so key in my searches and decision making process.

As they say live and learn.

Salonva, so true that sometimes you have to have something to realize you don’t need it.

Wednesday, yes they are. They are much different than horses and you need to build a relationship with a mule. Horses, too, but horses are more forgiving than mules are.

Here is Sabrina and Gypsy having breakfast.

I guess that is where stubborn as a mule came into play?

Marilyn - please don't laugh but which one is the mule?

We don’t buy a lot but I definitely have regrets. For those who listed a turkey fryer, we haven’t fried a turkey in a long time but the burner is good for power outages for a pot of soup, along with our outdoor griddle. We can’t seem to pull the trigger on a generator because it only happens every few years.

Eld, the black one with the stockings is Sabrina, the mule. Gypsy, white, is 3/4 Arabian and 1/4 Quarter Horse.

Sabrina, showing off her long ears.

Bought a Ninja 6 in 1, sent back. No room and realized it was just too big for my small kitchen!

Here's one I didn't need, just wanted. Used once so far but... someday. :)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RD9JCS2

Rho, I have seen those really expensive machines, and I know that ,beyond a doubt, there are not enough garments or anything else that I could produce in one lifetime to warrant the price of those machines. Just to buy the thread for the embroidery function can be prohibitive. And, I really don't believe that there is any more pleasure to be gotten from them, either.

Also, many times, the machines that offer fewer functions are really the best.

I wish that I had, maybe, just bought a new sewing machine instead of a serger.

Now I sew with my old mechanical Bernina with a backup of an old Singer 401 from the 50s the was my moms and that I learned to sew on.

All I want is old school. So much of modern life suffers from what I call "style over substance, and, the style sucks". So, where does that leave the substance? The form is not pleasing and the function is even worse. Much of it is a lose/lose affair, in my opinion.

It has become difficult to find just a well made somethingortheother. So many things come loaded with functions that you never knew you needed or wanted and still don't need or want. It is all about upsellling things that are really of little value.