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Home › Money

Question of the Day | 03/28/2008 7:30 am

What are the three dumbest things you spend money on?

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J B
I have a Rottweiler of remarkable lineage…his Father has produced more champions than any other in the history of the breed. He cannot be shown due to an “overshot bite”…I paid an enormous amount of money for him, and I spend an enormous amount of money ON him…toys, vet care, grooming, I ADORE this animal, so I don’t consider it dumb…but most of my family and friends think I’m nuts! My other purchases…bubble bath and scented lotions.
By J B on 03/28/2008 9:14 am
Buh-Bye Hillary Hillary Buh-Bye
JB, We knew a Rottweiler who could skateboard..I don’t think you’re nuts….am an animal lover too. Here’s a nice short vid on Rottweilers. Do they shed? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt4IaRrfNKg&NR=1 Do you know the books where the rottweiler takes care of the children when the parents are out? “You’re a Good Dog, Carl.” Adorable. http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Good-Dog-Carl-Alexandra/dp/0312371306
By Buh-Bye Hillary Hillary Buh-Bye on 03/28/2008 6:46 pm
Addie Pray
Once a month I have some beautician poke my face with an electrical charge. Kind of like a cattle prod. It is supposed to be a non-surgical face lift. My jowls are falling anyway. But I can’t stop.
By Addie Pray on 03/29/2008 4:30 pm
Rose Brown
Trash magazines, clothes that shrink after 1st wash, veggies that rot before I can get to them to eat!
By Rose Brown on 03/28/2008 9:54 am
maris pym
I am crazy about office supplies. I can’t have too much of them…pads of paper, sticky notes, colored labels, pens (and more pens), reams of paper, fluorescent index cards. That is #1. #2 is anything Starbucks, but most especially their pumpkin spice latte in the fall. And #3 is a coffee mug. I can’t pass by a pretty one, or a strange one, or one with something on it that brings up a good memory (sailboat, music staff to name a couple) without buying it. And I do try to use them all. The downside is that my kitchen now runneth over with cups. None of these things are ever (or hardly ever) high-price items, but even if I don’t need them I can’t pass them by!
By maris pym on 03/28/2008 9:56 am
Star Lawrence
Really” A coffee mug? Come visit Writer’s Catablog (http:writerscatablog.com), seeking to restore respect to the profession through mockery. You can get a mug with our spokesdog Scribbles on it. He’s a purebred Clipart.
By Star Lawrence on 03/28/2008 10:24 am
Sugar B
Maris Pym—- you’re my long lost twin! lol. I too love office supplies and a fabulous great writing pen. Who can just pick up any old pen and start writing! Super fine sharpies are divine!
By Sugar B on 03/28/2008 2:36 pm
maris pym
Sugar B — but don’t forget the gel pens. They make writing “the old fashioned way” (i.e., off the computer) as smooth as silk. And if you can find exactly the right color of green, you can think (and see, in your mind’s eye) gorgeous emeralds as you glide softly across the lines of that steno pad! :) Your sis Maris.
By maris pym on 03/28/2008 7:50 pm
Mugsy Peabody
Ba-ra-va!!!! And I’m totally sunk because I’ve got a real old fashioned stationery store right across the street.
By Mugsy Peabody on 03/29/2008 10:33 pm
Susan Cuthbertson
1) My husband, 2) My husband’s hobbies, 3) My husband’s “toys”. But after almost 35 years, I guess I am stuck with his quirks because he will not change.
By Susan Cuthbertson on 03/28/2008 9:56 am
Amy Van Cleave
I collect vintage purses, and cookie jars and lots and lots of clothes! Thanks QVC
By Amy Van Cleave on 03/28/2008 9:59 am
Pamela Felcher
That gym for women, where everyone moves in one circuit—when I discovered its religious and philosophical bent and its “right-to life” financial support, among other causes that just are NOT ME. I could not set foot in that place again despite the fact that I had paid for a full year. Also, the inane conversation at the one I attended for that short while made me want to eat more than I would have had I not jumped into that hellish circle.
By Pamela Felcher on 03/28/2008 10:13 am
Star Lawrence
Cable! I was perfectly OK until Chris Matthews and whoever that Chuck Todd person is entered my life. And Keith—what happened to him? Spittle comes out when he mentions Senator Clinton, which is, let’s see, in all five parts of the Countdown. There is never anything good on cable—Scooby Doo, Star Wars, seen ‘em. Mr Majestyk—seen it. Cable, cable, cable—can’t live with it, but too craven to cancel. Also I have a 20-something still here and she likes it.
By Star Lawrence on 03/28/2008 10:21 am
Dawn Miller
things to lose weight, magazines, and items I find on ebay that I have no use for!!! but just have to have them.
By Dawn Miller on 03/28/2008 10:27 am
Jane Goodwin
Hallmark Christmas ornaments, fresh lemons, and social security, which is paid out to people who don’t speak the language, aren’t citizens, and have never worked a day in their lives.
By Jane Goodwin on 03/28/2008 10:32 am
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