What is the most "extravagant" thing you do on an occasional basis?

ihbh on 05/08/2013 - 19:26

Okay, some of us have fessed up to doing some of the tightest things on a regular basis.

How do you occasionally treat yourself as a reward, or don't you need any?

or

What is the most "extravagant" thing you do on an occasional basis?

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  • cloudy on 05/08/2013 - 19:34
    +2

    Order Dominos, delicious!

  • Smulder on 05/08/2013 - 19:36

    Get massages from those Chinese massage places in Westfield etc… total waste of money, but I do enjoy them :)

    • natman on 05/08/2013 - 23:17
      +2

      Yes I get those "massages" sometimes too. Not in Westfields, normally upstairs on the main street.

      natman on 05/08/2013 - 23:17 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
      • tonyjzx on 06/08/2013 - 16:55
        +3

        i get those 'massages' too, they end quite well i reckon!

        tonyjzx on 06/08/2013 - 16:55 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
        • Forfiet on 02/09/2013 - 21:58

          Im 'happy' for the both of you. :)

  • Natt on 05/08/2013 - 19:40
    +5

    Buy extra leave. And it's worth every penny!

  • kobrien456 on 05/08/2013 - 20:13
    +4

    Go out to lunch or dinner at a restaurant at least once a week, not necessarily expensive restaurants. And overseas travel. NZ or Europe, depending on other goals that year.

  • SpaceNinja on 05/08/2013 - 22:06

    buy phones and tablets

  • YTW on 05/08/2013 - 22:07
    +7

    Go away for short trips. We find a cheap hotel and head to the coast and have a great 3 days away shopping, eating out and going to local attractions.

  • retiredfeline on 05/08/2013 - 22:10
    +3

    Take an overseas holiday.

  • scotty on 05/08/2013 - 22:32
    +7

    Chinese take-away dinner…

    • machej on 07/08/2013 - 16:50
      +1

      Japanese take away, even more expensive but so worth it.

  • donga100 on 05/08/2013 - 22:38
    +5

    Long weekend trip to Fiji or Bali.

  • berger on 05/08/2013 - 22:42
    +2

    Weekly nandos feast. I am addicted, thankfully for the new app, 48 points already :)

    • Baghern on 30/08/2013 - 12:19

      Just downloaded the app.

      Theres no points information or what you get for them though

      • berger on 31/08/2013 - 15:47

        It's $1 per $10 points I think. I'm at 91 now, so I think $9.10 off a purchase if I choose.

  • Merlict on 05/08/2013 - 23:46
    +52

    Sometimes I buy the really fancy toilet paper, with 2ply and everything

    • Mapheox on 06/08/2013 - 13:43
      +14

      I assume you use it as facial tissue otherwise it's too extravagant to comprehend.

    • dealman on 08/08/2013 - 10:52

      really fancy toilet paper,

      That is one thing that we don't compromise on.

      • [Deactivated] on 30/08/2013 - 12:52

        we gathered that from the (all grown up) Kleenex puppy avatar

  • nubzy on 06/08/2013 - 16:51

    nice cigar and bottle of bourbon

  • tonyjzx on 06/08/2013 - 16:56
    +1

    single malt scotch

  • altomic on 07/08/2013 - 09:06
    +10

    buy insulin

  • WaywardOne on 07/08/2013 - 12:56
    +3

    Upsize the drink in my takeaway meal combo

    Then one day… I failed to realise it was unlimited refills… What a waste…

  • cdaddy on 07/08/2013 - 14:16
    +1

    strippers

    • tonyjzx on 07/08/2013 - 14:27
      +25

      instead of throwing 50c pieces at them i sometimes show them a goldie

      • wako on 08/08/2013 - 18:26
        +2

        But seriously, In Canada, They do throw $1 & $2 coins at them,
        There coins are magnetic,

        They stick a magnet on there nipples or on there pubic area,
        and if they stick, You win a prize!

        I was always worried about chipping a tooth, The drunker you get the funner it gets..

        • Dollarsandsense on 09/08/2013 - 23:09
          +10

          "I was always worried about chipping a tooth"

          Ah to start with I thought you were the one throwing the coins

        • [Deactivated] on 30/08/2013 - 12:53

          If I could triple plus this comment I would!

  • uder on 07/08/2013 - 16:14
    +2

    ALDI premium coffee pods

  • bonezAU on 07/08/2013 - 16:16

    I treat myself to a bottle of spirits occasionally. The 10 bucks for 4 litres stuff that's usually in the fridge gets boring after a while.

    • tonyjzx on 07/08/2013 - 19:20
      +4

      sometimes instead of a getting a fruity lexia goon bag i buy some cleanskins

      luxury

  • paddy567 on 07/08/2013 - 16:24
    +2

    Running the heater or air-con when it's really cold or hot, for sure. Utterly unnecessary, but totally blissful.

    • Dollarsandsense on 09/08/2013 - 23:13
      +2

      Totally agree, at age 32 I have only just started splashing out by using mine. I usually just condition myself to the extremes!

  • LiamF on 07/08/2013 - 16:54
    +2

    'Expensive' (by OzB standards) clothes and footwear. Looks better and lasts longer.

  • zzyss on 07/08/2013 - 16:55
    +14

    Sometimes, I even PAY FULL PRICE for something. OMG.

    • ironsword on 09/08/2013 - 00:16

      Blasphemy!

      • silverrat23 on 09/08/2013 - 17:52

        Ozbargain is now a religion?

        • altomic on 09/08/2013 - 20:38

          isn't the punishment for this death by stoning? (Ozbargain style because stones can be found everywhere for free. whereas firing squad you have to pay for bullets and lethal injection you have to pay for the poison).

        • [Deactivated] on 30/08/2013 - 12:55

          Finally someone gets my joke!!
          http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/114673#comment-1566720

  • mls82 on 07/08/2013 - 19:02
    +1

    KFC

  • Dorka on 07/08/2013 - 19:42

    I say yes to that extra product for only a dollar even though I don't need it.

    • danb on 10/08/2013 - 16:43

      The apple pie they offer for $1 in the maccas drive through? Gets me too

  • lolmao on 07/08/2013 - 20:35

    Bought a mac

    • boretentsu on 07/08/2013 - 23:08

      you do that on a regular basis?

      • scotty on 07/08/2013 - 23:34
        +3

        Maybe he meant Maccas…

      • edgar28 on 08/08/2013 - 14:30
        -1

        what do u expect when the shareholders call it rotten apples? (not macca)

  • inasero on 07/08/2013 - 20:47

    A nice scotch or rib eye steak from aldi on a weekly basis, I can make it just the way I want at home.

  • boretentsu on 07/08/2013 - 23:08

    haircuts

  • liverpool2009 on 08/08/2013 - 01:53
    +3

    Hire hookers

    • JLai on 09/08/2013 - 12:27
      +8

      Topic says, on an occasional basis, not on a regular basis.

      • Forfiet on 31/08/2013 - 10:42

        whoops, my bad :P

  • CI on 08/08/2013 - 01:54
    +5

    Sometimes I buy stuff which is not on sale…. Only joking, calm down everyone.

  • zooter on 08/08/2013 - 07:32
    +1

    buy stuff I don't need like batteries, multimeters, chargers because "Someday I may find it useful!"

  • MrBillions on 08/08/2013 - 07:39
    +1

    Buy flowers for the wife every leap year (on Feb 15 coz half price then). Very extravagant I know…but sometimes you need to do this.

  • t_c on 08/08/2013 - 08:29
    +15

    Drive on a toll road

    • YTW on 08/08/2013 - 09:51
      +8

      This one made me LOL.

      When I was a kid we had a local toll that you could get around by doing a bit of a weird drive around the loops of road near it. It was about 2 min extra drive and it saved you 40c. There was a massive outcry against the toll in the first place so EVERYONE did it on principal anyway, if not just to save the money.

      I was in a friends car one day and the mother just went through it and paid the toll…and I felt SO GUILTY as a passenger of that car that I was almost too scared to mention it to my mum who would have been outraged at the waste of money…lol…

      • zooter on 09/08/2013 - 11:14

        I'm surprised you made it through that! Seeing all the movies and TV series, I would have expected her to turn towards you, give a wicked grin and saying something like "Now, we can't let you go home after seeing that, can we?"

      • randompunter on 09/08/2013 - 11:50
        +1

        The Sunshine Motorway perhaps? I too have fond memories as a kid of my folks weaving through back streets to avoid the 40c toll. Good times!

  • edgar28 on 08/08/2013 - 11:53

    buy led torch light posted by ozbargainers……..

  • Wade on 08/08/2013 - 12:20
    +2

    Not exactly regular, but once every 6 months or so I might splurge and buy a new blade for my razor.

  • SpaceNinja on 08/08/2013 - 15:15
    +3

    buy kettle chilli when they are not on special.

  • leeroys_dad on 08/08/2013 - 15:53

    i buy good quality items when they're on special. cheap $50 ozito drill? no thanks, i'll spend a few hundred and import bosch!

  • konazz on 08/08/2013 - 16:52
    +1

    Once a year, go out for a $250-$300 dinner… it just so happens that it is usually on the anniversary of my wedding :)

  • Pooky1 on 08/08/2013 - 21:48

    Completely fill my tank with Premium petrol

  • dtrinh on 08/08/2013 - 23:15

    clean undies?

    • scrimshaw on 09/08/2013 - 03:13
      +2

      I'm afraid you'll find the savings offset by the purchase of fungal infection creams and doctor visits.

  • wc on 08/08/2013 - 23:20

    Front row musical theatre tickets.

    • asrey1975 on 09/08/2013 - 09:23

      fly from Syd to Melbourne, party with friends all weekend doing our own version of the woolfpack from hangover!

      Hello! Mr Chow coming thru!

      ;-)

  • tko6070 on 09/08/2013 - 10:17
    +1

    a tub of ben and jerry's icecream its about $12 for 400ml ludicrousy!

  • easternculture on 09/08/2013 - 10:46
    +8

    Buy a $200 monster HDMI cable from Harvey Norman

  • Davros on 09/08/2013 - 11:03

    Have twice cooked Pork Belly at "Waterfront" Danang several times a year.
    Meal is less than $12 but getting there costs a bit.

  • zooter on 09/08/2013 - 11:18
    +4

    I once bought milk from 7-Eleven.

    Ok, in my defence, I didn't have a car back then and it was an emergency and hence didn't have time to take the tram (weekly pass)

  • bossmode on 09/08/2013 - 12:24
    +3

    Buy games for my Steam account that I'd probably never play. Recently this has become a more frequent occurrence ever since the Humble Bundles started pumping out weekly updates.

    • easternculture on 09/08/2013 - 14:34

      same, im not a game player and have over 60 games in my steam account

    • lancedefrance on 10/08/2013 - 11:26

      Sigh, I am the same, hardly play (I love to play) but I dont have any spare time. I have nearly 80 games mostly untouched. I buy them all on sale apart from 1 game that I bought for $15 I dont think I own anything else over 7.50 and most are like 3-5 dollars but they all add up.

  • saray248 on 09/08/2013 - 16:03
    +1

    Play in casino..

  • STEVEOO6 on 09/08/2013 - 21:22
    +1

    Hop on Ozbargain and play deal roulette

    • easternculture on 09/08/2013 - 21:27

      don't lie, you do that everyday

    • lancedefrance on 10/08/2013 - 11:30

      whats deal roulette?

    • Forfiet on 02/09/2013 - 21:56

      at least it aint Russian roulette……..

  • Dollarsandsense on 09/08/2013 - 23:25
    +1

    If I'm away somewhere for the weekend or holiday and need cereal for breaky I'll walk in to the supermarket and buy the most expensive one. You know those boxes that normally just sit on the top shelf with their organic clusters and extreme price tag.

  • Cluster on 09/08/2013 - 23:36

    Sometimes, and only sometimes, I use only one side of the toilet paper

  • Choc0 on 10/08/2013 - 15:11

    Up until recently, used to spend $60 a pop on haircuts.

    • liverpool2009 on 10/08/2013 - 15:19

      If you're a guy, then you shouldn't be on ozbargain haha cause $60 is crazy

    • nubzy on 10/08/2013 - 17:26

      I spend $35 twice a year. they take their time and offer free scotch.

      • altomic on 10/08/2013 - 20:31

        I go to Steve. 60+ year old greek guy in west end (bris). awesome barber. just cuts and cuts and cuts. and is finished. no measuring up. no adjusting.

        old school barber.

        • kobrien456 on 11/08/2013 - 08:25

          What's he charge Altomic? Where in West End?

        • altomic on 11/08/2013 - 10:42

          Corner of boundary st & Browning St

          about $15 to $18.

  • Luminary on 11/08/2013 - 11:13

    I usually do some sort of technological upgrade every 6-12 months and I also try to travel every year.

  • exc3113nce on 31/08/2013 - 16:09

    Shop at Harvey Norman

  • Neoika on 02/09/2013 - 23:00

    Buy a bottle of water

  • Forfiet on 02/09/2013 - 23:11

    Buy a ice coffee/hot coffee from a vending machine after work.

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