
Item: Kraken Pirate Bed
Price: $14,000
Reason: Because I want my grandkids to love me most
Today is my birthday, and I have reached the stage where I can honestly say that I don’t need anything! I know how blessed I am, believe me.
However… (it’s me, so you knew there was a but coming, right?), if I had unlimited space, money were not an issue, and all the world’s ills were sorted out, here are the stupid, gratuitously expensive things I’d buy. Go ahead and judge me. I am fully aware of how ridiculous and impractical this list is.
No Etsomnia™ this week. Instead of making Etsy sellers wail and rend their (hideous) garments, I’m sharing with you my if-I-come-back-as-a-spoiled-brat list. Let the festival of obscene (fictional) consumption begin!

Item: Super-duper luxury dressing room
Price: $75,000+
Reason: Because I can’t possibly cram Elie Saab, Carolina Herrera, and Gucci in the closet next to my extensive collection of Old Navy clearance items

Item: Bel & Bel Italian Scooter Chair
Price: $2,000
Reason: Because winning!

Item: Judith Lieber Skull Purse
Price: $5,500
Reason: I already told you. Judith Lieber Skull Purse. Duh.

Item: Trampoline/Bungee Thing
Price: Unknown
Reason: Because it looks like the most fun EVER

Item: Cubic Jellyfish Aquarium
Price: $3,500
Reason: Who doesn’t need a giant iPhone filled with jellyfish?

Item: Victorian Diamond Tiara
Price: $20,000
Reason: Because…

Item: Water Fly Board/Jet Pack
Price: $10,000
Reason: Because this. Note: Since these things are understandably destructive to natural ecosystems, I’ll also need a man-made lagoon on which to play…

Item: 1930’s Louis Vuitton 30-Pair Shoe Steamer Trunk
Price: $55,000
Reason: Because shoes

Item: Inflatable Irish Pub
Price: $3,000
Reason: Think of the parties!

Item: Jaguar XK120 Mini Roadster
Price: $20,000
Reason: You’d look like a giant!. Also, $20K for a Jaguar roadster seems like a pretty good deal

Item: Antique Asian Wedding Bed
Price: $8,000
Reason: Where better to smoke your luxury hookah?

Item: Savannah Cat
Price: $20,000
Reason: If you’re going to be a rich crazy cat lady, you may as well get the best cats!

Item: Rotating Sun Lounger With Integrated Water Spritzer
Price: $45,000
Reason: Because when you spend your time day drinking by the pool, repositioning your chair is just too much work….

Item: Effie the Ironing Machine
Price: $918
Reason: If I can’t be bothered to stand up and move my own chair, you don’t seriously expect me to iron, do you?

Item: Vintage Penny Arcade Fortune Teller Machine
Price: $10,000 and up
Reason: Don’t you want one, too?

Item: Hippo Sofa (Important note: not made from hippos)
Price: $95,000
Reason: I think it would be slimming

Item: Two-Tier Hot Tub With Bar and Flat-Screen TV
Price: $60,000 (Which doesn’t seem that outrageous considering it’s bigger than my apartment)
Reason: Do you really need to ask?
Now it’s your turn. What kind of lazy-ass, frivolous, one-percenter bullshit would you buy?

October 19, 2017 at 8:16 am
Happy Birthday! So many awesome choices!
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October 19, 2017 at 8:37 am
Thank you! My imaginary life is big fun! (But so is my real one…)
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October 19, 2017 at 10:30 am
Happ Happy birthday, Donna! Gold played and diamond encrusted mobile phones are on top of my list and a Rolex a day for a week doesn’t sound bad too!
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October 19, 2017 at 10:51 am
Thank you! I can’t be trusted with anything diamond encrusted without a safety clasp, but the Rolex sounds like something I could handle!
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October 20, 2017 at 6:00 am
Haha, nice!
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October 19, 2017 at 11:13 am
First, let me wish you a very Happy Birthday my friend. I like it when you go wild. Your imaginary lifestyle is fun to read. No judging though from me. I think I will reply to you in a proper way with a post of my own… Have a great day Donna!
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October 19, 2017 at 11:34 am
How fun! Looking forward to reading it. Thank you!
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October 19, 2017 at 11:43 am
happy birthday! all your choices are fabulous; i especially enjoyed watching the clip of “big bang theory!”
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October 19, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Thank you! That’s my favorite TV clip of all time. I was so excited to have a reason to use it!
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October 19, 2017 at 12:03 pm
Happy Birthday, Donna! I’m still looking over these fabulous options, but as soon as I choose the right one for you, it will be on its way to you. Via the imaginary delivery system. Paid for by my imaginary limitless credit card.
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October 19, 2017 at 12:06 pm
And I will enjoy imagining myself playing with it, or sitting on it, or soaking in it, or whatever! Thanks!
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October 19, 2017 at 12:09 pm
I definitely would like the fortune teller–where would I put it? Who cares!!
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October 19, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Isn’t that thing the coolest? I’d love one.
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October 19, 2017 at 12:13 pm
So many fabulous choices. I think I’ll copy your choices. I don’t think I could top any of them. 🙂 But if money is no object, I would definitely want one of those floating homes with an underwater glass bedroom. It’s only 1.8 million. 🙂 My husband said no way but I would love it!
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October 19, 2017 at 2:05 pm
Oooh, that sounds awesome! I’m in!
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October 19, 2017 at 12:13 pm
😀a very very happy birthday. Wish you to get all and more of them.
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October 19, 2017 at 2:07 pm
Thank you! You’d better wish I get none of them. I have nowhere to put them! (Except for that tiara. I’m sure I could find a spot for that…)
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October 19, 2017 at 8:27 pm
LOL, Tathasthu!
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October 19, 2017 at 12:47 pm
Happy birthday Donna. This is soooo fun! Thank you for a lot of chuckles and a few good belly laughs!
Alison
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October 19, 2017 at 2:09 pm
Thank you very much! I’m so glad you liked it!
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October 19, 2017 at 1:41 pm
The pirate bed: I totally get it. Happy birthday!
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October 19, 2017 at 2:10 pm
Right? We have grandson number 3 on the way, and they would LOVE me for that thing. Thanks!
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October 19, 2017 at 2:13 pm
Happy Birthday! What a great selection of lavish wish list items. I was enjoying the entire selection and then I saw that ironing machine and decided that we definitely needed to start getting more ‘The Jetsons’ about domestic chores because I am all for robots that do ironing, dusting, and vacuuming. (Yes, I know roombas are already a thing but until the robot can also pick up all the crap my kids leave lying all over the floor then the vacuum capability is of no blinking use to me). My 12 year old is going to want that blingy skull purse because he loves sparkles and skulls and he could fill it with Lego minifigures. I love the shoe trunk but would fill it not with shoes but with all sorts of little odds and ends.
So if I had an endless money pot and had done all manner of good deeds with it, I think what I would most like to lavish on myself is the gift of travel. I would love to be in a position where I could just drop everything and go anywhere I fancied on a whim.
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October 20, 2017 at 10:29 am
Ahh, travel. That really is the ultimate luxury. I’m with you. Let me know when we’re going. And I am completely entertained by the Judith Lieber filled with LEGOs. That could be an art installation.
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October 19, 2017 at 6:28 pm
Ha ha Happy Birthday Donna, I’ve taken the liberty of popping all of the above onto my own wishlist should I ever win the lottery. Great fun post. Love it.
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October 20, 2017 at 10:30 am
Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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October 19, 2017 at 8:04 pm
Dear god, I actually paused at the jellyfish aquarium. Until the last deal of maintenance reared its practical head.
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October 20, 2017 at 10:31 am
There are little desktop ones, too…
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October 19, 2017 at 9:27 pm
Happy Birthday to you, my friend and still favourite person on WP. I hope it was an amazing day full of fun.
As for my frivolous purchases
that crystal pool table you featured a while back–because it was awesome
A Pinarello Dogma bicycle–because it costs more than my car
a whole mess of pinball machines
the complete set of Park Tools (for the bicycle) which I can’t actually use, but would look awesome in my bike repair room
I hope the birthday celebrations continue well into the weekend.
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October 20, 2017 at 10:33 am
Thank you! What a great list! I really did have fun yesterday, and the shenanigans will continue over the weekend. (My poor aching head…)
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October 20, 2017 at 7:38 am
Lol!
You really are shameless😂
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October 20, 2017 at 10:42 am
True story!
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October 20, 2017 at 7:40 am
Happy birthday by the way. I nearly forgot.
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October 20, 2017 at 10:43 am
Thank you! It definitely was!
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October 20, 2017 at 9:29 am
Happy birthday! I’d want a chauffeur! Like Jeeves. 🙂
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October 20, 2017 at 10:43 am
I don’t think you’ve got room in that roadster….
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October 28, 2017 at 8:20 pm
Happy Birthday (Late) I’d buy a town.
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October 28, 2017 at 8:52 pm
Yay! That’s a good one!
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