I almost forgot about this blog section due to not seeing entries flagged in the activity section. Anyway, aren't we allowed one over-the-top-purchase to assuage a mid life crisis? I was proud of myself for not being tempted by motorcycles which are not only stylized nowadays to juvenile tastes, but I've already tasted asphalt from a car ramming me on a motorbike. I may have dodged a bullet due to not having parking space for a speedy stripped down Alfa Romeo sportscar which was almost affordable.

So I did make a decision or three, but I beg the privilege to revise. First I bought a series small sailing dinghies. Most had high tech twists that weren't really practical, so I sold them. Next I ordered something so edgy that I am embarrassed to admit what. While waiting months for supply chain or whatever issues, I had buyers remorse but assumed I couldn't cancel it due to extensive customization. Unexpectedly I finally managed to negotiate a cancellation refund.

My next candidate was urgent rebuild of home plumbing, the extravagant cost of which was about covered by the credit card refund for above. For a while I tried to call this my midlife diversion, but of course it was too practical.  So now I have been unleashing bigger budgets for cooking ingredients. I've been austerely frugal in the past (vegan), but now most food is pricey so why not apply those past savings to carefree eating? We will see if I can stick to this plan addressing my problematic lifetime milestone - yum!.