# Retail Therapy: What’s the Most Fun Thing You’ve Bought on a Whim?

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**Created:** [July 9, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-therapy-what-s-the-most-fun-thing-you-ve-bought-on-a-whim/1020648 "2025-07-09T00:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-therapy-what-s-the-most-fun-thing-you-ve-bought-on-a-whim/1020648/15 "2025-07-10T02:45:34Z")

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I went to an auction with my eye on an antique trunk in the flyer. [I ended up buying a farm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-house-today/213507) I’d been half-heartedly looking at acreage because my the barn I boarded my horse at was going downhill, but I really hadn’t prepared to buy a farm one weekend.

StG

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