Some of the best money I ever spent, in chronological order:
$5 - Radio Shack wallet-sized solar calculator. I bought it in 1995 and it has accompanied me to (so far) six countries on four continents; very handy for currency conversion!
$400 - Airline ticket to Santiago, Chile, where I lived for two years after college and learned to spread my wings
$500 - Adopting my dog, a (now) 10-year-old Akita named Andie
$700 - Airline ticket to New Zealand after separation from my first husband, plus the money I spent during my 3 months there -- the best way I could have wished for to start to a new life
$49.95 - Udate.com membership, where I met my husband
$1000+ - US immigration fees to get my husband here from the UK, including the original visa, adjustment to permanent residency and (in 2007) his application to become a dual US/UK citizen
~ Jenney