what have you bought recently that you actually really needed.

clothing, HOAs, health costs (aside from insurance), gifts, auto upkeep/repair, household upkeep/repair, entertainment & vacations, school, daycare... There are a lot of miscellaneous expenses which people are not accounting for, but you know they have. That is one of the reasons why so many people are in debt. They only budget for the big things and then the unforeseen expenses happen and they borrow money. The key is to pay your savings first, and then budget, and you budget for everything possibility so that you always have the money at hand to pay when the refrigerator goes out or the transmission drops from that used car you bought.

No.

I bought it for something I'm suffering from.

I noticed the heat of the sun was the only thing which helped with my problem, so I decided to buy an ir lamp.

And, it's absolutely friggin' genius.