There's almost zero chance you go back to bears.
My morning brain translated this as "if you buy good honey you'd better not bring it out to the woods because the bears will chase you"
I think the article was mis-titled...should have been "25 Things I Don't Regret Buying", though that's not as catchy. Sure, the items aren't essentials, and buying truck/books is pretty antimustachian, but I feel like most people could point to at least a few of those things and say it would be worth it to them. (My parents own a wine fridge, but they can afford it as well as the accompanying expensive wine. They also have an artificial tree, which goes up every year--probably no worse than buying one every Christmas?) At least a handful of the items seem specific to the author's frequent power outages -- if that was an issue in my area I might consider a generator, idk.
My list:
1. french press and hand grinder
2. cast iron pan / dutch oven
3. Scanpan set. Use these nearly every time I cook.
4. inov8 shoes. Expensive but comfy for my wide feet
5. uniball ONYX micro pens.
6. Feetures socks...would love to eventually replace all my athletic socks with these
7. Contact lenses. HATE wearing glasses
8. Peace of mind via savings
9. Green tea (except when I buy a flavor that ends up being yucky)
10. Gap wireless undergarment.
11. Produce, high quality meat
12. Yarn that gets used for meaningful/custom gifts
13. Smoked salt
14. 3 dresses: 1 formal-ish, 1 summer-y, 1 maxi. Lived in dresses in Cali.
15. Gas/flights to see my grandmother near the end of her life last year
16. Rec center membership, $50/year for an awesome facility
17. Cole Haan flats. Pricey, but they last years and make my feet happy.
18. Glass tupperware
19. Bacon
20. Sheet pan
These are things I don't regret buying, not things I can't live without (obviously). Makes me realize how many of the things I enjoy (couches, bed, Kindle, engineering degree, jackets, knives, some clothing and accessories) are from my parents.
I do regret buying:
1. Too much clothing when I started working
2. Kitchen appliances, kinda-sorta. These days I use it all. Previous years, not so much.
3. Too many cookbooks/other books. I kept some of the cookbooks, worth it to get re-excited about cooking periodically.
4. An iPod shuffle in addition to my nano. Don't know what I was thinking. *self-facepunch*