My Most Expensive Purchases Last Year

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If there is one thing you must absolutely know about me, I am super cheap. I do not buy things unless I absolutely have to like food since I don't want to starve to death and clothing when my old clothes become too tattered to wear. I made three expensive purchases as per my financial situation and standards last year. In May, I purchased a new bed frame from Amazon last year for $160. I needed to replace my bed frame that suddenly broke while I was lying in bed watching YouTube clips. I placed my mattress that was still completely fine on the floor and slept on it without a bed frame despite having chronic pain for a week until Amazon delivered my new bed frame order. Then, it took me a couple hours to fix it myself since the pieces arrived separately to be fitted together by the customer. That was a lot of stress and work, and made me realize how important a bed frame is for someone with chronic pain and in need of a proper bed. Thankfully, my mattress was and still is fine and I didn't need to pay an extra $100 to replace it. In August, I also bought Apple earbuds for $25 from Best Buy since my previous pair had an open wire which is very dangerous especially if water somehow gets into the open wire. I needed to replace them if I didn't want to chance an electrocution. In August again, the last expensive purchase I made was a $25 Amazon gift card from Best Buy for online purchases I needed to make on Amazon regarding some skincare for sensitive skin that was sold out on the Target and Walmart websites, but was only available on Amazon by third-party sellers. These were the only three expensive purchases I made last year and I considered them necessities alongside food, water, clothing, etc. I wouldn't have purchased any of them if my bed frame didn't break, my Apple earbuds didn't need to be replaced due to being a safety hazard, and sensitive skincare was available on Target and Walmart websites that I don't mind giving my debit card information to. I'm not a huge fan of Amazon and usually only use it when I have Amazon gift cards. It could be way worse, so I'm grateful that this is all I bought outside of basic necessities and paying my bills like utilities and insurance payments. For a cheap person like me with a tight budget, these were very expensive for me, but I didn't use credit cards so there was no debt involved. That's better than nothing.