Retirement treat for yourself?

[MarieIG]

Some really fun toys! At this point, I'm looking forward to some good sleep.

[Dtail]

Just not worrying about work was my gift. Spent a lot in a HCOL area pre-retirement, so nothing to buy right now. Just vacations.....lol

[thumbs]

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Originally Posted by txtig Attachment 27991 Here’s our retirement gift to ourselves.

Nice Jeep! Too bad that clown with the motor home photo bombed you, eh?

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Originally Posted by W2R I set aside money to buy a brand SUV when I retired, but it was not intended to be a treat - - this was part of my financial planning, to protect me in the event of a bad sequence of returns after retiring. I just didn't want to have to come up with the money to buy a new car unexpectedly so I saved the money that I would have spent for it previously, and put it aside for that purpose, outside my portfolio. I bought it about 2 months after I retired. As a treat for myself, just a day or two after retiring I bought 3 pairs of long black pants like I used to wear all the time at work. Dumb idea!!! I don't wear that kind of clothes any more at all. I didn't realize that I would wear different clothes in retirement than when working. But it was fun at the time.

[chicamuxen]

My treat was a new tractor. Have used it quite a bit so far in retirement.

[garyt]

I'm not retired yet, but looking at June 1st. I probably won't splurge immediately cause I'm worried about sequence of returns with the market so high. Maybe wait a year just to feel things are gonna be alright. Our 25 anniversary is May 2020 so we're looking for a nice trip then. Maybe an Alaska cruise or couple weeks in Hawaii.

[jabbahop]

Spending our first winter in southern Utah so my wife and I bought our first mtn bikes so We could learn how to ride the trails.

[garyt]

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Originally Posted by Souschef So far, I have treated myself to being able to fly a B-25, a MiG-15, and an SNJ. For my 80th birthday in May, I am going to treat myself to flying a P-51

Very cool!

[retire2020]

Celebrated retirement with brand new 2018 BMW 740i xDrive. Joy was short lived as found out two months later that I had to put twin boys in Private School - 132K hit over four years. Wife and daughter walked in public high school and what they saw was too bad that decision was made there itself. Mr. Market has behaved well so far so I shall be ok with this unexpected expense.

[akidagain2018]

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Originally Posted by chicamuxen My treat was a new tractor. Have used it quite a bit so far in retirement.

Nice! Is that a Kabota? I have one like this, minus the front loader, at my country home that needs a massive tune up. Can't wait to be not working so I can play with it, clear my woodland path wider, and longer, expand the garden beds, composting, lots of uses for a tractor in the country.

[btdt22]

Each year in retirement we treat ourselves to something we truly don't need e.g. cruise on the Nile, cruise on the Yangtze, cruise on the Volga and Neva rivers, new Kubota tractor, 30' boat, new Sierra Denali, and this year a 1962 VW crew-cab pickup (that is kicking my butt restoring). Life is short and at 71 it's looking shorter. Might as well enjoy it while we can

[HBD2019]

Wow! I would love to see some pictures of that VW! I love those things!

[chicamuxen]

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Originally Posted by akidagain2018 Nice! Is that a Kabota? I have one like this, minus the front loader, at my country home that needs a massive tune up. Can't wait to be not working so I can play with it, clear my woodland path wider, and longer, expand the garden beds, composting, lots of uses for a tractor in the country.

Yes, it is a Kubota L3301. Yes, a lot of uses. Now i won't have to depend on someone to plow my driveway or remove dead deer that get hit out at the end of my driveway,lol. Among many of other uses.

[Music Lover]

My plan was to buy a new (used) car when I retired 2 years ago but it took me until last month to find one that checked all the boxes:

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[silvia]

One month East Africa vacation- Back a couple of weeks ago. Private trek to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro. ( I made it to the summit but I would't suggest anyone pay such a high price to trek), Safari including a gorilla trek and relaxing in Zanzibar.

Mini treats such as sashimi and sushi.

[YVRRocketSurgery]

In the realm of something realistic, I'd like to buy a nice lens for the SLR. But I can't come to grips at this point in pre-retirement to spending likely close to $1000 on one. I try to take out the SLR on trips and events around town but I'm hoping I'll have more time in retirement to focus on taking more pictures and improvement my photography skills to justify the purchase.

One potential vacation goal/treat for retirement is doing a back to back to back cruise: last sailing in Europe, Transatlantic, first sailing in the Caribbean. We can't justify a transatlantic cruise, let alone a back to back cruise with our limited vacation time during our worklife.

In the realm of impractical, I'd like to buy a Porsche even though it's kind of cliche and some season tix to one of the local sports teams.

[Ronstar]

Some woodworking tools, some camera stuff, an IMac and a MacBook.

[jjquantz]

I ordered a new baroque flute two years ago. Contacted the maker and he says that he "might" get to a batch this spring or summer. So, I guess whether or not I've bought myself a retirement treat is still in the Heisenberg zone, undetermined.

[poppydog]

(UK poster....) I have a company supplied car just now which will go back after I retire at the end of April, so I'll have to buy my own.. I'm trying to be economical.... honest.....

[brett]

Four years after retiring I bought the convertable summer car that I had always admired.

Could not do it any earlier until we moved and had an attached double garage.

Other than that it has been travel, travel, travel.

[poppydog]

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Originally Posted by poppydog (UK poster....) I have a company supplied car just now which will go back after I retire at the end of April, so I'll have to buy my own.. I'm trying to be economical.... honest.....

I should add that me and DW (both retiring on the same day) have a retirement trip to New York booked. We've been to the USA before (Florida, West Coast, LV) but this will be our first trip to the big apple. We've got Broadway tickets for Hamilton and Beautiful. Excited or what!