Everybody seems to believe millennials can’t afford houses because we’re all dishing out $17 a pop for avo on toast.

This post is about to prove those people wrong. So very wrong.

Want to knowthe real reasonwe’ll all spend the rest of our lives renting a floor beneath a 40-year-old bachelor who smells like chicken soup?

WE SPEND SO MANY DUBLOONS ON STOOPID STUFF.

Listen: The crazy extremes of wedding costs. (Post continues…)

Without further ado, these are the most expensive things *anonymous* staffers from theMamamiaoffice have purchased.

Slightly ludicrous

“I spent$160 on a stainless steel bread binfrom a fancy kitchen store because we’d just moved to Bondi and I felt it might help me feel like I belonged,” Lina* said. “It didn’t. And most people I met didn’t even eat bread.”

Well, that’s Bondi for you.

“I once bought$250 head shots for my failed acting career,” one ofMamamia‘s writers told me.

“I got a pair of$420 thigh-high leather winter boots,” Ally said. “I couldn’t evenbarely afford them, and ended up wearing them a handful of times before the heels fell apart.”

… Ouch.

Then there’s Celeste, who splurged “about$550 on a Coach leather bag“… which she later paid$250 to fixbecause she spilt an entire water bottle in it.Ah-mazing.

Moderately ludicrous

“I spent$400 on a dinnerat Noma in Copenhagen,” Sarah said, surprisingly adding: “It was 100 per cent worth it.”

Yep. One dinner. For two people.Eek.

For one of our office’s aspiring best selling authors, her dream didn’t exactly go to plan: “I boughta disgusting bright red dress for $800for a book launch for a book nobody bought because I had watched too muchSex and the City,” she told me.

"I spent$1100 for a Hermes beltbecause I'm a f**king idiot," another team member said. "Oh... I just remembered. I also bought a$1600 bracelet from Tiffanytoo."

"Well it could be worse, I spent$1100 on a cat that hates me," Priya added.

Mind-bogglingly ludicrous

Brace yourselves.

"I spent$3,500 on an Alexander McQueen handbagthat's called a 'Legend'," Sally said. "The worst part is, I only use it maybe once a month. Maybe. Probably not even that much."

"I spent$4500 on a Prada handbag," Kelly said before sharing the most HORRIFYING STORY I HAVE EVER READ. "And then I got drunk and left it in a club in Berlin because I am a token white girl."

Oh... my heart. My weak, weeping heart.

"I bought aKing Furniture couch for $9,000," another coworker admitted. "

Okay. Buying an expenny couch that is capable of transnational travelis pretty impressive.I'll let this one slide.

I'd like to add one last thing: call it coincidence, or call it cold hard logic, but 10/11 people interviewed for this post are renters, not home owners. I might be... one of them.

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What's the most expensive item (excluding a house and car) you've ever purchased?

*Names have been changed to protect identities.