Do You Have Any Regrets?

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One thing that drove me crazy while raising my son was his attraction to toys at the dollar store. I understood his desire for them, but those items were too cheap and often broke on the way home to our house, so I made it a point to only go there without him. We purposefully did not eat out much, but I also hated going to fast-food restaurants with him. It wasn't that my son misbehaved because he knew better than to act up. I hated not knowing whether the toy in the bag would be different. I also hated when he'd get one thing one day, then upon our return a few weeks later, it was still the same toy, even though there were two or more other ones available. The restaurants near us never seemed to have the entire set. My other problem (and my son's father and I agreed on this one) was the number of these (duplicate) toys our son had, what with all the individual trips out he had with each of us, our siblings, and our parents. We had to put a stop to Happy Meal purchases as well. I regretted ever spending money on those dollar store toys and Happy Meals because the dollar store toys were too cheap, and the Happy Meal toys were more often duplicates. What is one thing you regret spending money on?