Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not including your home or car).

Daily writing prompt

Not including your home or your car… well what about upgrades to your home? Do they count as personal items? How about a definition of “personal items”?

Do windows count as personal items? If they do then the answer to this question is probably all of the replacement windows we had put into the house last April. It could be remodeling the garage into a primary bedroom suite. Do bed/bath suites count as personal items? What about furniture? There’s also the cellar, kitchen, and dining room remodeling we did. All of that stuff is really expensive.

While those purchases are accurate, they aren’t really in keeping with the spirit of the thing. At least I don’t think they are. That answer is probably the laptop upon which I am typing this post. It is a two year old MacBook Pro (14 inch M1. I know that because I looked it up when Apple had their M3 launch a week or two ago) and it probably cost about two grand. The most expensive item I own is probably the Les Paul Standard 50’s that Jen got me for my birthday. That probably ran her a little more than the MacBook. However, I did not actually buy that guitar, Jen did. Therefore I cannot use it as the answer to this question.

The most valuable personal item I own is probably my Les Paul Custom. The one that is still in the shop getting major surgery. I paid $550 for it in 1990. A quick search on reverb.com and ebay.com shows me that I could probably sell it for somewhere around five grand. I am not selling it though. That sucker is going into the casket with me when my number is up. My step son can have the rest of my guitars, if he’s still playing. Otherwise, Jen and the kids can sell them and split the money. The custom though… that one is going into the ground with me forever.

Computers and guitars seem like the correct answer to this question, but I feel like I am missing something. I can’t think of what that could be though. I guess that means computers and guitars are the answer I’m running with. You’re welcome.