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Splurging on a vacation or a pair of shoes or a plasma television can produce an immediate case of buyer's remorse, but that feeling isn't permanent, according to Ran Kivetz of Columbia University and Anat Keinan of Harvard.
If You Save Too Much — You Might Regret It Later! - The Consumerist 2009
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• Splurging on something that we work extremely hard to get and have to wait for (whether it's a concert, trip, or gadget) and relish the feeling of hard-won accomplishment and anticipation as we wait.
Jennifer Edwards: Money and Happiness: The New Connection 2010
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Splurging on regional and upgrading on international reduces costs substantially.
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Splurging on regional and upgrading on international reduces costs substantially.
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Nancy Lublin's latest Fast Company article, Why Splurging Is Good for Business, brings to light a reminder to all: Life is short.
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Splurging on a vacation makes us happy in a way that splurging on a car may not.
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Splurging on a vacation makes us happy in a way that splurging on a car may not.
The Buyers Guide To Happiness « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred 2009
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Splurging on a new lipstick is an easy and inexpensive way to spruce up your look, she says, "but to convince someone to spend $80 or more on skin-care products takes a lot more education and selling."
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Splurging on dinners and event parties, with a new outfit to match, was commonplace -- life was boring without these things.
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Splurging is part of my life philosophy *, you know, and because I had recently gotten the unexpected geography jobs, I decided to splurge to mark the completion of my first movie, which is A Very Big Deal for me.
A Triffid Is Winging Its Way from New Zealand Fresca 2009
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