I did buy the carbon fiber road shoes for $17, despite me using mountain bike shoes... I just figured if I ever switched, I'd have really cool shoes!

I didn't buy the $15 shimano mountain bike shoes that fit me, because I'd already bought the sidi bullets and have too many bike shoes (I keep one for mountain biking, one winter pair, one at my bf's, and one at my house... and then one falling apart pair just stays with my trainer)... And I couldn't dream up anyways to justify having more.

I've unfortunately never managed to find a kayak on superclearance at REI, but I have a friend in Georgia that managed to get 2 last year - one for him, one for his wife.

I did get a spare bike helmet - because the 2 I use that I bought from chainlove are probably fine but did say manufactured in 2005 - and if I'm supposed to replace them every 5 years, that makes them almost 3-4 years old when I first started using them. And my other one I probably bought and started using in 2003.