Well, the consensus is that many skew readers have bought some pretty strange things. Rationalized of course.

An Iguana. It looked really cool. I went to the mall to buy a TV set. I came home with a lizard. My parents freaked. I was 15. :}

A necklack make out of fancy old keys. I thought it was neat and had never seen anything like it.

A 50 year old turkish robe. My membership in the Society for Creative Anachronism.

Medieval hat with veeeeeery long feather on it. Black. I NEEDED it. It was nice. And when was i EVER going to find one again?

brocade bustier Less expensive than the brocade couch i really wanted, with just as much support.