What was the first thing you ever saved up money to buy?

i could never save money
i tried but i always spent it on chocolate

Those are good memories. The first major thing I saved up for was a 2 week vacation in west covina ca at my uncles house when I was 16.

Very cool!

Me , as a kid… I saved to buy a certain plastic model.

Ace of base cassette tape

ELOs Greatest Hits, lol

An acoustic bass guitar

My neighbor.. when I was a kid. Had a 69 Corvette. Big block engine. 3 carburetors. 4 speed yada yada. He basically let it sit and rot. A fence had fallen on it. Someone had broken a window to release the hood latch and stole the valve covers and air cleaner assembly off it. Told me if I saved up 10 grand I could buy it from him. I was about 12 at the time I think. Started wandering the neighborhood looking for lawns to mow. Picking up aluminum cans to recycle. Odd jobs when and wherever I could. Saved up about 300 bucks before he sold it off to some collector.

A cellphone.

A pair of jeans

Probably a video game, if I had to guess. I don't really remember though. 🤔

When I was 10 years old I saved my allowance up until I had $300 to purchase my first deer rifle from my dad

I did just like you did, mine was a 1978 GMC Siera 4X4 pickup truck.

gifts for my: sister - a panda teddy bear; mum - L'air Du Temps; & dad - bone china coffee cup & saucer

Mine was for a 53 Mercury... man was I proud of that death trap🤣

A Honda ATC (3 wheeler) 1984 200S. $1,300

Concert tickets

Surfboards as a teen

A lawnmower so I could make more money when I was 11. Dad helped me buy a cheap one.

My first degree. Still had studio student loans,though.

A vacation

Optimus Prime. He was $20, and my parents absolutely would not buy him for me, so I started collecting pop cans on the side of the road.

I was 6 years old. My dad was a general contractor. He made me go to work with him every day that summer. I had to clean out all of his new houses under construction daily. I got paid $1 a day. I saved up $14 and bought a Hot Wheels City. I was so proud of myself.