Stuff we really, really, really don't need

This might be hard to believe, but I've spent the equivalent of a gazillion dollars on stuff I don't need. 

How does this happen?  

Here is a perfect example of something that looked really COOL in a magazine, or on an online website, or when I was high on crack maybe because I can't think of another reason anyone would purchase the following item. 

 

Another excuse might be total boredom, winning the Idaho lottery or loss of the entire frontal lobe.   

Fancy phone thing- $7.00 plus shipping, hair tie- $.30 cents.  

Otherwise doesn't this solution do just as good a job?