Describe an expensive item you bought.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

I am a bit of a cheapskate so I don't prefer spending money on myself. However, there was this time when I bought an ornament for my mother. That was during 2020 when I was working and I wanted to gift my mother on her birthday. So, I decided I would gift her a gold chain. That is why I gifted her that.

An expensive item that I bought was a very beautiful colour zarduzi saree. I bought it last year for my cousin's wedding and I had gone with my husband specially to shop for it and I got it from Old City. It was such a surreal experience because I generally don't go out shopping and this cousin that was getting married was really close to me so it was a very special thing for me to go and get it and I never ever wear sarees so that was also something that was very unique about the experience. The work done on it is colour zarduzi, generally people don't buy colour zarduzi but it was a new thing and I got it for the first time for myself so it was very unique and different I would say. It was really appreciated because like I said I don't wear sarees so it was very appreciated and I bought it.

I will be talking about the most expensive item I've bought and that is iPhone. I bought my iPhone last year and this story is very emotional because I was very much into trouble when I genuinely wanted a phone. My phone previous phone got stolen and all my friends possessed an iPhone. At that point of time I had no money to buy a new phone which was that expensive. I somehow convinced my dad, my father who generally takes care of our family very well to give me an iPhone but due to some conditions he could not fulfill it but still he managed to do it and while saying this I'm getting really emotional because he had no money to buy it in one go but still managed to do it by doing an EMI. I was so convinced that my dad or my father loved me so much that he is genuinely doing that that will make me really happy. So what I did was I first of all bought the iPhone which I was really craving for because of the good camera I needed it to sync with other things as well so I made sure that I make the most of it. I used the camera for shooting, I studied on my iPhone, I did everything that is possible for me to get a job and as soon as that in three months I got a new job where I had to shoot, I had to film, I had to edit everything on my iPhone and in three months after getting the job I could pay entirely from my salary for the iPhone and not only that it's been seven months now and now I will have taken a new iPhone for my father and this is what really matters to me. It is not always

So, one of the most expensive items that I bought was a footwear from Charles and Keith. It was around 8000 rupees after discount and that's something that's quite expensive that I bought for myself. Now why I say this is expensive is because I got it from my first earning when I was in 11th grade. So during COVID, I took online French classes for around 10 students for 15 days like a basic introductory level French course. That's when I earned these 8000 rupees in 15 days from them. My mom said that I should reward myself for earnings 8000 rupees which is a good start to become financially independent and that's why my mom and my sister took me to the mall and they helped me choose a white color heel, Charles and Keith heel. That's one of my most prized possessions. However, recently I had worn it to a party and the sole broke. It felt like my heart broke, it felt like all my efforts have gone down into the drain and I really cried. However, my mom told me not to worry, it could be fixed and later on she sent the footwear to one of the cobblers and the cobblers fixed it so beautifully that it does not look like it broke ever. So that's one of my most prized possessions. I will keep it even if I don't fit into those heels, I will always keep it because they are a memoir of my first earning that I had. So that's a very expensive item that I bought that will always be special.

The expensive item that I recently bought was a Nike shoe for myself, although I do not believe in buying expensive items because I feel like I'm not materialistic in that sense. But, however, I really like to treat myself sometimes, so I bought a Nike Air Max running shoe for me very recently. It was a treat to myself as I recently started working and making money. I really like that shoe because of the quality that it provides. Nike is known to provide you the top-notch quality always. It has a brand name, which is why people really prefer buying shoes from that outlet. Not just that, but Nike over the years has gained popularity in terms of its brand name because people these days, especially celebrities, endorse products from Nike, which really attracts people to buy the products from their outlets. And not just the marketing area, but also the comfort. They have always lived up to my expectations. Thus, it is always a treat to get yourself a Nike shoe, which is smart and good looking.

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The most expensive buy is a mobile phone. I bought Samsung Galaxy S21 FE as it is one of the favorite phone I have bought. I bought through the mode of payment as called monthly installments and I spent around 50,000 Indian Rupees. I bought this because of its excellent flagship features, excellent cameras. I use this camera for photographic skills and it has a very good processing power so I use it for gaming and editing as well. I am an avid gamer playing games like Battlegrounds, PUBG and other small games. The most distinct feature of this phone is that it has a black color. I love the color. I have searched a lot for this color to get this phone and there is an interesting story behind it. I initially thought to plan to buy for Diwali sale but due to my already existing phone which has some malfunction so it led to me buying this new phone.

Well there are so many instances in my life when I purchased an expensive item in my life but here I would like to talk about a time when I purchased a expensive perfume of Dior and that instance still has indelible impression in my mind. Last year I went to Chandigarh to meet my cousin Robin. She was doing training that time of period. She completed her masters in pharmacy and her internship was going on. Before my parents said me to visit there then I went there and me and my sister Robin went to visit Elante mall which is the largest mall of India and I purchased this perfume of Dior to gift my one of best friend Harsh on his birthday because his birthday was coming at that time. This perfume cost around 8000 rupees which is very expensive according to me. The item in Elante mall are always expensive because Elante mall never negotiate in the price and always try to retain their customer especially VIP customer. I must say this Elante mall can cost someone arms and legs.

further incident like if we need of money so she gifted me a bengal bengal pear and and she bought it from the sk jewelers which is very famous in the indian market and i think gold gold must be contain a hallmark hallmark which is which is described the precious precious quality of the gold so she gave me the that gold and i i not often wear it but i wear it on the occasion on the traditional occasion and as well as on the family in the family function like in the marriages and societal societal cultural function so it is a part of show show off because we indian show our prosperity through the gold jewelry and beside this my father-in-law also gifted me a pair of earrings which is also in gold so i think gold is a very precious gift in my country and it is it is a way it is a way to give and give an asset if we are gifting it to someone so it is like an asset if we are saving in the locker so it

My most expensive purchase which I did recently was a 55-inch Samsung QLED TV which costed me around 1 lakh. So the reason I spent so much on a TV was because I love to binge-watch series on my weekend or in my free time so I used to I love to watch this Korean dramas as well as Japanese animes so I wanted to have one of the best TVs to show me that various colors as well as the screen size mattered to me a lot in my room as bigger screen means it looked like an theater like experience and with the sound woofer and all those things it costed me extra 50,000 where I could get like theater kind of effect while watching the series therefore I don't regret buying this TV rather I am just splendidly happy to watch binge-watch any series or movies. So even my parents were against this purchase but this purchase was one of the most worthy purchase I have done. I said well tremendous joy whenever I am watching a series or whenever I am watching a particular movie it has been twice as great as compared to my previous TVs