Standing mixers are my choice, always wanted a Kitchen Aid, lost use of one hand, bake no more but miss it. Kitchen Aids do run like tanks. We have a Cuisart food processor and after years still goes strongly. I'm a firm believer in looking for best price but you get what you pay for, a little (or a lot) means it should last longer. I have a Cuisinart hand mixer, seems to do fine. (@ $50 ?)
I don't buy a lot of clothes, found one well made thing of good materials fit and looked and wore better than 4-5 cheap things. Feel important to me. I miss cooking and dressing self (DH finds woman's clothes so complicated)