Band 7: Describe a time you spent a lot of money on something. You should say: What you bought? When you bought it? Where you bought it? Explain why you spent a lot of money to buy it?? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I am not a great admirer of spending a lot of money on something, but whenever I decide to spend money on something very expensive, I try to save it before the time I have to buy it. So last year, I bought a Dyson Airwrap, which is a hair tool that includes a hair dryer, hair curler, and a lot of other things. It is very expensive; it cost me around 900 Canadian dollars. I bought it last year. It was newly launched, and I was very impressed by the features it offered. I had really long hair, which was difficult to manage, and one of my friends suggested that I should buy this because it could help me maintain my long hair. I decided that I was going to buy it in six months, so I started saving money. Once I had enough money, I bought it, and it was worth the investment. The features and the convenience it provided made it a valuable purchase for me.

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I am not a great admirer of spending a lot of money on something but whenever I decide to spend money on something which is very expensive I try to save it before the time I have to buy it. So last year I bought Dyson ear wrap which is a hair tool which includes a hair dryer, hair color, blow dryer and then a lot of other things. So it is very expensive. It cost me around 900 Canadian dollars. So I bought it like last to last year. I was very, it was newly launched and I was very impressed by the features it was, features it was giving us and then I had really, really long hair which was very difficult to carry and then my one of my friend, one of my friend suggested me that I should buy this one because it can help me to maintain my long hair and then I decided that okay I am going to buy this one in six months. So I started saving money once I had enough money I bought it and it was

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