Buying stuff to impress people is paying for their opinion with your freedom.

Something bought to impress people costs twice. There is the price, and then there is the fact that you now need the money, which quietly shrinks what you are able to refuse for months afterward. You paid for a reaction that lasted a day and traded away options that would have lasted much longer.

Before a big purchase, ask who you are picturing when you imagine owning it. If there is a specific face in that picture, wait two weeks. Still want it when nobody is watching, buy it. If the wanting fades along with the audience, you just learned what it was for.