| While most art institutions are pinching pennies these days, the Metropolitan Museum of Art recently splurged on an Italian masterpiece. |
| What we didn't know was that the company had splurged on an open bar and a ton of delicious food for everyone. |
| She kept all the company's records on paper until 1998, when they splurged on their first computer. |
| The couple also splurged recently on a romantic babymoon to Rio de Janiero, Brazil, where they hit up some of the local tourist hotspots. |
| My first night away from home I splurged and checked into this swanky hotel downtown, where everything seemed to be covered in plush red velvet. |
| Spending levels are expected to spiral above even those in 1999, when major companies splurged out of fear of the millennium bug. |
