Okay... it's little bit scary... These are ALL from my mind... freaky...

Yikes...I have to disagree with most of those. I'll give you the new car and a wash and go haircut (is there even such a thing?), but online shopping and spell check...do you even remember what life was like before those?

You forgot the biggest...money, You think that next raise or that well-paying job is going to change your life, but somehow that extra cash just gets sucked into your monthly budget and disappears.

And have you ever slept on a really CHEAP mattress?? Ouch:)

Sound advice. =)

The only way to have a wash-and-go haircut is if you have naturally curly hair that you let air dry. I do.

Interesting. I guess it depends on your own life experience and circumstances. I have had one of those long-dreaded conversations. Mine changed the lives of 6 people forever. Cutting back on caffeine means no more palpitations. I do have a wash-and-go haircut but it hasn't changed my life, just given me more time to sleep in.

My kids have late practices a couple nights a week and that's when my slow cooker comes in handy. Around 4pm, I pour in a jar of Trader Joe's marinara and a bag of their turkey meatballs. By 8pm - when we're finally sitting down to supper - the house smells like home cooking and the dinner is hot and psuedo fabulous. Throw in some garlic bread and everyone is singing! I'll admit, it's the only success I've had with the crockpot. But I'll take what I can get.

I just got new running shoes for this very purpose!! Have always been wary of crock pots...

I bought a crockpot cookbook because I thought it would be easier to use when I went back to work after the birth of my second child. It just means that I'm up at 5:30 AM browning meat! Not my idea of painless cooking!

How about:
New cell phone
New computer
New job (or just quitting job ...)
Losing weight

I agree with Thatcoolbroad and Angela. My hair-straightening iron has changed my life. That is, on the days I don't want to wash-and-go in my curly hair. I also agree with Cathleen. The bread maker was neat, but I ended up making bread without it. On the other hand, it did show me how easy making bread is, and now I give my herb bread as gifts.

I think I'd disagree about the slow-cooker one. Have you tried your magazine's Bolognese sauce??
http://food.realsimple.com/realsimple/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=614078
I guess it's changed my life because I can come home and have a home-cooked meal almost ready for me exactly when I want it to be ready, and mine is big enough to make batches in bulk. Definitely different than having to stay at home all Saturday to watch the stove.

See if this doesn't change your mind about the crockpot

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

???? I disagree completely. I love online shopping - it's all about the shoes - I am much calmer since I switched to tea - OK, maybe the slow cooker. That I agree with since 99% of the meals I make in mine are a disappointment.

I love my crockpot/slow cooker and the Fix It and Forget It cookbook! I've never had anything turn out less than delicious. Except for a certain recipe that involved chicken breasts, apricot jam, and tomatoes ... boneless chicken breasts don't do well in a slow cooker. I shredded that recipe!

Love my crockpot when I plan ahead. Having slept on a cheap-o mattress when I was pregnant the first time, I consider my really expensive one to be not only life changing, but life SAVING...I would surely have killed someone in my office if I was suffering the same lack of sleep this time around.

Slow cookers (and bread machines) are fabulous-though not life changing. The mattress could, if yuo've been having back trouble...
Spell Check is a life changer, I suppose. And the garage? Imagine if you could see or knew where everything you need is- in the garage?

You see my point, had I had spell checker I would not look like a fool who couldn't type! haha

-Drinking more water.
-Chat abbreviations.

(Angela, I loved when you said " Cutting back on caffeine means no more palpitations." I can so relate. Thanks for the belly laugh.)

I thought my life in New York would be drastically different than my life in Denver, and I guess it is, but it's also profoundly not. My sister was the one to point it out when she came to visit me. She said, "You moved like a thousand miles to shop at Urban Outfitters, eat at Chipotle, and sit at Starbucks and check your facebook." Depressing? Kind of. But at least I don't drive anymore. There's that.

Your children getting older! Sure you are no longer changing diapers but how about picking them up at 11pm from something at school or teaching them to drive? Give me a baby who goes to bed at 8pm! I think I am more tired now with 3 teenagers than I was with 3 preschoolers! It's always something...

an empty nest - at least it didn't change my life the way I thought it would
I thought I would have gobs of time when my five kids (blended family with essentially 2 sets of steptwins + 1 three years younger) left for college. We spend so much time on the phone, facebook and driving to see them at college, that it was easier when they breezed in and out of the house during those high school years.

Getting married!

Maybe the problem is focusing on material items to change your life. This list has definately helped me with parts of my life. My better running shoes helped prevent shin splints, my expensive mattress is my savior after a long day, and a wash and go haircut (with very straight hair) got me through college.

...finishing my master's degree. Yea, didn't change my life much at all.

LOVE my crockpot. Definately check out the crockpot 365 blog...it's about a woman who uses her crockpot every day for the year 2008 and she posts recipes and outcomes and all. It's kinda crazy and fun!