A horse. I wasn't really happy to be on his back and he didn't care one way or another about much of anything, but my parents thought it was important for me to try riding a horse.
That was two horse rides in one - my first one and my last one.
Would you rather have a cheap snack cake from the convenience store (swiss roll, oatmeal cream cookie, etc.) or pay six times as much for a really good dessert?