@Aine Welcome to the club and yes slow down :D your wallet is on fire
First suggestion
Do my sim makeover challenge,it gives you something to do plus you get a new sim to add to your towns.Maybe even a pretty wife to marry who knows what lies underneath :o ;)
Her
https://i.imgur.com/ZjsZFko.png
Second suggestion
Turn off all the demographic options in your game put the Aleisters Elixir shop in your town,go buy potions and harass everyone turning the world from normal to a carnival freakshow.
Potions that last permanently you can throw to turn townies into
a mummy
a vampire
a werewolf
a fairy
a witch
a genie
a simbot
a zombie (also have a non perma version)
Plus
toss a large in charge to make any sim max weight
toss lean and mean to make them max skinnyness
toss a clone potion to create a clone of the sim you threw it at (throw multiples and it gets creepy real quick) 7 Jamie Jolina's :#
toss a potion turn a sim into an elder
toss a potion to turn elders into young adults
It is fun,either do it as a revenge or to spice up a game.I personally do it to any sims who are mean to me,who hit on my sim wife,or if my sim wife cheats etc.It truly is fun watching and waiting like "I dare you"
Jared Frio in Sunset Valley was being typical Jared and yelling and fighting with my best sim friend in game I turned him into a simbot,a female sim was mocking me and pointing outside one of the apartments I was at so I threw a elixir at her and turned her into a mummy.