By this time, most of you must have heard about Mr. Laslo Hanyecz, the gentleman who bought 2 pizzas (large ones, I give it to him) for 10,000 BTCs.
Here is the link to his original post ordering those pizzas:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0
Although it cost him "some" money, it has made him a legend in all rights, so yeah, life!