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What is your biggest lifestyle indulgence?

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Thankfucksummerishere · 06/06/2020 21:13

Mulling this over as I look through job listings. I think for me it is enjoying fitness classes at different expensive studios, well pre covid it was. Not sure when we will be able to do that again! But I really enjoy it so much and it is definitely not an essential, I'm fortunate to be able to do so. We do live in an eye-wateringly expensive area so I guess that is partly a luxury, although we do need to live in this city for my partner's work.

What would you say is the most luxury aspect of your lifestyle?

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Shannith · 06/06/2020 21:14

Horse.

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Thankfucksummerishere · 06/06/2020 21:15

I would love to ride again. Unless whatever new job I secure pays big bucks, that's a way off for me haha.

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simplificate · 06/06/2020 21:18

It WAS foodiness and eating out. Post lockdown I dunno!

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3LittleMonkeyz · 06/06/2020 21:19

Food

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flatoutpanic · 06/06/2020 21:19

It would be a toss up between PT, eating out and nice clothes.

On a weekly basis though, I think we’d spend most on eating out.

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SuperMumTum · 06/06/2020 21:19

I don't really have any. I buy my kids new books all the time and I buy whatever I fancy at the supermarket but that's hardly a major extravagance. I don't buy new clothes or make up. I don't have a gym membership or an expensive hobby. We go on budget holidays, I run a cheap old car. It's sad really but I just don't want anything. I could splash out more i suppose but I don't like having debt and I want to save up to get some work done on the house

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nonevernotever · 06/06/2020 21:20

It was my horse. Now that he's gone (died just before lockdown) it's probably clothes and books.

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pictish · 06/06/2020 21:21

Food and quality outdoor gear.

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ScarfLadysBag · 06/06/2020 21:22

Nice clothes and other stuff for DD. I suppose a bit of a cop out as it isn't for me, but I don't really spend my money on much else and it gives me so much pleasure buying stuff for her. So I suppose she is a bit overindulged Blush as if I see a toy or something I know she would enjoy right now, I just buy it.

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m0therofdragons · 06/06/2020 21:23

cleaner and I’m hoping to get a pt after lock down. Longhaul holidays.

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SenecaFallsRedux · 06/06/2020 21:23

It used to be getting my nails done.

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Goldduck · 06/06/2020 21:23

Food. We now spend a fortune on Ella's Kitchen too now we have our ds. Nice food is something I'd only give up if I needed to. Other luxury would be always getting really good quality shoes and never scrimping on them.

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Moltenpink · 06/06/2020 21:23

Take-out food from restaurants, especially sushi

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covetingthepreciousthings · 06/06/2020 21:24

Doing our food shopping at M&S is our luxury.

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taraRoo · 06/06/2020 21:25

Beauty treatments

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zscaler · 06/06/2020 21:26

Fresh flowers. I can’t resist them, before I started saving for mat leave I would have regular deliveries of bloom and wild.

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1FootInTheRave · 06/06/2020 21:26

Horse
Car

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ilovecardigans · 06/06/2020 21:27

Perfume, wine and elderly dog (vets are expensive!).

So sorry about your horse @nonevernotever. Sad

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QuestionableMouse · 06/06/2020 21:28

Holidays. Nothing really luxurious but I travel a few times a year, just in the UK.

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3LittleMonkeyz · 06/06/2020 21:28

@SenecaFallsRedux

Yeah me too. I actually forgot today?! It's like I've become accustomed to my own nails again. Right now my indulgences are all food, because there's not much else to do! I used to like getting my hair done and beauty treatment and buying clothes too.

This is a new world

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museumum · 06/06/2020 21:28

Yoga classes, massages and nice food.
All my “spare” money go on the three things above. I spend the bare minimum on clothes, toiletries and haircuts.

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stardance · 06/06/2020 21:29

Food- eating out, takeaways.

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JacobReesMogadishu · 06/06/2020 21:30

Gym/tennis. It’s an expensive gym But so worth it.

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Thankfucksummerishere · 06/06/2020 21:30

It was my horse. Now that he's gone (died just before lockdown)

@nonevernotever so sorry about your horse.

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Floralnomad · 06/06/2020 21:31

We have an elderly pony on full livery that was my sons when he was small , they are both 27 now and I have 2 or 3 riding lessons per week at a relatively expensive riding school .

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