talk to me if you stupidly bought something £££ you couldnt really afford

I was out of that phase for a bit but dipped my toe back in last year. 90% of the ones I have, I either don't like or just don't need.
Of course, getting over Covid now and have no sense of smell and very little sense of taste. I am hoping both will return soon, or I'll be up shit creek without a paddle!

I have wasted money on stuff I know I'll never use, so spending money on a pair of shoes you know you'll enjoy is not wasteful.

If the person with the expensive cutlery set has used it and loved it and will use it for life, then it was worth it. To me, no difference in that or buying a BMW, Porshe, or a Bentley when cheaper is available.

Yes, at least she can visit hers I suppose!

If you live anywhere near the south of England I thoroughly recommend a visit to the incredible miniature world of dolls houses, shops and country scenes at Leonardslee House near Horsham, West Sussex, complete with moving parts like lifts in the department store. I can spend hours in there marvelling at the amazing detail https://www.leonardsleegardens.co.uk/dolls-house-museum

I agree, sometimes we just have to treat ourselves.
My horse is my sanity, I was a key worker during Covid and he kept me going 🥰

I think you should buy the ring!

re perfumes, yes, what is that trickery that makes you decide in the shop you have stumbled upon the very definition of yourself in a scent bottle, only to be scrubbing it off 4 hours later?! 😬

I bought an expensive dunlopillo that I decided I didn’t like. Unbeknownst to dp, it’s now on his side of the bed. I don’t think that he’s even noticed.

Same. I stick to one now, and have a huge collection 😳

I’ve been through a really rough few years and would like to buy myself a ring to symbolise my strength and how hard I’ve worked at righting my ship. This thread isn’t bloody helping 😂

I went through a phase ( thankfully over) of buying expensive perfumes, only to hate pretty much every one of them once I got home and put them in a cupboard where they remain, festering no doubt. I feel quite ill when I add up and consider the waste.

You hang on to your table lol! It was a wrench letting mine go but it was never going to fit through the doorway, I finally accepted it! Hope the lucky new owner is enjoying it, felt like I’d sold a member of the family😂

We got our beautiful dining table from my SIL because it wouldn't fit into her new house. She has since moved again and I think it would fit but she's not getting it back!

I just googled it for the first time as this made me curious about the cost and the most similar one I can find is nearly €3000

I went into a posh chocolate shop to buy a 'little' extra present for my sister's 50th birthday. After choosing a small box for her, dh and I decided to treat ourselves to a few small bits too, and also something for ds(4) who was with us. The total came to £120. I mean, we're no strangers to expensive chocolates, but this seemed insane for what we'd actually bought.

They weren't even very nice 😖

Great thread
We bought a beautiful Victorian mahogany wind out dining table when we had a big dining room (and would have been all for the fabulous cutlery to go with it…actually found a gorgeous monogrammed set at auction and bought that for about £120 I think).
Table cost about £1750. Didn’t regret it at all. Moved house and said table wouldn’t go through any door…lived wrapped in several layers of duvet in a shed on the yard for the next 6 years, before selling it last month for a huge £150. No one seems to want dining tables anymore, no matter how beautiful!
Live for the moment I say, buy the shoes, the car, the horse, the table, whatever makes your heart sing😍

Yes and what a very, very special person you are. Very.

This has been a thoroughly amazing and great thread. Adding “20k cutlery” to my list of genuine mnetter identifiers.
It’s a good thing I don’t have much disposable income to actually use, because I’d definitely own a lot more expensive art materials (not an artist!) and probably 10 cats. When I was in my 20s, in a cheap house share, working lots of shifts at min wage, I bought a pure white, fluffy quad sheepskin rug from Habitat at £300+. Had to roll it up and lug it home on the tram, and enjoyed sprawling on it on my days off. Unfortunately I didn’t know to not leave it in sunlight, and even though I still have it in a cupboard it’s now yellowed :(

And you can't do both potentially?

We'll be a long time dead. Why can't we have some joy in our lives while we're here?!

I don't believe that you give all of your spare cash to charity.

😂😂😂 no I’m brunette! I tick all the boxes for hairless success but alas no such luck!

My eldest has loads of Jellycat toys. Says the most maddening thing is that she was collecting them long before they became a 'thing'! I also bought them some Jellycats when they were little so pieces 20+ now.

God I have a tonne of stuff round my house that must have cost a fortune. I started collecting Denby dinnerware and I have every single thing that was issued in my range in the last 35 years. Recently replaced a few plates and added more, using Tesco Clubcard which I learned about on MN.

I have two Wedgwood dinner services, one with all the bells and whistles, serving dishes, bread plates, teacup and saucers, coffee jug, teapot yada yada yada. Last used for my son's christening and he's 21... got a lot of it as wedding gifts. I've got at least 5 different sets of cutlery - none near £20k, but bravo @edwinbear!

I've every Harrod's Christmas Bear since 1987. I can't get my hands on 1986 and any time I've seen it, it's been mega-expensive. I also collect a certain brand of mugs and must have about 200+. I've also 200+ pair of shoes/boots/sandals and my bedroom is chaotic with clothes I have no room for. I could open a jewellers. I think I'm a little addicted to 'stuff'.

Probably my maddest purchase was as a student in 1982, living on a student grant and my Saturday job. I fell in love with a £100 pair of Renata Italian leather boots, and on impulse, I bought them. I loved those boots so much!! I don't know if they are still in my attic and what condition they would be in more than 40 years later!

Oh and I also have a lot of the Chalet School books from the 70s lurking in my roofspace. Plus Barbies, Sindys and all their rellies in a box!!

I hope my DH is here to explain his new hobby every month…

Spent 2k on my bed.

( new,bed - witg mattress/ headboard etc )

Super king

Bought 2019

Was,lucky - the 2k was a gift from nana

How about helping out someone else who maybe doesn't have food, let alone posh cutlery? Or anyone else in need? Or donating to a charity?

I'm pleased to hear he's doing well, rehab is much more effective when you're on holiday somewhere warm😊

Have a biscuit. And a banana. And a gold medal.

Unless of course like most of us if you actually had £20k in your sticky fists I am sure there would be things you’d “need” that would take priority. Much easier to give away money you haven’t got

I just bought myself a meteorite and amethyst necklace at the Smithsonian museum. I feel very good about it though as the shop is always my favourite part of the trip to museums and I never got a glass cabinet item before. It feels heavy and I feel powerful and strong wearing it. It was $125 and worth it. I’ve had a terrible few years so it represents my new found strength.