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If you have to treat yourself to something nice

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Sweettreet · 10/09/2025 20:06

If you have to treat yourself to little something nice, what do you do?
I got myself some dark chocolate batons from hotel Chocolat and some nachos and salsa from M&S.
I totally love M&S food, but only go there to get some treats.
How about you?

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randomchap · 11/09/2025 10:43

Booths meal deal, especially the cherries in dark chocolate side.

DashboardConfession · 11/09/2025 10:42

CeeJay26 · 10/09/2025 21:52

An early morning film in the cinema with a large vanilla latte - by myself 👏

Oh this for me! But late, at 9pm or so. Horror film preferred.

Barnbrack · 11/09/2025 08:19

Soup and a roll from my local home bakery. Gets me through bad days at work

hattie43 · 11/09/2025 07:19

A magazine and a nice coffee although it’d be a stretch at just £10 these days

PizzaIsACharcuterie · 11/09/2025 02:18

Oh sorry just saw your second message. Haagen dazs strawberry cheescake

QuayshhLawrain · 11/09/2025 01:48

I had a real fancy for something very specific earlier this week, so I treated myself. It cost about £8, but it was so worth it!

One salmon fillet £3.75
2 lemons £0.70
1 small granary baguette from the bakery over the road £1
Bag of fresh rocket £1.25
Bag of fresh watercress £1.50

I poached the salmon with the juice of half a lemon in the water, then mixed the rest of the lemon juice into some mayo with lots of black pepper. I then had one of the most delicious lunches I have ever had; granary baguette with lemon poached salmon, lemon mayo, rocket and watercress. Highly recommend (and may treat myself again next week!)

DesparatePragmatist · 10/09/2025 23:22

A lovely new hardback notebook and a gel pen to write in it with

If I was going over the tenner, a planner notebook with weekly spreads and sections for different things, with an arty cover.

Strong coffee with cream, in a cafe on my own or at home looking at the garden

A plant for the garden. A new small glass or china vase.

A free treat is to go out and pick myself a vaseful of flowers from the garden to have on my desk while wfh - see above!

happydays93 · 10/09/2025 23:11

Slice of cake from an independent coffee shop - proper home baked! And a new book. Happy days!

EllaPaella · 10/09/2025 23:00

Treats around the £10 mark, I’d go for:
Badedas bath bubbles
Sainsbury’s Taste the difference Prosecco, think it’s called Congelliano or something like that.
Boots No7 tinted lip balm
Chocolate covered pretzels or a big bar Tony’s Chocoloney
A decent bottle of Primativo
St Agur with a packet of Ritz crackers
Aldi scented candle - one of the Hotel Collection Apocathary dupes
A decent bottle of Maple Syrup
A new book
Chocolate Marzipan

Ant of the above are lovely treat.

AnneLovesGilbert · 10/09/2025 22:58

mommatoone · 10/09/2025 22:48

There was a similar thread a while ago ,and I'm gonna post the same response- an eye mask from Amazon, cost me about £5 but I get the best night's sleep with it. 😴

Can you please post a link?

Echobelly · 10/09/2025 22:50

A bit of patisserie is my little treat.

mommatoone · 10/09/2025 22:48

There was a similar thread a while ago ,and I'm gonna post the same response- an eye mask from Amazon, cost me about £5 but I get the best night's sleep with it. 😴

Connectingconcrable · 10/09/2025 22:37

M & S gluten free mini rocky road is lush.

ZiggyZowie · 10/09/2025 22:37

Treated myself today to M & S grapes, nectarines, oranges, melon

I love fruit and theirs is pretty good

Cinaferna · 10/09/2025 22:35

For under £10 I'd usually go for fresh flowers, a new paperback novel, a nice notebook, a scented soap or bubble bath that is a bit more than I'd usually spend. Occasionally a glossy magazine, though they tend to be full of ads these days.

If I want food treats, maybe some Lindt 70% chocolate, fresh raspberries, a box of clementines or my weakness - ordinary Walkers or Seabrook ready salted crisps which I could eat all day long.

FirstCuppa · 10/09/2025 22:35

I went to a bakery today and got a brie and spring onion loaf, went home and made a veggie soup with barley and opened my World Of Books order.
Then I accidentally popped in here and ended up spending over an hour debating Universal Basic Income <slaps forehead>

Gekeos · 10/09/2025 22:32

Audible credits for sure.

Honeyandwine · 10/09/2025 22:31

A nice coffee and a slice of cake. A new candle, book or bath bomb or new pjs!! I also love M&S chocolate buttons.

PeloMom · 10/09/2025 22:29

A nice coffee (one of those that have the calories of a dessert and can’t be justified often 🤣).

RaraRachael · 10/09/2025 22:26

A nice candle and a bag of giant chocolate buttons

OhBobbins · 10/09/2025 22:20

Agree with lots of the posts here, mine would be:

• A nice pot plant
• A new mug - especially coloured glass mugs!
• Green and Black's dark chocolate
• A new book (or a charity shop book!)
• Dark chocolate ginger biscuits
• A new lipstick
• A perfume / candle / diffuser dupe. Lidl and Aldi do some good scent dupes. Madam Glamour perfume from Lidl smells very similar to Chanel Mademoiselle and is £5.99.

JustGoClickLikeALightSwitch · 10/09/2025 22:01

A bubble tea

A tiny Lego set/blind bag

A new paperback

Torres truffle crisps

Really good smoked salmon

AllrightNowBaby · 10/09/2025 21:59

I always buy myself flowers, I can’t tell you the enjoyment I get looking at them every day.

Icanttakethisanymore · 10/09/2025 21:57

A cocktail in a fancy establishment, which I drink sat at the bar on my own.

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