To feel "posh"

When I was in my late 20s and still very skint, I was in town with a friend who had a proper job and we got a taxi back home as he couldn't be bothered to walk. It cost him a tenner, and felt incredibly extravagant!

I’ll be slated but it’s my birthday treat £30 on crayfish, loads of crayfish sandwiches which I love.

@Maggiesfarm

Why publicly insult an item of clothing someone has bought for their child? It’s terribly uncouth. @Waxonwaxoff0 had already made a self-deprecating remark about the ‘poshness’ of the shirt, albeit she made her point far more eloquently.

I feel posh using a cafetiere. And I have cake forks.

I'd never even heard of Boden until I joined Mumsnet a few years ago!

Me too plus there aren't a lot of decent shops down our way.

We do have Frugi which I may buy from when DD is no longer a toddler and when they have a sale on.

@Hdhdjejdj

I sent DS a birthday cake in a tin to university for his birthday. Honest to God i felt like a mother from the pages of an Enid Blyton book.
Sadly they post room in his halls wouldn’t accept it because of Covid and the lazy bugger couldn’t be bothered to pick it up from the depot. I was gutted

You are a fun sponge

Haha love this thread! Despite the typical MN classism that shows up all the time

We were poor growing up, I remember one particularly bad time where my siblings and I searched through the sofa cushions for coins and were overjoyed we could afford a box of McDonalds nuggets to share for lunch. Feels a lifetime ago now and DH and I are definitely not high earners by any stretch of the imagination but we do splash out on nice things for DD.

I’ve bought some extortionate handmade birthday decorations from Etsy for her birthday party which feels posh. Growing up I’d have a pack of balloons from Poundland and that would do us!

[quote Doodlebug71]**@peaceanddove* However, since they started wearing make up I have always bought them Chanel foundation because I can't bear that chalky orange cast you see on so many teens.* Is that the foundation that makes so many of them look like Morph wannabees? I don't wear the stuff, but it amuses me/saddens me that so many teens choose to look like clones/morph.[/quote]
Probably! I really think the one thing you shouldn't skimp on is foundation x

Does your local library sell old stock? Some of ours have been acquired from library sales. 10 p a time. I bought a few language courses at one of those sales. Because I could.

Birthday cakes from Fortnum & Mason

More seriously when my daughter heads into town to spend her monthly allowance on macarons from Laudree

🤣🤣🤣🤣at the wee KKK member swanning about in her hood. 🤣🤣

I felt posh when I once bought my three kids pyjamas from
Boden (with a money off code) 😂
I had fantasies that they would sit quietly and cutely looking at books on the sofa. They were 1, 3 and 5 and this did not happen. They were nice pyjamas though

Doing the occasional food shop in m and s, we’ve only just got one in my town so it still feels slightly luxury, my kids pals think I’m posh because we have horses but one of the poor skint owners

@peaceanddove However, since they started wearing make up I have always bought them Chanel foundation because I can't bear that chalky orange cast you see on so many teens. Is that the foundation that makes so many of them look like Morph wannabees? I don't wear the stuff, but it amuses me/saddens me that so many teens choose to look like clones/morph.

I love the bookstore and cake outings, my poor dc have to make do with the library and greggs on the way back to the car.

At a previous job the directors used to have a car valeter come in each week to clean their cars. For his lowest bracket inside and out it was good value and convenient so I used to treat myself once a month. I always felt very grand when my keys were presented back to me. My car has currently been a perch for a diarrhoea ridden pigeon, the mess has been baked on thanks to the heatwave. Sad times.

@FuckingHateRats Not about to plough through 35 pages, so: Waterstones and other good bookshops have sales sections in the upper floors. Ask the staff. Then when you've browsed that, enjoy your purchases in their instore coffee shop.

We have lots of books. Some from charity shops, some from book shops, some from library sales. Lots and lots of them. Bookcases in every room. This is a good thing. Books tend to be brilliant presents. Taking your kids to a bookshop is brilliant habit to have. All the best people do

Posh stuff: browsed a waitrose because it was the only shop on the way home. Couldn't work out why so many people consider the brand upmarket. We buy much better produce from our local Lidl (and did).

I took DD to the Royal Ballet for her Christmas treat when she was six. My mum used to take me to the ballet all the time, starting when I was five and was taken to see Coppelia; but we lived in a big northern city with several theatres and lots of touring companies visiting, so it was easy to go.

I now live in a city which doesn’t have that; the closest place to see a ballet is London. Two years ago the ROH had Coppelia; so as a one-off treat, I took DD for her first ballet.

We both felt v v posh indeed!

Our DDs have always been hopelessly pampered. Their bedrooms were straight out of the Laura Ashley catalogue. At bath time they always had a few drops of organic lavender oil in the water to relax them. Full length John Lewis night dresses + matching dressing gowns + proper slippers in the Winter. John Lewis school uniform + wool duffle coats + leather school shoes from European brands like Elefant. Rest of their clothes were all from Monsoon Girl.

Now they're teens they live in battered Vans, their boyfriends' huge slobby sweatshirts and leggings [weeps]

However, since they started wearing make up I have always bought them Chanel foundation because I can't bear that chalky orange cast you see on so many teens. They also only use Aveda shampoo & conditioner. They both sleep on Mulberry silk pillowcases to keep their hair shiny. DD1 had a skin issue a while back so she saw a private dermatologist straight away and is now fine.