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To feel "posh"

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leopardprintpants · 22/07/2021 19:48

Have recently bought my DC towelling shorts from Boden for our holiday.. I feel like a bit of a posho which is weird, I know 😂

So what I want to know is, what thing did you buy for your children that made you feel "posh" or even, what have you bought your DC that your parents would have never dreamed of buying for you?

Lighthearted.

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Picklesbaby · 22/07/2021 22:15

Also M&S school uniform this time (20% off!)
Matching joules coat& lunchbox
My stuff growing up was from bargain bin at Asda

Caritas · 22/07/2021 22:15

Love this thread! I’m married to an Etonian, so I suppose that counts as ‘posh’, but we both work in relatively lower paid NHS jobs (our joint income doesn’t exceed £50,000), but we recently bought our first house, and we like to treat 3 month old DS to clothes from Boden, Petit Bateau, and Blue Almonds etc.

Thecurtainsofdestiny · 22/07/2021 22:15

I felt posh when then one year old DD ate a load of olives when we were out visiting. Just assumed she wouldn't like them as wasn't part of our normal diet!

LoveSummerNotIcecream · 22/07/2021 22:14

I’ve just been to Waitrose at the end of the day to buy the yellow sticker items. I took a le cruset canvas bag that a friend gave me I felt very posh!

Miniestelle · 22/07/2021 22:14

Ooh loads of stuff, scampi in a cafe, even going to a cafe just on a whim. Letting the kids have a second drink at said cafe. Monsoon daytime clothes, anything at all from Laura Ashley, Mr Frostie, A la carte kitchen.

Inni632 · 22/07/2021 22:12

@CommanderBurnham

Getting my car valeted at my house.

Amd at the moment, our air conditioned house.

Sat in my air conditioned home reading this. It's amazing isn't it. All my friends want to sleep over because of the heatwave wish house was big enough! 😍
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leopardprintpants · 22/07/2021 22:12

@Mrsmadevans

I don't think Boden is posh TBH
Good for you. I do though 😜
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Sleeperagent · 22/07/2021 22:11

When I first started earning I used to go downtown and shop. Sometimes instead of taking the 10 min bus ride home I used to take a black cab. It made me feel really posh, like sex and the city, but with topshop and river island

YellowBellyCat · 22/07/2021 22:10

@Mrsmadevans

I don't think Boden is posh TBH
Boden is unaffordable for a lot of people….whether that makes it “posh” or not is subjective but I’m sure many would consider it posh.
ribbonsred · 22/07/2021 22:10

Took kids to supermarket for a quick, easy picnic... whatever they wanted. Five year old chose pomegranate seeds, olives and jumbo prawns.

Lemonmelonsun · 22/07/2021 22:10

Shodan, yes!! I had one... How lovley..

Lemonmelonsun · 22/07/2021 22:09

Oh the coat with the velvet collar 😍😍❤️❤️ swooning... And patent shoes!

Shodan · 22/07/2021 22:09

We bought ds2 an old style, blue velvet? Silver Cross pram from ebay. It was like taking Little Lord Fauntleroy out for his daily perambulation ( so long as you didn't see us wrestling it out of the boot of the Ford Focus) It was a thing of absolute beauty and much admired by older women who told us of their fond memories of their children's prams.

I love the idea of taking the dc for a new book and then to a coffee shop. I think I'll do that with ds2 this summer.

JudgeJ · 22/07/2021 22:09

@FuckingHateRats

I regularly take my these kids into a bookshop, buy us all a new book and then decamp in the nearest coffee shop for hot drinks and cake, and to read our new books.

My mum thinks this is the epitome of extravagance 🤣🤣

My grandaughter's favourite treat, book to till to coffee and cake with no need to even leave the shop. She now refers to it as the Central Perk of her Summer stay, she's getting far too grown up!
ohthatbloodycat · 22/07/2021 22:08

Private school.

TheQueensCousin · 22/07/2021 22:08

Private education and shopping at Waitrose 😬

Nsky · 22/07/2021 22:06

Buying cashmere if eBay

Hdhdjejdj · 22/07/2021 22:05

Boden is posh to some people.

Mrsmadevans · 22/07/2021 22:05

I don't think Boden is posh TBH

FrippEnos · 22/07/2021 22:05
Etinox · 22/07/2021 22:04

We scrub up well. We rarely do, but on occasion, when we have to, we can look great. It’s a lovely feeling looking at my tribe and thinking, ‘what a smart family!’

Hdhdjejdj · 22/07/2021 22:03

Grin at the poor child wearing a white hood

Knittingnanny · 22/07/2021 22:03

@SummerBreeze1980, where I live there was a shop in the 80’s ( might be still there) where they made and sold extravagant dresses for little girls and each one had a little brass jingle bell sewn somewhere inside. You were definitely posh if you could afford one! Not me, I had three boys and the cost of one dress from there would have clothed all of them in Ladybird clothes for a whole year.
I feel quite posh when I waft around the food hall in Marks and Spencer. A couple of times a year maybe.

StrangeToSee · 22/07/2021 22:01

I buy Polarn O. Pyret winter coats for my dc. It's a massive extravagance for me as I'm a single parent and get UC top up. I buy them with Klarna to spread the cost and the eldest dc's coat gets passed down to the youngest each year so only ever buy 1 at a time

PoP coats are lovely, although I like Molo too. A good quality coat can last forever years if taken care of, and holds its retail value. Although after losing a couple of expensive coats (one at nursery one at school) I’ve switched to secondhand PoP or cheap outdoor gear places like Trespass for jackets and summer coats.

I initially worried DC might be cold or the seams might leak but they’re still warm and dry, and the coats seem to cope with school playgrounds.

Definitely prefer Scandinavian brands for winter though. DD wears merino wool underlayers at school in winter, much cosier than cheap polyester thermals.

FogHornInTheAttic · 22/07/2021 22:01

I've bought Ds 7 a hugo Boss coat for his September start at primary.Fuck it.

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