What is your secret that you waste money on?

[itisalladream]

We must all have one thing that we secretly treat ourselves too... or waste money on.... for many women it seems to be shoes or a nice handbag etc.
Me? I waste my money on flight upgrades

What about you?

For me I have just done our first flight upgrade (to Premium economy). It feels very extravagant. When we did our first family holiday in 7 years (cruise) I upgraded us to a suite. It was bloody lovely. I have a special holiday account that I squirrel money away in (for example, I do not drink wine. When we go to the pub I calculate the difference in cost for a soft drink and a glass of wine and put the difference into the holiday account). THAT is what allowed me to do flight upgrades, a suite upgrade and last year I took the Dcs to a really fancy hotel in London for the weekend. This gives me huge pleasure.

MummytoCSJH I love your pick'n'mix habit. That is just perfect.

Pets - I have loads and they cost a lot. They are all well cared for and loved though!

Holidays - bloody love them.

Seeds and bulbs for my garden.

Dominos pizza
Expensive herbal teas
Nutella
Lotus Biscoff spread

Nink

I'll fight my battles where they actually make a difference. IME people who say that use it as an excuse not to challenge sexism or other forms of discrimination, ever (because let's face it, how often do you encounter situations where you think, yep, saying something could change that person's mind?)

Lucky you're not offended by people making assumptions based on broad generalisations, when they actually know nothing about you

Ready meals

@EggWrap me too! I think dh would be horrified by how much I spend on bird food, but I’ve found my visitors numbers have increased so much since I upgraded from Wilkos to RSPB food. It’s been a complete joy watching the fledglings this spring, so worth it.

@Didiusfalco I'd feed my birds before my husband if we ever got that poor 😈

Dh is a bird feeder-aholic

Every week a new feeding system and blocks and seeds arrive

@Catypillar - I might just be able to blow your mind. Sounds like you live close to me. Dobbie's in Stirling has a Hotel Chocolat "fridge thing" by the checkouts.

You're welcome!

Baby clothes. I just cannot stop. It's so cute! And these shoes! Oh I love nice dresses for little girls! Really hope we will have more daughters so that it is not a complete waist of money

Pokemon TCG

A HAYU subscription of £4 per month so I can watch the ultimate in shit reality tv ... KUWTK 🙈🙈

Omg embarrassed to admit that out loud...

Skincare
Good wine
V.i.p lounges in the airport but they are actually good value for money imo

Coats! I love them, have many and still keep seeing more I have to have!

It’s not exactly a secret, but I love watching cricket, so I subscribe to Sky Sports.

Laundry - I have bottles and bottles of fabric conditioners, fragrance boosters and stain removers in all different scents. Plus boxes of dryer sheets. I love beautiful smelling laundry.

Shoes - I love an expensive pair of shoes.

Make-Up, Beauty, Fragrance and Hair products.

Bed linen and pyjamas.

My car

Clothes, shoes and books for DD. She's only small so everything seems so cheap until I get to the till!

Candy crush 🤦🏻‍♀️

Storage baskets - I go a bit mad when the Addis ones go on sale in the supermarket.

Boden stripy Breton tops (I have about 15!😳)

Small china bowls for dips and sauces or ice cream (Sainsbury’s and Waitrose do good ones).

Sample sizes of posh scents.

Alcohol, Uber and business class although I’m giving up bc for the environment.

Louboutains. I have several pairs and a louboutain clutch bag.

Take aways and microtransactions in a particular phone game, it's only 99p here and there but it hasnt half added up :s have stopped myself now though, I do still buy scratch cards

Hotels! Ones with an executive lounge that have good alcohol and a pool. I don’t need

Godiva chocolate dipped strawberries. I could happily eat them all day without eating anything else.

Organic fruit and veg. A huge part of my food budget

Beautifully silky kefir yoghurt

Holidays!

Shoes and trainers for my children

Activities and birthday parties for the children

My garden (not me, paying someone to do it all)

trainers

I somehow seem unable to buy another pair everytime there's a slight change of weather or I do something a bit different. I do wear them though, but I have an unreasonable amount.