What have you splurged on that has been worth every penny?

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Recently bought a MacAir which is a thing of beauty and wonder. Am also gradually replacing cheap crockery with lovely Denby stuff.

I now buy good quality bras instead of M&S and more 'high end' makeup.

So I'm not talking houses, cars, horses etc. What have you bought/upgraded that you love so much more than the cheaper version and has been good value?

Remus that makes me think of Nigella’s recipe for marmite sarnies where she whips the butter and marmite together. Also sublime.

Best - I have an ancient Winnie the Pooh cookbook that suggests that too. Wonder if that's where Nigella got the idea from?!

Could well be Remus

Joseph Joseph bread bin.

Mine has to be my Miele washing machine and my kitchen aid. I was fed up of buying a washer every 3-5 years and with three kids having no washer is the Worst. So we got the 25 year warranty and havnt looked back. The kitchen aid was a present for DH and it’s made baking easier and tastier. Both washer and kitchen aid are cast iron and just feel quality. Love them x

First Class airline ticket. Worth every penny for how I felt.

I got laser eye surgery 9 years ago. I regressed to -0.5 after a year, and I still need glasses when driving at night and watching tv, but before I got the surgery even the idea of going to the toilet at night without my glasses was ludicrous. I know I may need reading glasses in the future, but so will everyone else.

Other things - my two children cost me and my husband about 18k in lost earnings and childcare each (and so far they seem worth it 😂) and a fulton bloomsbury umbrella, which is only about £30 but is so strong and so elegant.

If any of you have Amazon prime they have lots of offers on robot hoovers, cordless hoovers, instant pots , brabantia and Joseph Joseph products which I think have all been mentioned above. All part of prime day running today and tomorrow.

Swithering over the Joseph Joseph totem bin on Amazon Prime. We have far more recycling than rubbish so would want to use the top section for recycling. We have mixed recycling so no need to sort it.

Biggest splurge was dental work and worth every penny. Yes to decent chocolate and although not so expensive I got a personal air conditioner to help my hot flushes. Perfume makes me happy everyday so worth it but tend to stick with reasonable ones like Ghost for unspecial occasion and they’re often on offer.

Not a splurge remus bit I have this and it comes in red, very nice quality www.myexquisiteshop.com/products/camila-small-shoulder-bagel-bag I think the longchamp bags are great for everyday and worth the money as they hard wearing.

Think I’m going to get prescription sunglasses.

Ah bags - I did treat myself to a Givenchy pyramid tote bag. It's light as a plastic bag because it has no hardware. Just a piece of (so soft!) leather folded into an origami shape with handles. I use it every day, so = pennies per use really.....

Five years ago I upgraded to Aveda hair and skincare, joined a yoga club and started buying fewer clothes.

It was after I'd seen some fashion guru on TV saying that if you're in good shape and well-groomed, all your clothes will look three times as expensive. She wasn't wrong.

My DH would say our induction hob and self-cleaning oven. Cleaning the hob is just wiping across glass and with the oven you press clean and it goes on 500°C for two hours and turns any dirt to dust, which you just wipe off with a damp cloth. I don't usually rave about appliances but I do marvel at it!

Art materials, shoes, bags, makeup and good moisturiser!

Also, getting professional decorators in plus re-carpeting. It's made all our relatively cheap furniture look way more expensive!

@Stuckforthefourthtime I'm about to buy a new iron - would you mind telling me your make and model?

YY to prescription sunglasses, though living in Australia makes them more par for the course. Even in winter, I'll wear them most days for driving, keeping a spare pair in the glove compartment.

I have to wait for my money's worth of my latest splurge as it's winter here: proper air con in my front living room, the one I use most, which has windows facing north and west. Scorchio. The feeble air-con system in the room died the moment we signed the contract on the house and we never replaced it, relying on passive cooling and ceiling fans. I will still use the first two first, but there are days when they just don't cut it.

The I and the we is significant as my late DH thought all air-con in the home was for sooks, though this didn't stop him from de-camping to the only cool bedroom in the house at the height of summer while I battled with the air-con upstairs - the noise can annoying.

A kind of silly one but I bought a bath mat, just from Dunhelm but it was a premium range one and was I think £25 or £30 but my feet just sink into it after a shower, it’s a little bit of luxury every day.

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Oh yes - professional decorators are worth their weight in gold, likewise professional removal firms.

I just ordered the Instant Pot with the Prime discount. Got a tax rebate last week so guilt-free, also would like a stylish, practical laptop bag.

Silk duvet for summer plus silk cover. Big reduction in sweatiness.

Silk duvet sounds good Flyingarcher but is the cover not slippy? I have silk pillow slips which are ok but not as amazing as I hoped.

Go Away - that's lovely. I got this one from Jigsaw and it's exactly what I've been looking for!

@LuxuryWoman2018 It is slippy and made me feel a bit squiggly wiggly for the first couple of nights. Husband was very dubious at first but then he slept like a log and its so good we've bought a double for the caravan. I haven't got the pillow cases because I worried about on going squiggly wiggly feeling and mainly cos they weren't on offer! I did get all the stuff in a sale so wouldn't pay full price. Was very worryabout how duvet cover would wash - whether it would be a crumpled mess but just hung it over banisters and all smooth and good.

After a massive house declutter I don't want too much 'stuff' these days but now the kids are older and it's easier to get out I do like to splurge on theatre tickets roughly every three or four months it's great to have something to look forward to but not cheap by the time you factor in trains/taxis, drinks, maybe a meal. It's worth it to me though, I get very low sometimes just plodding along.

@Flyingarcher thanks, love the description ‘squiggly wiggly’ 😀 my cases are cotton on the underside so they don’t slip about I just had visions of the quilt sliding all over the place, I do have to iron the pillowcases though but they wash well.