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How to stop saving things for 'best'

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Nightlights · 06/05/2020 09:33

I'm so terrible at this! I buy nice skin products and don't use them for ages for fear of running out and not being able to replace them. I buy nice clothes and don't wear them because I don't want to wear them out/waste them on the everyday. I am making a resolution to change and looking for some mantras to hold in my head to force myself to wear the nice things! Does anybody else do this or am I just bonkers?

HebeMumsnet · 06/05/2020 12:30

I'm probably unhealthily the other way. Champagne? It's Wednesday! Let's have it! (Disappointed on Thursday). Expensive face cream? (Looks like a prune for rest of week at work).

However, I am quite good about using 'things' and rarely regret that. Have several pieces of really nice heirloom crockery that I get out all the time and if it breaks it breaks. DCs regularly sport my wedding veil round the garden and I figure someone might as well be using it rather than it attracting moths.

I found if I took really nice photos of said 'things' I was happier getting them out and using them knowing that if they broke or got damaged I would always have a nice photo of them as well as the memories of using them. So I'd recommend doing that.

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