Things that are worth paying a bit extra for

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Just spent the best part of 45 minutes with DC going through numerous (5 - DC is a stationery fiend!) and doing an audit of all the working pens/pencils/felt tips/colouring pencils etc.
Never ceases to amaze me how disheartening it is when the leads in the pencils/colouring pencils constantly snap when you are trying to sharpen them.
The branded ones were a dream in comparison.
Pic (hopefully attached) shows the difference in quality.
The staedtler ones were great.
The ones from unknown origin had chipped wood and snapped leads.
There was even one that could not be sharpened! The wood just wouldn't 'give'.

What things in your life do you consider it worthwhile to pay a bit extra for?
Colouring pencils and pencils are now firmly in my list.
Bin bags too.
Split bin bags are not a pleasant experience!

Asda basics pasta is really bad, never thought I'd notice but it's exactly like you describe- awful

Washing up liquid - nothing beats fairy
Tea bags & coffee
Oven chips - McCains home style are the best
Jam
Butter
Ham & meats

Crystal wine glasses

Toilet roll
Kitchen roll
Tissues

Irn Bru (rather than Iron Brew)

Children's toothpaste! A certain brand but this way they will brush their teeth! I am don't care about most brands. But I will compromise on this!

Work shoes, mattress, mayo, bread, toilet roll, tooth paste and tooth brush, shampoo, batteries.

Skincare
Shoes- better to buy leather if you're OK with it
Foundation

Tyres
Beds
Beer
Coca Cola
Meat

Knitwear.

So MANY things! SAUSAGES!!

Plus Yes to good bread, raw nuts, quality fruit and veg, towels, face/skin cream/lotion, knitwear, shoes/boots/socks, quality supportive pillows, definitely decent bin bags which don't split as soon as you take them out of the bin, depositing garbage on your floor, etc etc 🌹

Tea
Coffee
Toilet and kitchen roll
Batteries
School shoes
Dog food
Branded tinned foods, condiments etc

Now my kids are past the toddler stage and don’t get dirty as easily, I also get them a mix of cheaper and slightly more expensive clothes. I’ve noticed the clothes from places like M&S, Next etc last longer than the George ones for example.

Art supplies are a big one. I’ve only ever bought Crayola, Staedtler etc for my kids as I remember how frustrating it was using cheap pencils and pens when I was young and they went done so easily.

Also, I hate cheap Lego, it has to be the brand.

Skin care

Mattress

Socks

Fresh and healthy produce

Living in a very nice town with things that make your heart sing ⚡🙂

If you use it every day, like mobile, worth to have it good quality

Stationary

Journal

Ink pens

What L'Occitane shampoo and conditioner do you use? There are a lot of different ones on Amazon

Tea (leaf tea from a tea company)
Bedding
Running trainers
Boots
Naturli vegan spread-a good buttery taste
DD's school pens
DD's bras

Lunch at work because there's an amazing salad bar so is far healthier and tastier than anything I would make and it's only once or twice a week thanks to postCovid office closures.

We still have a lot of the coloured pencils from when I was kid and the quality is way better than packs she's been given over the years.

Bin bags

Haircare
Tomatoes

Most things.

Scissors - from kitchen scissors all the way up to fabric scissors, if you go cheap you'll curse while you use them.
Coffee
Hairbrush, doesn't need to be hugely expensive but the cheap supermarket ones just ruin my hair

Good Shoes
Leg space on flights
Better hotel rooms

A couple of posters have mentioned Weetabix - have you tried Waitrose? My OH loves it, he doesn’t like the M&S version or ASDA, only Waitrose.

Coffee
Socks
Custard cream biscuits
International flight tickets
Builders
Cat food
Shoes
Sofas

@pastatonight any recommendations?! I am so over repeatedly buying crap no matter how hard I true (as cost doesn't always equal quality!!)

Agree with the poster who said cheap perfume is so not worth it. I have a terrible Diptyque perfume habit, that and their candles. Nothing smells as good in comparison now.

I am quite happy to buy cheap tinned tomatoes as I can't tell the difference once they're cooked down in a sauce. The Staedtler pencils are all I ever bought ds for school and they truly lasted. Apart from when they were stolen in class obvs.

I spend a lot on high thread count Egyptian cotton bedding, love going into a cool bed. A Yves Delorme set I bought 19 years ago is still going strong and still feels like heaven so it's been worth every penny and some.

Mattress, loo roll, most food (especially fruit and veg, organic dairy products, bread from the bakery), the best quality clothes possible in natural fabrics etc.

Buying less but better when possible.

Paint

Heinz Ketchup
Kellough's Shredded Wheat
Heinz Soups
Colemans Mustard