If you had to spend £500 a month on non essential extras, what would you choose?

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Inspired by a friend of a friend who has a very niace lifestyle. I’m just day dreaming, but I’d choose

monthly car valet
weekly cleaner
mani and pedicure every two weeks
hair blow dry weekly

Anyone anything else? Not essentials or utilities etc. This is just extra stuff that would make your life so much easier and, well, nice!

Your list exceeds £500

Full livery for my horse!

Who irons bedding???

I would save most of it tbf, just sacked my cleaner so would get another one before t that’s it really

I'd work my way through all the fancy extras that would make my home 'finished', starting with getting someone in to change all the white plastic light switches for fancy metal ones.

Personal trainer, theatre, restaurants, flower show tickets, weekends away in UK& Europe

I would splurge on a personal trainer, cleaner and autism assessment for my eldest son.

Things I have:

Weekly cleaner - £120 a month
Brows - £10 a month
Meal subscription box - £160 a month

Things I would add if I could afford it:

Weekly babysitter for regular date night.
Cut and color every 2 months
Personal trainer once a week

Add it to the holiday budget

I have a cleaner and my friends do the garden for mates rates. I guess maybe a regular manicure would be nice.

I'm presuming that £500 leftover means I'm already wealthy enough to have done the new kitchen we desperately need / have plenty of savings / pension allowance sorted etc. If that's the case:
Someone to clean and dust my house monthly so I'm just maintaining it.

Monthly massage to help my chronic headache.

Personal Trainer to do weight training and Pilates with me once a week/fortnight, as that's always recommended for my constant bad back / achy shoulders. I can't afford to join the nearest health club (village location, so not got the gym choice of a town).

Cleaner
matching pyjamas that don’t shrink
fancy cheese
weekends away
online Waitrose weekly shop
i’d feel really luxurious with all that!

Oh, only in my dreams. But enjoy treats you who can afford

Facial and back massage. I’m already retired, and don’t really want more ‘stuff’ but once a year I go to an expensive spa for a couple of days with DD & DDIL. I’d save for an extra visit and pay for them to come too.

Probably divide it up to 5 Animal Rescue charities

Facial and massage once a month.
Therapy.
That’s more than £500 though 😂😂

I wouldn't thank you for the cleaner, been there and I prefer to do it myself. Ditto ironing bed linen, I like to do my own.

Maybe someone to encourage me to exercise? But I have friends with PTs and it doesn't appeal.

Maybe a spa weekend?

Is this on top of what we already spend each month after essentials are paid? I currently have around £700 a month spare after essentials and savings but it usually goes on days out with DCs, cleaner, meals out and cafe trips with friends, play dates, holidays, the usual things like that. Not much of the luxury things apart from the odd massage and spa day so if I had an extra £500 a month to spend I’d have more of those, probably save extra for better holidays, more regular hair cuts.l, more cleaner sessions as only have do the bare minimum at the moment, and would have one that does tidying and general chores too.

I have cleaner (fortnightly), x2 dog walks a week and x1 meal box a week and x2 HIIT classes weekly. That's about £350 a month.

With more i'd probably would add in

Reformer pilates
Massages
Gardener

I was just thinking that!

I have a cleaner and a gardener and that comes to circa £300 a month.

But an extra £500 i would put £200 into savings / ISA and the rest to top up the holiday account.

Blow dry twice a week
Cleaner
Weekly massive
Pedicure once a week

Massage not massive

I indulge I'm hobbies and M&S food/wine.

Quite happy to clean my own house.

Twice weekly cleaner
meal subscription service
getting my nails done or a monthly massage.

i think that would cost £500 but if not I’d also have a gardener.

they’re not even huge dreams!!
and realistically I’d actually put that money into savings, or on a holiday or a nanny instead of day care. But if I had to spend it (rather than save) that’s what I’d do

I'd have:
a monthly car valet,
some expensive chocolates,
and there'd be loads left over, so maybe a chauffeur once in a while. Yes, I've got a car/can drive myself, but it would be so relaxing & indulgent

Edited for typo