What are your extravagant spends that you have zero guilt about

[LittlePrecious]

My mum lives about 130 miles away from me. I visit her three times a year. I always get an Uber there and a first-class train back.

My friend nearly fell off her seat laughing at my extravagance when I told her about this earlier today😅😅😅

My DH has a bit of a tinned fish habit and can easily spend £70 a month on it.

What ridiculous, extravagant things do you spend money on with zero guilt?

1000 thread bedding.
Bedding boiled and pressed at local laundry so its crisp and fresh.
Prescription skin care.
High end car
Organic eggs and milk
Kerrigold butter
Cleaner weekly
Eat out few times a month
Gel nails 3 weekly
Occasional jewellery treat

Dear God, this.

A rail replacement bus is a horror story in three words.

Philip Kingsley shampoo and conditioner. It's about £75 for a one litre bottle of either, but the shampoo lasts about 14 months and the conditioner even longer.

My dog eats tinned fish...I spend about £60 a month on it from Waitrose :).

I wouldn’t say Ocado was extravagant!

That made me smile OP!

Not to be negative but I hope your DP is careful with his tinned fish (if tuna) intake due to mercury content etc etc!

I get a coffee shop coffee every single day before work

Candles and flowers. Since my daughter died in October last year my only comfort is surrounding myself with fresh flowers and candles. I also take flowers to her grave each week. I think I am spending not less than £50 a week on candles and flowers.

Dog Show entries. If you are placed first to third, you get a piece of cardboard. Each entry costs over £30 and some people do this for multiple dogs, every single weekend throughout the year. Crufts is 'next level' spending.

Have you tried them with salty butter and honey?

Flowers. Really, really expensive perfumes and home fragrances - I love nice smells ))

Theatre tickets, particularly ballet at Covent Garden.

The two kinds I know about are Transitions Drivewear which is the less expensive option and what I have. they are basically fast change photochromics which change even when the light comes through glass. you can get other coatings including an excellent anti glare coating which has really helped me with night driving. I only need glasses for driving and am very pleased with these. My sis who wears glasses all the time prefers Zeiss lenses. Their version is called DriveSafe Transitions and you can maybe have thinned lenses, depends on your prescription, if you want them. Boots stock Zeiss, you really need a stockist for either choice rather than someone who can order them but doesn't supply them often, they are an expensive purchase and you want to get the add ons right. I really hope this helps.

try salty honey tis fab

I’m sorry for your loss 🕯️ 💐 💕

Our weekly cleaner who also changes our bedding even though I'm only 55 and retired! Ditto our gardener even though our garden is fairly small.

Mounjaro! Lost 3 stones in 6 months in 2024. Went from a portly size 12/14 with rising cholesterol and various aches and pains to a slender size 8/10 with healthy cholesterol and zero aches. Have maintained ever since on 5mg and intend being on it long term.

My Range Rover Vogue. It's like driving around in my own private, little 5* hotel. And yes, I can properly drive it and park it because I did the full RR experience day course.

Always First Class train travel.

Eating out most days or just buying M&S meals. Cooking bores me shitless.

Very high thread count Egyptian cotton sateen sheets, Hungarian goose down duvet and Slip silk pillowcase. I love my sleep.

Wolford tights. Nothing else compares.

Handbags.
Cashmere cardigans and jumpers.
Sweaty Betty leggings and sweatshirts. My after work uniform.

And things for my dogs - this week they've had a new bowl each from Yeti at £60 each.

I’m pretty extravagant and don’t feel guilty about it at all. Most of our money hours on doing stuff rather than things.

We spend a fortune on travelling and love it. Christmas in Oz with four teenagers didn’t come cheap this year. I take each one of them on a short holiday just the two of us most years too. They get to choose. This year it’s Paris, a pilgrimage in Ireland, Estonia and Poland. But I know I won’t regret a second of that money when they are grown and flown. And we visit friends and family living far and wide. It’s a joy that we can do this, and treat them when we are there.

I only wear cashmere knitwear, and then only the good stuff. That’s my ‘stuff’ extravagance.

We do lots together, with the DC and as a couple, and with wider family and friends. I seem to but tickets for something or book a restaurant most days.

The other extravagance is an entourage of tutors, trainers, the odd therapist, private medical appointments and clubs that we are members off- between the six of us several choirs, music lessons, sports clubs, gyms etc. Several museum and society memberships too.

We are well paid but neither DH nor I is especially materialistic. We’d never buy a posh watch, a massive house or a sports car, for example. Although DH did once spend 35k on a guitar, Investment my arse 😆

Actual decent coffee. I buy from an independent roast & grind to order coffee supplier. The difference between this and anything you can get in supermarkets or high street chains is well worth the extra money.

My Mounjaro prescription £169 a month

Prescription skincare £125 per month

Nespresso coffee subscription £112.50 per month

Blonde foils every 3 months £145

Gel nails every 3 weeks £35

These are my non negotiables… Although I am tempted to try bare nails. I’ve been getting them done every 3 weeks for more than 14 years and I think I’d like a break BUT I think I’d feel undone without them!

Theatre tickets
Eating out once a week
A made to measure bookcase for an alcove under the eaves. I had to measure it and I made it when the 15 packages arrived, but it gives me so much pleasure when I see it and take a book from it.

I live on state pension plus a small top
up.

Extravagances for me, that I love are;
My favourite butter
Good coffee (for my cafetière)
Good olive oil
Theatre tickets (I am good at getting bargains)
Picturehouse membership
My excellent real canvas tent
Rioja

Waitrose
Blow dry every week or fortnight
expensive gym membership
Theatre tickets
Private school 🙈

My tummy tuck last year. Lost 8 st over 2 years on MJ. Going from size 22 to 8/10 but couldn’t enjoy it as no clothes fit. I was still 16/18 round the waist/stomach with an overhang that I had to hold up to put trousers on.. hideous. Waited 6 months to be sure I could stay on low dose for long term maintenance.. and went for it. Best thing ever. Have had such a lot of fun on Vinted selling my old stuff and getting new smaller good quality stuff. My self esteem has gone from zero to high along with my health and fitness.

The occasional pair of practical Louboutins - flats, sneakers or boots. Stilettos ain’t practical when it’s -30 and snowing.

And the occasional lab grown diamond(s). Our local jeweller is retiring, so there are bargains to be had.