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?

I have read the whole thread. Love the dress @Beachtastic🙂

I hadn’t realised that any extravagance I have comes with guilt! Ridiculous.

We are about to have some more disposable income so I have some ideas from the thread about how it might be used.

Top of the list is gym membership at a better place. Also maybe a PT/coach.

Loving the concept that a butter dish has suddenly become an extravagance. Ours must be 40+ years old, Denby Memories. I had everything but it's just the butterdish now. Used it until about 2007/8.

An extravagance for you may be different to that for someone else.

I’ve been thinking ‘hang on, where do you keep your butter if not in a butter dish?!’ 😂

I keep mine in the deep freeze. I hardly ever use butter so when I do buy a block I cut it up into small blocks and freeze it. Probably only use 2 blocks a year. Can't even think what I use it for now...mashed potatoes, making a sauce for lasagne. Can't think what else.

I'm always surprised at how much butter mumsnetters use. So much saturated fat in it.

Well I don’t think we use an abnormal amount of butter but it’s used for baking (used 2 blocks last night as one of my daughters baked for a school baking competition), on toast, in sandwiches, in cooking (sauces etc). Probably a block a week for a family of 5 on average.

Anyway I guess I was referring more to those who obviously do use butter fairly regularly if they’re considering buying a butter dish, not those who only use it every 9th Sunday. It was just a lighthearted observation, not worth an argument (or an analysis of people’s butter eating habits!) about 😁

I LOVE my butter dish. We had been using Lurpak for years and now have a portuguese butter dish with a cow on it that I found on Vinted and keep good quality salted butter out of the fridge. Use it for everything- toast, scrambled eggs, sauces. So much better for you than a highly processed spread and the taste is miles better.

The Fi and Jane podcast got me butter dish life- apparently there's a big revival at the moment and us butter dish lovers are not alone. Viva la butter dish!

Ours is from a ceramics shop in Valencia. It’s got a crack in it and I’m considering arranging a holiday in the region so I can get another one the same 😁

Fresh flowers! But I buy them direct from the grower locally so keeping the money in our little valley.

Enjoying the butter dishes: we have two, both white. One bought in a market in France; the other is the Sophie Conran/Portmerion.

I took my new butterdish as an opportunity to upgrade to lurpak!! 2 extravaganzas apparently!!

Mounjaro
Uber whenever I need it
First class train upgrade whenever I’m in the mood

I don’t understand this Lurpak obsession - DH and I think it’s horrible and tastes greasy. If you want nice butter, go for French salted.

Love a bit of potato on my butter!

I was gifted a life time membership at 18 and have done the same for our kids. Reach 18 and it’s yours - you get to take two adults! However mine was like £750 and the last one I paid for was like £2000

Butter is a superfood!
We love butter but only proper Kerrygold salted.

In France we use French with seasalt crystals.

Lurpak is disgusting

We have a beautiful butter dish from PiP Studio

What furniture did you get please? I need to pick some and don’t know where to start.

It is an all-weather corner set from Maze Living. Table is a faff to move up and down but otherwise it's bloody marvellous. Then went the opposite way budget-wise and got a gorgeous bistro set that was an absolute bargain but can't remember where that was from.

It is gorgeous, I love it too!!

Hiring an aeroplane for a couple of hours before sunset and flying up the coast.
It's well worth the £15 grand I spent getting my licence, and the £200 an hour to hire. No feeling like it.