What do you spend your money on that is worth it?

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Inspired by a thread on here which was what can you afford but you don’t spend money on..

showed what value people place on “stuff”

so obviously disregarding basic food, health stuff what do you value enough to splurge your hard earned cash on?

All my spare £s goes on my animals; dogs, cats, horses and chickens. All rescues. I couldn’t be without them.

Massage
Flowers
Expensive food
Holidays
Cleaner.

Getting my eyebrows professionally done
Good quality butter
Botox
Strong reusable shopping bags
Designer shoes

Teenagers
Travel
taking teenagers travelling

apart from the basics we don’t spend money on much else

Horses. Nothing else in life brings me so much peace.

Travel

Living in a nice, safe area rather than a cheaper one.

Good quality natural fabrics to make clothes and soft furnishings that I actually love.

Heating (not recently though!)
Fresh flowers
Being a “member” of various local organisations even though I am unlikely to use their facilities but think they are benefitting the local community
If we go on a city break, staying right in city centre accommodation when we go away. Yes, it costs more but it’s so nice being in the heart of where you are immediately rather than having to faff around with transport

Nails and lashes! They make me feel ‘put together’ no matter what’s going on.

Exercise gear. Vital for my mental health.

Regular massages

Montezuma dark chocolate and cherry bars

Skincare
Trainers
But mostly good holidays - I'd rather go away less often than compromise on good quality accomodation, great meals out, plenty of experiences and activities and good flight times.

Skincare
Nails - maincure and pedicure
Car
Holidays.

All these are 'worth it' in my opinion!:

Dresses.
Perfume.
Flowers - my Husband used to buy me a bouquet of flowers every Friday - but sadly that stopped so I have to buy my own now.
Moleskine Hardback Notebooks - I even buy my own notebooks for work.
Ink Pens.
I like a certain type of mug to drink from!
Clothes hangers - best not to ask!
Holidays.
Home.
Gifts.
Greetings cards - a specific type again.
Christmas - fills me with joy! 🎄

So yes, I'm a bit particular! I know what I like and don't like!

Same. Being vegan can be very cheap, but part of it for me is buying organic because I’m committed to what I believe are regenerative horticultural practices and I like to support small growers.

Then I discovered the non organic treatments that are involved in post harvesting production of beans. I don’t always buy organic ones now but I try to.

And it’s recently been the English cherry season. I have a fantastic greengrocer: if I get my timing right, they’re in my home the day after they’ve been picked and you can definitely taste the difference but at 14.99 / kg they’re probably more expensive than a good bottle of wine. Fortunately for me, I don’t drink alcohol.

I am more than slightly fanatical about eating good fruit and veg. I’m well aware it’s a luxury.

Luxury hotel stays and tasting menus. My parents thought eating out was a massive waste of money - 'you can have the same much cheaper at home' - no you can't.

Satsumas

Private transfers on holiday. I just want to get there after all the faff of getting up early and stress of airports etc.

Holidays.
Cleaner, gardener and dog walker.
My beautiful DGC's

My lovely car.
Pedicures
Decent perfume
Fish straight off the local trawler fleet
5* hotel breaks

Worked hard, always saved, enjoying it now.

Well, continuing the subject of veganism, I very much want to have the Grand Dîner menu at Gauthier Soho. Definitely not something I’d be able to do at home. I just need someone to go with

Craft supplies (mostly wool)
Travel (although I don't go for business/first class)
Theatre and concert tickets
Probably an unpopular one, but designer clothes

Eyebrow waxing
Flying from my local airport 10 mins up the road but usually a lot dearer than the bigger one 1.5 hours away
My dog and paying for daycare or walker when I'm in the office

Gig tickets,theatre tickets, football season ticket,Queens & Wimbledon tennis tickets, good restaurants,M&S fresh berries,audiobooks,my car.

Mounjaro. I was barely overweight with a BMI of 25 and could have lost it (again) myself, but I cannot overstate how mentally freeing it is to love my body again and not constantly think about what I’m eating, should I eat it, “being good”’”treat” rarara, with WLI it’s so freaking easy. I feel like I’ve freed up so much time and space in my mind!

Cashmere sweaters - that's a recent indulgence
Good yarn and fabric for sewing and knitting
Several sewing machines
Fresh coffee... I gave up instant coffee in 1986...
Butter
Decent pens...

My very expensive antique globe of the world bar. It spins and opens up to revel a well stocked selection of gins, scotch and aged bottles of wines. Yes I am an alcoholic but it brings me too much joy to stop now. My mantra to life is if the world is spinning then why shan't I