To ask what you’ve bought to cheer yourself up

[Stuckinarut79]

A lot of this time has been great and a real eye opener as to how many material things we don’t need. But I’m really struggling now and feel like a treat, money’s tight but I’ve spent way less than usual, so looking for an idea on a bit of a treat. What have you bought that’s made you smile?

A coffee machine 😊😊

A new (to me) sewing machine, as my 30 year old one died
Parts for my vintage Singer machine, 84 years old and going strong, so it can use modern thread spools
Fabric, far too much fabric...

I've bought a lot of clothes but in my defense, they were actually needed as I lost 3st last year.

For fun, books. Lots of books.

Well, Stuckinarut I read this thread heading and a big grin spread over my face. Why? My purchase was a top of the range meat grinder so I could make my own sausages. Being keto for a few years I miss sausages. Now I make my own and I love it! I can add whatever ingredients I fancy!

It was my birthday recently so I got myself a Diptique candle, the Hourglass ambient light palette and my favourite Darphin Hydraskin light gel

Oh and a Staub cast iron wok, I'm in love!

Swing seat and mini solar-powered fountain for the garden.

Plus a metric ton of chocolate.

Art materials - paints, pastels, sketch book, tools etc for lino cutting, music scores to sing & play along with YouTube.

@Saracen

Your hammock sounds great! Can I ask where you got it and the stand from please?

Thanks!

• A Neste Dante Florentine Rose & Peony scented soap
• A draining soap dish to stop my soap getting soggy
• A set of very sharp Ceramic knives with sheaths

An exercise mat
An extra long iPhone charging cable
A second hand bike
A sat Nav
Lots of vape liquid and a new vape
Amazon books

AirPods. Wish I'd bought them earlier, they're great!

Lego. All of the lego. We're running out of storage space
And me. Looking forward to building the roller coaster

Pay day is coming and this thread has given me lots of temptation!

I bought a big lidded loaf tin for DH to bake sliced bread in. He usually makes amazing sourdough, which tastes delicious, but sometimes I the kids just want big slices of 'normal' bread. It was stupidly expensive, but so worth it.

A state if the art RoboVac. It’s amazing.

I’ve joined all the wine clubs...

So much comfort food. Also some plants from a garden mag as I've been so pleased with us for massively clearing the overgrown bits of the garden!

@Ilikewinter would you recommend the fan, is it quiet?

Oh God, so much.
Thermos flask for taking coffee out
Comfy joggers for relaxing in
5 organic cotton t shirts
3 mini Salix flamingo trees for our new planter
10 lavender plants from Lidl - 1.89 each
Black Lily jeans, Formula decolletage cream and Summer beauty bag from M and S
Loads of Kindle books
Epsom salts for bath - sore muscles from running
Vitamin C and retinol serums
Eyelash growth serum
Collection Lash Surge mascara
Ear piercing kit from Amazon
2 bowls in Anthropology sale

Smart TV
Lovely new bedding
Audiobooks
Gin

@speakout

I don't buy things to cheer myself up.

"Stuff" doesn't do it for me.

I will go for a forest walk, do some writing or drawing, sook some nice food.

I will never understand why people post on threads just to say they don’t apply to them.

Really bright bedding. Its really warmed and brightened up the bedroom.

@StrictlyAFemaleFemale where is that gorgeous bedding from?

My robot vacuum cleaner arrived this week. It is life changing :-) I have so much more time for fun stuff because he's cleaning the downstairs every night rather than having to do it myself (alongside working, home Ed etc) or encourage dcs or dh to do it.