AIBU to ask you what is expensive but worth it?

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I bought a JOIE 360° car seat which at the time seemed extortionate but when I look at how much ease it has given me over the years I think it was worth every penny.
Ditto expensive Dr Marten boots.

AIBU to ask what you've considered expensive when you bought it but in hindsight realised was worth it?

On a lighter note, those who mentioned Xmas bedding, can anyone recommend anything good for a superking! I should have sorted this ages ago but this thread has inspired me!

We have this set with a magnetic block

Link would help @HackAttack

www.procook.co.uk/product/procook-elite-x80-knife-set-8-piece

Good luggage. Mine is Samsonite and it has lasted so well.

I really like the weight and balance of Porsche knives. It’s something worth shopping for in person so you can feel them before you buy.

Quoting Terry Pratchett

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

Bose Sleepbuds. They've changed my life!

I’m hoping someone has said a Sage bean to cup machine. I’ve bought one for my dh for Christmas and I winced at the price of it.

The people that have commented on the Canada Goose purchase haven’t actually bragged about any purchases though, let alone the most unethical ones 🙃🙃

Heating the house!

I feel very fortunate that I can absorb the cost at the moment to keep my children comfortable. We are working class so this is my priority right now.

I do love reading these threads as it’s nice to have nice things!

no, it's covered under this existing protected characteristic of belief if it can be proved that being vegan is a deeply held philosophical belief to the individual.

I spent 200 quid on an electric waterbath for canning, to be honest a large pan would have done the job just as well

Thank you 😊

Ozempic
Botox for migraine - wasn't offered to me on the NHS but is the only reason I can go to work
Therapy

Thanks 😊

Log burner
Five star holidays
Cruises
Wool mattress
Silk bedding
Jewellery
Watches
UGG anything
Shark vacuum
M&S food
Our rental properties

I bought a 9.5 litre instant pot for a couple ton in October. Loved it so much bought a smaller one the week after it was a tad cheaper. I really want a third now.

A Dyson vacuum cleaner! Best thing ever if you want clean carpets.

Dubarry boots, really expensive initially but I’ve had mine 12 years they look awful but are still warm and waterproof. I’d buy another pair in an instant when they finally fall apart.

Philips Lumea.

My legs were so hairy they practically got a 5 o'clock shadow, and needed shaving every day (well, every day that anyone was likely to see them), they're completely hair-free now, as are my pits. I occasionally get a few new hairs sprouting, but one zap and they don't come back.

I was surprised to see Molton Brown shower gel mentioned upthread. I was given some last Christmas, and find it makes my skin so dry that I can only use it approx every 4th day. I reckon it's just scented washing up liquid.

Lovely fragrances though.

@Ladyof2022 This is brilliant to hear.

Not least as I’m eyeing up a very spendy- though sadly not as glorious sounding - coat at the moment.

My cat. Best £90 I ever spent (bought from a rescue).

Big Hunter 'intrepid' outdoor padded coat - nearly £300 but so worth it for cold dog walks, football matches etc
Charlotte Tilbury makeup. I use drugstore most of the time but can notice the difference
Botox and fillers - actually made a difference to my forehead wrinkles and baggy under eyes after years of spending on pricey creams that didn't do much

Quality sheepskin slippers from Morlands or Drapers
A top end plain but classic watch
Good quality furniture - we have a couple of armchairs that we have had recivered twice.
400+ Egyptian cotton bedding (I bought a cheap bottom.sheet from Sainsbiry's recently and it was like sleeping on a brillo pad.
Children

Vendula handbag
A dishwasher
Wollen clothes
leathet lined wellies