Treating ourselves to a huge Christmas blow out - how would you spend £1000?

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We have had a crappy year for various reasons so have decided we are going to go all out this year.

We have earmarked £1000 to spend for Christmas (ignoring presents) - how would you spend it? We’ve already ordered the Tom Kerridge beef wellington from M&S (not part of this budget), but I’d love to know what other things Mumsnetters would recommend. I don’t know where to start!

This is an utterly bizarre thread. Buy the food you want, then save the rest til you find something you want... so odd to have to try to figure out a way to spend...

I'd have a whole fillet of beef and some decent wine and chocolate for sure... but what more do you need if theres nothing you want?

Pay for a close friends hotel? Charity? Spending for spendings sake... just odd.

Outdoor fire pit with stack of logs and giant marshmallows

Who goes and ruins champagne with orange juice?!

Much as I love. Christmas dinner and cheese and good champagne and wine, for 1k I'd add bells and whistles like theatre tickets (or whatever) because unless you are a family of wine/whisky connoisseurs, there will be a level of spending beyond which no one will know the difference

EXACTLY

It's like turning a great claret into mulled wine

Well you rather are in this instance. OP’s had a shit year and is daydreaming, give her a break.

Freshly squeezed orange juice
for breakfast
I mean you only use on bottle
mix it up a bit

up market Bloody Mary

No need to be mean spirited

Get some really lovey table decorations and decorate the table gorgeous and fancy to match your fancy meal. Have a great xmas!

Can I just point out (as it is in our case) that shit year + a bit of money to blow often relates to an inheritance. Not saying this is the case for OP but I have a little more money this year. And I’d give it all up to have someone back. But I can’t have that and so I’m all for trying to make something of a crappy year with money you’d trade for a person, if you could.

Personally I’d spend a chunk of it on really good tableware and glasses so not only will you have them this year but years to come

We go out on Christmas Eve for this very reason. Dinner for us, the DC and their partners plus DGC somewhere nice with drinks and taxi’s is around £550 but we plan for it every year and look forward to it.

Daydreaming usually involves one person: the daydreamer.

Forget about trying to spend it on food etc. You'll have special food regardless of the bonus £1k. It's too much money to eat your way to happiness. Try to think of something that would significantly enhance your enjoyment of the festive period - paying someone to do something for you, or organise a new and exciting experience for everyone.

But you must have had something in mind when you decided to blow a grand?

Because she wants some fun ideas and it's nearly Christmas.

People are allowed to have fun.

This is a great idea actually

Give over.

I haven't got a pot to piss in but i don't begrudge anyone.

It's like the Christmas Fridge threads that are completely ruined by handwringing.

Life is different for everyone.

I would buy full sized nutcracker's for the front door 😂 😂 😂 actually I might not even be joking.

More decoration's, cheese, champagne, hideous matching premium nightwear, a Christmas dinner set with glasses.

I wouldn't have any problem spending it if I had it!

Ice cream maker? One that self freezes
fresh vanilla pod ice cream in an hour

Not on mumsnet

Apparently not on MN they aren’t, if it involves money

Ditto with a top of the range bread maker

Get everyone matching pjs for Christmas Day. And photos!

I reckon I could burn through a grand online shopping this evening

Yes, sorry I was forgetting myself, bring on the roast of misery.

Cleaner is an excellent shout from a prior poster.

I also like the idea of crockery/ table wear. I love getting my fancy cutlery out.

New fluffy posh dressing gowns and slippers for the Hotel experience?

Experiences over the holidays - where in the country are you - maybe we can give you some ideas?

I like getting the face creams etc used for facials etc if I’m feeling flush - then can do the facial at home.

I’ll be booking myself a treat spa day in ‘the in between’.