What do you consider a treat?

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What do you consider a treat?

No right or wrong answer here - because it will mean different things to different people.

On another thread I have stated that a takeaway coffee or a basic chain lunch is more functional than a treat for me. I am not saying that it isn't a treat to others.

It was even suggested because I went shopping for a chopping board it was a treat.

So what does a treat look like to you?

Something I wouldn’t consume day to day. I drink coffee daily so having it from a coffee shop just means I’m not at home so unable to access it there… A treat is like cake, pizza or chocolate, something unhealthy I can’t eat daily without getting fat.

That was sort of my point abut coffee.

That grabbing a coffee on the go is actually convenience rather than anything else.

My weekly treat is popping to a cafe after the school run for a hot chocolate and bacon sandwich. The rest of the time I'm busy and rushing around so it's my one hour of calm a week.

I can understand that.

A meal out- even lunch or breakfast counts.

I think a meal out can defo count - but does depend where for me.

A new handbag or a Michelin starred restaurant would be treats

Anything i don't usually get because of time, health or money issues that i like.

Agreed!

I think there are two schools of thought with the word treat -

1. A treat is anything that makes you happy that you don't strictly need
2. A treat is something that makes you happy that you don't have very often

I'm on the fence which one I am tbh!

I think that's probably where the confusion is on the other thread!

Any meal out. I won't eat in a place (basic or more fancy) where I don't think I'll enjoy the food - so yes, even if it's just a sandwich and coffee in Pret A Manger. It's just the lack of meal planning, prep, cooking and clearing up which I consider to be an enormous treat. We can't afford to do it often.

These days it would be a plant, new plant pot and a deliveroo.
Probably £40 in total but I feel quite guilty indulging and wouldn't (couldn't) do it every week.

For us currently, even the local cafe counts as a treat.

Going out for a meal, chocolate that's galaxy, Cadbury or dairy milk rather than supermarket value brand.

I always feel relieved I can't eat Cadbury any more because they've lowered the cocoa and upped the oils and I find it waxy and too sweet. Tony's chocoloney on the other hand...that is an expensive treat to remember what chocolate used to taste like (amazon have the multi-taster bars that go down to £6 for the pack if you wait long enough).

No, I think on the other thread people (myself included) were stuck on the fact you said you did nothing/had nothing to show for it!

Anyway, not to derail into a TAAT 😉🤣

For me it’s buying myself a bunch of flowers , I do most weeks but they still feel like a treat as not strictly necessary I suppose.
Also an ice cream from my local independent ice cream shop is a delicious treat!

The waxiness with Cadbury now is horrible, and I used to really love it every now and again! Eating the kids' leftover Easter eggs this year just wasn't the same 🤣

Sitting with a cup of tea under the trees at the bottom of the garden listening to the birds and looking at the flowers or just the changing seasons around me.

My Sunday morning ritual of a foot spa and pedicure at home.

A candlelit bath.

Homemade bread eaten still warm with butter.

A new plant and pot.

ETA: I treat myself all the time!

They do a "breakfast cereal milk" flavor at my local, and I think it might be one of the best things I have ever tasted.

It was more the fact that you said you’d spent money on ‘nothing’ that made people suggest that actually, an expensive brunch out isn’t ’nothing’, and many people would consider it a treat.
I don’t think you can really define a treat, as it depends on your baseline. So above you say that a Michelin starred restaurant is a treat. Obviously that’s out of reach for many people, but they can maybe very occasionally afford to go to somewhere like Wagamamas. That would be a treat for those people, because it’s something that’s a step up from their ‘baseline’. Just as very wealthy people may not even consider a Michelin starred restaurant as a treat, because it’s something they do all the time.
It’s clear that you are wealthy, so a treat for you would look different to a treat for others.

Taking my grandbaby out and watch him explore the world. He's the most fastenating creature I've ever spent time with

Humans are very adaptable, which is great, but unfortunately this means when we have something regularly it becomes the new normal. So something that felt like a treat no longer does once you've got used to it (unless there is some sort of baseline reset).

On your last thread, the issue for lots of people was probably that your baseline seems quite high

My current favourite is rice pudding and jam - kind of like frozen very creamy ambrosia rice pudding , the rice grains don’t quite freeze and add a slightly chewy texture. With raspberry “jam” rippled through it 🤤 .
I am obsessed with really good ice cream, always a treat !