Even when being frugal, what's the one 'luxury' you HAVE to have?

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disclaimer if the budget can physically stretch to it, of course...

I have to have nice instant coffee.. such as Millicano, Azera etc. Can't start the day without it (well - not without being a right grump, anyway!).

I will now happily shop at Aldi, and love everything I've bought so far, but I tried their Colombian coffee (not the same ground instant type anyway, but gave it a go)... bleeuurr.. cross between Nescafe & gravy!!!

What's the one luxury you factor in to your budget?

My perfume. It is absolutely stupid amounts of money, but I'll feed them all lentils a week for it if I had to chose.

Another coffee snob here.

Fresh flowers.

DownstairsMixUp - have you tried the chocolate at Aldi? (my new parrot-like-phrase!!!) - it's really really good... and really really cheap

Yes, Audit the L'occitane almond shower oil does sound decandent but it does last for ever and makes me forget I have no spare money lol. Good idea re DH :)

I try to buy my fairy liquid in Asda, every now and then they have enormous bottles for about £1

No Fairy Liquid here - dp is allergic to it. We only have Ecover, but a bottle lasts for ages (and we don't have a dishwasher so use loads of it).

Proper coffee & Lyons coffee bags for work. I just can't drink instant anymore even the posh stuff like Millicano or Azera.

I have joined Costco so buy my cleaning, laundry & toilletry products in bulk once or twice a year and I save so much money this way.

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Properly fitted shoes for dc because they have weird feet

A take away now and then

Proper diluting juice ie robinsons

Fairy non bio washing tablets

The car (I know it's a huge luxury but I'd feel very trapped without it)

Oh and my phone

has nobody mentioned fags and the lotto?

Decent coffee -I have a stove-top machine and I buy a brand of coffee that tastes exactly like good French coffee, except it's Italian. I would be truly bereft if I couldn't have my one daily cup of good coffee.

Bread.

I should learn to bake my own.

Good chocolate, good coffee, good perfume, good lipstick, broadband ... Thankfully I can get most of these luxuries at a very competitive price now. Except really good perfume.

another coffee snob here.

Tinned tomatoes are the one thing I cannot compromise on, the basics are just watery crap with few actual toms in them! We bulk buy when on offer

Decent loo roll. Can't be doing with scratchy stuff on my undercarriage!

Heinz - ketchup, tinned spaghetti, beans, soup. And Fairy WUL.

CouthyMow - took me ages to work out what 'WUL' was - doh!

Sky sports
Good make up

DH loves sport and it's his only 'extra' and I need to have decent make up. I can have cheap everything but if I have nice make up on I feel better.

It's how I write it on my shopping list!

(Can you tell I was multitasking?!)

My mobile and broadband but less than £20 for the two so it's ok. Properly fitted shoes for dc and chocolate for me and dh.

I'm surprised to see that there's more coffee than wine on this list.. although, to be honest, I think I treat wine as a necessity, rather than a luxury!

I have to have nice moisturiser (sorry L'Oreal!), nice makeup and non basic stuff like milk etc and free range chicken. I also weirdly like nice shower gel but recently have been getting Nivea Oil with different scents.

I should really try basics for skimmed milk.

I just have only occasionally got on with non naice makeup.

Oh and the cat eats Sheba pate but then she had almost all her teeth removed two-three years ago so the pate is all she can manage!

Twinings Earl Grey.
Sacla organic pesto (because it's the only one that's labelled vegetarian).
Croissants for breakfast most Sundays (from the supermarket is fine).

Havnt read the thread but when I saw the title I thought milicano coffee!

I got a catering size tin from B+M bargains a couple of months ago for £8!!

Coffee beans from whittard, maltesers and wine