Just found out how much it was, should I return it?

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Advice please! For Christmas my DH bought me a lovely charm for my charm bracelet. 2 days before Christmas he decided he wanted to get me something small extra as well, I said I'd seen some socks I liked in a shop in town. He disappeared and came back with a bag. Come Christmas Day I opened his present to find they had run out of the socks I liked and bought another still nice pair, and also a lovely scarf. I haven't had time to use either yet, and to be honest I was surprised he bought me a scarf cos I never get round to wearing them, I have young children and find they get in the way. I was just going through our credit card bill and found out these 2 items came to £40, which to some will sound like not very much but that's a lot of money to us right now. I was actually going through our statements to try and work out if we had enough money for our bills at the end of the month, something I always have to do. I really don't think I'm going to use the scarf, it's still got its label and I know the lady in the shop I'm sure she'd let me return it. Should I? I don't want to hurt DHs feelings but it feels wasteful. Help!

Good decision 🌷

But wear it as often as you you can without strangling yourself or the kids! Not just ‘for best’ 😊

Not helpful here I know but you said "would never spend that money on something I don't deem as being practical" this is kind of the point about nice gifts at Christmas/birthdays, we can give or receive things we would never buy ourselves or know someone else would buy for themselves. He got it right, just not at the moment due to finances. I think I would keep it, and wear it too.

Definitely keep it. It was given with love and you deserve to have something special. You’ve said it won’t make or break your finances this month, so let yourself have a treat.

Don’t save it for best! Use it every day (or often, at least).