Little daily luxuries

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Anonymous wrote:Fresh flowers that dh buys..

Fancy chocolates.

Drive at sunrise and discovering what freshness is. (Nothing like this one.)

First and business class seats.

Nightly long shower with random memories.

Fancy coffees.

A nice luxury ... but probably not a "daily" one?

That was me.
And Very true, not a daily one.
I took this one out right after my post

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Anonymous wrote:Buying a cup of coffee - It’s far more expensive to purchase a cup at any cafe than to make at home. I get such enjoyment out of a coffee made by anyone outside of me.

That's how I feel about sandwiches. They're always better made by someone else; even if it's something a simple as a BLT.

Not sure why that is, but I completely agree about sandwiches. No matter how high quality the ingredients, they never taste that great when made at home.

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I have never made a sandwich at home for this reason.

Salads too.

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Anonymous wrote:What are some things you consider minor little luxuries? Here are some of mine:

Lush bath products - I only recently began to partake and they have amazing lip scrubs and conditioners that feel like a small luxury

Expensive socks - Balega specifically for me

Chameleon cold brew - It is like $10 instead of $4 for cheaper brands but I buy it every week and love it for making protein coffee drinks daily

Good water bottles - I drink a lot more water if the water is ice cold

Why do people have to scrub their lips?

I'm gonna guess you don't use a washcloth either

If you have a good skin biome, you will not be a flaky, stinky human.

Stop hijacking the thread with your petty criticisms.

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Sitting in my heated, zero-gravity massage chair while watching tv with DH.

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Nice pajamas, Pima cotton and lovely

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Getting up 45 minutes before the rest of my family to drink my drip coffee and do word games/read news. I actually can't function well now without this time so maybe not a luxury.

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Anonymous wrote:Getting up 45 minutes before the rest of my family to drink my drip coffee and do word games/read news. I actually can't function well now without this time so maybe not a luxury.

Me too. I’m up early for my pour over coffee, cream and news in quiet. It’s almost a need at this point.

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Having one room in our tiny house that is always perfect, clean and decorated just for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Having one room in our tiny house that is always perfect, clean and decorated just for me.

I would love this!

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We remodeled our house last year after 25 years of home ownership, which is a huge luxury. But the little luxury from now till the weather warms is to set the bathroom floors to 75+degrees for when I get up in the morning and 80+ on the mornings I have to go into the office.

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Fancy French press coffee or espresso with steamed milk and turbinado sugar on top

Really nice toast with kerrygold

Sitting in the garden for a few minutes while working from home- wish work wasn’t chasing me at all hrs

A hike with my family in this glorious fall weather

Watching movies on our large projector screen with family

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Mine are pretty basic.

I work at home and I buy lunch out every Thursday and Friday. Nothing fancy - just basic take out/ fast casual. By that time in the week I’m so tired of making time consuming lunches.

And the cleaners that come every 5 weeks. That’s an expensive luxury but so worth it. They come when my kids are at school and DH is at work so I get to spend the afternoon alone in my newly clean and quiet house.

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Anonymous wrote:Little daily luxuries doesn't have to be store bought.

OK? Like what?

I take my coffee out on my back porch and spend at least 15 minutes doing absolutely nothing but enjoying it and reflecting, mostly on things that are good.
My DH "puts me to bed" at night much like you would a kid, brings me water, a little backrub (I used to do the same for my kids)
A break in the middle of the work day for some light stretching or a stroll around the park with some good music
using "the good china" for no reason at all for a family dinner when we can make it happen

I don’t think you know what “luxuries” means…

This is a rude comment. What’s luxury to one person may not be to you.

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Anonymous wrote:Nespresso machine. I feel bad about the trash but it’s so yummy and easy.

You can send these back to be recycled! I used to be really anti-Nespresso for that reason, but I recently found out that they have a recycling program. The pods are aluminum, which is a desirable material, and I think that probably increases the chances that they are *actually* getting recycled

That seems super fake to me. And they’re heavy to ship.

Can you drop them off at the store? I can’t imagine shipping. I keep my L’Occitane containers and bring them to the store and put them in the recycling container they have at each location.

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Anonymous wrote:Nespresso machine. I feel bad about the trash but it’s so yummy and easy.

You can send these back to be recycled! I used to be really anti-Nespresso for that reason, but I recently found out that they have a recycling program. The pods are aluminum, which is a desirable material, and I think that probably increases the chances that they are *actually* getting recycled

That seems super fake to me. And they’re heavy to ship.

Can you drop them off at the store? I can’t imagine shipping. I keep my L’Occitane containers and bring them to the store and put them in the recycling container they have at each location.

A more treasured luxury to me than my nespresso machine is that I almost never go to a store. Except the grocery store, and sometimes to pick up at target. A nearly retail space free life is one of the great leaps forward from twenty years ago. I would rather drink Folgers than go to a nespresso store.