I bought myself flowers today

wasasister

Friday Fluff after a rather heated exchange on another thread...time to lighten up a bit.

I work hard for my money (as the song goes) and don't have much left over after a mortgage payment, car & insurance payments, and utilities. I'm lucky to have no real debt; I keep my life simple and I learned to be frugal while living with a compulsive spender.

My one luxury allowance - fresh flowers. When summer is over, and I can no longer pick a bouquet of assorted roses from my garden, I indulge myself in a few fresh flowers. Right now, there is a vase of Calla lilies on my mantle, and a bunch of purple iris on a table in my bedroom. It's a completely unnecessary expenditure and I'll have to throw them out within a week. But they make me smile when I look at them or smell them and it brings a bit of life to the indoors during the cold, dark days.

What do you spend money on that you shouldn't? What guilty pleasure do you indulge in?

Wasa

myself

Re: I bought myself flowers today

Oh....never mind

Myself

imanaliento

Chocolate,

I also buy flowers for the table, picking a bouquet in the summer and buying them in the winter, I love seeing reds, yellows and purples in the white of winter.

nilfun

Remember J.Peterman, Elaine's boss on Seinfeld?

I ordered a Gibson Girl blouse from the the real J.Peterman.

I shouldn't have, but it was just too beautiful to resist....

I am very drawn to anything that is even slightly Victorian-looking...

That's the latest thing that I spent money on that I shouldn't have....

Edited by - nilfun on 8 November 2002 21:24:46

Prisca

Good for you Wasa!

I sometimes buy myself flowers, especially if I need a bit of cheering up. They add a bit of life to the place, eh?

I also like to buy candles sometimes too. They too don't last forever, but they can add a bit of atmosphere to the place, as well as being very romantic!

Shakita

I second imanaliento...Chocolate! Just went to the Drug Emporium and bought bags of leftover halloween candy for a buck each! Needed some chocolate tonight after a depressing day. Chocolate and a nice glass of wine, yum!

bluesapphire

Wasa, I love calla lillies! But I would never indulge myself. In fact, when you asked the question I couldn't think of a single thing that I indulge myself in. It's pretty depressing. I'm going to indulge in something tomorrow and let you know. Thanks for the lighthearted post.

COMF

Radial arm saw - $450 (marked down $200 due to closeout)
Table saw with router mount in extension - $450
Router - $50
Skilsaw - $40
Miscellaneous clamps, squares, levels, and other tools: who knows? $300, maybe?

Lumber - $220

Ladies and gentlemen: presenting my first wood project since I left my original workshop and tools behind in 1990 and moved to go to college: possibly the world's most expensive picnic table. Coming soon: trellis and picket fence entrance to back yard; gazebo centered in shade trees.

DakotaRed

I love buying flowers for those I like When I can afford it, jewelry too

But for me, I enjoy getting snack foods to munch on

Lew W

Edited to add, nice work, COMF. I'm impressed

Edited by - DakotaRed on 8 November 2002 21:36:49

safe4kids

Hey Wasa

How are things with you? You're one of the people that I seemed to have lost touch with, and I miss ya.

What do I indulge in? Books. Hands down, I spend money on books. I do have a library card, but there's just something about owning my books. I do share them with my sister, for the most part , but I buy them, I read them, and I hang onto them, which is rapidly becoming a problem because my house is rather small, I have no bookshelves, and the closets are getting full.

Dana (of the "stops to smell the ink" class)

I bought myself flowers today

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