Stolen form another forum, as so many of these silly threads are. Let us see what you've treated yourself to. Just ordered one of these so I can listen to my music while writing. It has a memory stick slot, so I can fill my 8GB stick with about 2,500 songs and not have to worry about changing discs, etc. And in case you're wondering why I don't simply play them from my PC, that's because my PC is crap and can just about handle a single word document. If I had media player running in the background, too, I think it would melt.
Maybe you should have bought a new PC instead. Speaking of which, the last thing I can remember "treating myself to" was, in fact, my current laptop. But that was over a year ago. I must have bought something in the time since then...
If I could find a new PC for forty-quid - which is what I paid for the CD player - I would have, believe me!
I think the last thing I bought for myself was one of those drying frames, or whatever it's called, to hang the laundry on while it dries. Before that, it was a really silly glas bird decoration thing.
A frivolity purchase rather than an "all my underwear is wearing out" type purchase? An aluminum clipboard and some notebooks so that I can try writing by hand, just for the novelty. Before that, in case that isn't frivolous enough, four perfume decants. (A "decant" is where someone divides up a bottle of perfume into a bunch of itty bitty bottles and sells you one of those itty bottles.) 2 milliliters each of Byredo Pulp, CB I Hate Perfume Grass, Serge Lutens Chene, and Serge Lutens de Profundis. Mmm.
Just half an hour ago I bought some garlic naan, sag paneer, chicken korma, and some pakoras. Now, instead of getting more work done, I'd like to go home and nap.
My last non-essential purchase was Harley Quinn Vol. 1 (Hot in the City) and Volume 2 (Power Outage). I'm on a comic book kick at the moment. It's hot, I'm a roller derby girl (relevant to the book, if you're not familiar) and I felt like I deserved to indulge a guilty pleasure. Literal last thing I purchased: butter to make icing for bake sale cupcakes.
@ChickenFreak How in the world do I not know what a "decant" is? You have done a public service. I need to look into this.
It's been a while but for treating myself I have to say tickets for me, my son and his girlfriend to see The Book of Mormon. So worth it.
Woolen top x 2. I love wool. Since the el cheapo Aldi up the road started selling it during this Winter I have been on a buying binge. If I can wear wool all the time at least on top, I will.
Macpac sabre soft shell jacket. I've never had a soft shell before, and it's probably not so good, but much cheaper than what I wanted to get.
I bought a pair of these sandals off eBay. They look sort of like these, but the fron of the sandal has the straps at an angle. I love them.
Lately, I've been selling rather than buying... three guitars, a few video cards, the food processor, a couple of cameras, the TV, some odds and ends of furniture, the coffee grinder and my car. So, I guess my treat is higher numbers in my bank account.
I don't know how you can. I'm too hot in a t-shirt... in the middle of winter. Just the thought of wearing wool makes me hot and claustrophobic.
1. The wool is very thin (thinner than a cotton t-shirt). 2. Don't turn the heater on. If you're hot and claustrophobic when it's 11C then yes, we are very different creatures. Wool pwns cotton into the ground
