What do you splurge on

[Octogirl]

We splurge on travel to San Diego 2x/year from East Coast. We stay at a great location - visit the family - and there is always something new to see.

 

[Ronstar]

Hobbies. - woodworking tools, camera stuff, hiking stuff, bicycles.
Tech - tv’s, computers, iPads, iPhones, etc.
And lately on a house remodel, but this is a one time splurge. Hopefully.

 

[brett]

We are now back to a travel routine. Visiting relatives for a few days, then two weeks in Cancun area. Nothing booked other than air. We will probably be back just after Christmas with daughter and family.

Then, we have two two months booked Jan thru March. A month in each of Thailand and Australia.

After than, Greece for a few weeks in the spring, a week in Isreal, fly to Morocco for a week or two, then to Paris for a few days and home. DW does not know about this yet.

We are careful travellers who spend money but are very aware of value. So it will be no starts to five or six stars depending on how we view the value and the property.

 

[dtbach]

I splurged on a nice car for road trips. Another splurge is staying in national park lodges which are expensive but I enjoy the convenience and the quiet once the crowds have left the park for the night. I also bought myself a few small antiques last month for my birthday. Electronics are not important to me.

What I would really like to splurge on is eating out. But I have a weight problem and am trying to lose so that is off limits.

Great idea on staying at National Park Lodges. One of the best ideas of the Roosevelt era. Another great example to "blow that dough"

 

[Gumby]

For our big post retirement trip next year, I just booked our rooms at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton, as well as the Old Faithful Inn and Yellowstone Lake Hotel. We are really looking forward to it.

 

[FreeBear]

For our big post retirement trip next year, I just booked our rooms at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton, as well as the Old Faithful Inn and Yellowstone Lake Hotel. We are really looking forward to it.

DW and I stayed at Jackson Lake Lodge a few years ago and had a wonderful time. Spent a week in June at Yellowstone chasing wildlife and landscapes with a camera.


Great memories of Jackson Lake Lodge. Many rooms have a wonderful view. The public great room and patio in the main building is even better since the windows are huge and a bit elevated. Had an old-school diner with counter service, great for breakfast.



Weather was all over the place in mid June. Sunny and light jacket to cold rain freezing rain. Still one of our better trips.

 

[Bestwifeever]

For our big post retirement trip next year, I just booked our rooms at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton, as well as the Old Faithful Inn and Yellowstone Lake Hotel. We are really looking forward to it.

Lovely! Althpugh I would have expected you to take “the young wife” to Italy

 

[YVRRocketSurgery]

Our biggest splurge was pre-ER. We gutted our entire condo and remodeled it completely. Bought everything we wanted, including high-end finishes, new furniture, and custom made artwork with no regard to costs. We decided since we plan to stay in it forever, we wanted to make it exactly as we wanted. Our two years of w@rking paid for that!

This probably what we want to do during the phase after I retire and I wait until the missus retires. While we've added the odd piece and made the minor modification to our place since we moved in about 20 years ago, we haven't really spent significant dollars to remodel. I would love to do a refresh and rethink of the spaces, furniture, and appliances in the house.

 

[Gumby]

Lovely! Althpugh I would have expected you to take “the young wife” to Italy

We've been to Italy 8 times so far. I'm sure we'll go back again soon enough. Maybe early 2020.

 

[Freedom56]

This week it was two new keyboards for my home recording studio, a Korg Kronos 88 and a Yamaha Montage 6. Both are incredible instruments.

Otherwise it's travel 6 months of the year (always business/first class even for domestic)
2-3 months in Switzerland which is very expensive
2 months in Florida and the Caribbean
1 month somewhere else

Maintaining three homes with all the furnishings and all the electronic toys (Southern California, Florida, Switzerland).

 

[griffithee]

Everything but houses and cars. As long as I don't buy the million dollar house and the Maserati I can pretty much do what I please with everything else.

I dont know Robbie. I bought the Masarati and fell in love. The most comfortable car I have ever owned. (And the fastest)

 

[Scuba]

This probably what we want to do during the phase after I retire and I wait until the missus retires. While we've added the odd piece and made the minor modification to our place since we moved in about 20 years ago, we haven't really spent significant dollars to remodel. I would love to do a refresh and rethink of the spaces, furniture, and appliances in the house.

I highly recommend doing this if you’re planning to keep your home long-term!

 

[mexexpat]

Biz or 1st class air.
Vacation lodging...no more hotels, we only rent houses now. God bless VRBO and HomeAway!
Eat dinner out most nights. Instead of the house wine, I will now order labelled wines.
Meals at home are mostly better quality seafood or poultry from seafood or butcher shops instead of chain supermarkets. Shopping more at organic and speciality food stores.
I no longer wait for sales at department stores...see it, like it, buy it.
Though I continue to browse Goodwill stores when I am in the US, mostly for hard to find vintage high-end linen clothing.

 

[traineeinvestor]

I tend to fly business class for long haul flights (still economy for regional around Asia). I got used to flying business when I was working and have no desire to go back to the ever shrinking economy class seats.

We will also take deliver of our first car (BMW 320) next month - which is completely unnecessary where we live + comes with a ridiculously high tax.

 

[Nemo2]

Not to be outdone here, we purchased a 'jar' of Sun Pat peanut butter spread for over 3 Euros here in Perpignan this morning.

(It's not very good, but it was all we could find. Hey, easy come, easy go, eh?)

 

[athena53]

Big splurges: Business Class air travel on long-hauls, typically two trips per year. I'm still buying jewelry although I have a lot already (and do wear and enjoy it). I went a bit overboard in India, where it's all 22k gold, with a lower markup than in the US.

Smaller splurges: I try to buy things made in the USA and have had good success with on-line searches for "---- made in USA". Higher-quality edibles, including natural peanut butter, local raw honey, fancy infused oils and vinegars from a shop in Lexington, SC when I visit there.

Others mentioned meals while traveling; when I'm traveling solo I typically pick up groceries and ready-made meals at the local stores or places like Pret-a-Manger. Food is pretty much just fuel to keep going when I travel. I spent more on jewelry than I did on food on my trip to Edinburgh and Paris!

 

[audreyh1]

Not to be outdone here, we purchased a 'jar' of Sun Pat peanut butter spread for over 3 Euros here in Perpignan this morning.

(It's not very good, but it was all we could find. Hey, easy come, easy go, eh?)

Funny! You’d have no trouble finding proper PB in the Netherlands, even if they do call it Pindakaas = peanut cheese.

 

[HFWR]

All clothes requiring pressing are donated to Goodwill.

Fify...

 

[NW-Bound]

I wanted to splurge and use 6-gauge wire to run the 80-ft distance between the low-voltage solar array at the corner of the backyard to the shed where the lithium battery bank and electronics sit. Thick wires reduce the power loss. But 12 of them won't fit in a 1" conduit to be buried. Not even 12 of the smaller 8-gauge wires would fit.

Use 2 conduits? That's more work!

See how splurging can cause problems, and not gratification?

 

[albireo13]

Close to FIR ...
Hobbies ...
Kayaking, telescope making, tablets/'puters.

Btw, my fav beer is Allagash White, awesome Belgian white from Maine

 

[Dtail]

Close to FIR ...
Hobbies ...
Kayaking, telescope making, tablets/'puters.

Btw, my fav beer is Allagash White, awesome Belgian white from Maine

Bolded - Mine too, but they don't have it in FLA.
It is so much better with more complex flavors than any American wheat beer that I have tasted, although some of the German wheats are quite tasty.

 

[Teacher Terry]

So had the party with the live singer which cost 200. He sang a extra hour for free. I usually cook but bought all the food and liquor which cost another 200. So fun and plan to do it again next fall when my high school friends fly in.

 

[HFWR]

Top shelf stuff at the dispensary!

Just kidding, as Texas, the state of rugged individualism and small, unobtrusive government, deems it illegal, and CO is not particularly convenient.

 

[aja8888]

I wanted to splurge and use 6-gauge wire to run the 80-ft distance between the low-voltage solar array at the corner of the backyard to the shed where the lithium battery bank and electronics sit. Thick wires reduce the power loss. But 12 of them won't fit in a 1" conduit to be buried. Not even 12 of the smaller 8-gauge wires would fit.

Use 2 conduits? That's more work!

See how splurging can cause problems, and not gratification?

Why not large diameter PVC pipe like schedule 80?

https://formufit.com/pages/pvc-pipe-size-dimensions-chart

 

[lucky penny]

For our big post retirement trip next year, I just booked our rooms at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton, as well as the Old Faithful Inn and Yellowstone Lake Hotel. We are really looking forward to it.

I stayed there years ago & have never forgotten it. Spectacular!