What's your favorite small luxury?
#100354 - 08/22/04 06:55 PM
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LauraSue
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I was just posting about my SIL's automatic car starter so it's warmed up in the winter. It's like her favorite little luxury. I thought it would be interesting to find out all of yours!
Mine is taking cabs. In NY that can get expensive but it's way nicer than the subway or the bus. So I treat myself. One of the reasons I worked my behind off and saved all my money is so I could take cabs when I want to! (PS, we don't own a car so we don't have all that expense to deal with.)
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I guess mine would have to be either my computer or books cause if I don't know about something or I want to know what something looks like or how it works I just look it up. I don't think I could live without a how to guide or .coms.
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I love to take naps in the afternoon while my daughter takes hers. 
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I am all into fancy spices lately. Fancy cinnamon and vanilla beans yum! Good olive oil and fresh stuff from the garden. Maybe food should not be a reward?! 
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New books. I love books! (when I last moved I had literally a dozen boxes of them, the boys who helped me move were so confused, they thought that the boxes were clothes or shoes)
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Last Christmas my dil's decided I needed something special from Victoria. They bought me Body Lotion, Shower gel, the whole set, {LOVE SPELL}. Now, I am addicted to it. Being that I cannot wear perfume because of allergies, their body spray is outrageous! Love it all. Yes, I decided that this was going to be my fav luxory for the year...and believe me, I have faithfully visited the store to keep my supply going. Love it, Love it, Love it !!!!!!
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Does making out count? 
I don't even mean anything extremely sexual or physical ... just plain old kissing and canoodling.
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It's a toss-up between Tivo and my iPod. It's hard to remember what life was like before either one.
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Fish from Marks and Spencers - it's expensive but actually tastes of fish and the fillets are boned properly. Sea bass is my all time favourite and salmon and trout are great with a bit of truffle oil.
My new luxury will be my dog and two kittens that I am getting when we move - I really can't afford them as I am on sick leave for a couple of months, but it's worth it. Looks like I'll be eating cheap fish and rice for a while - either that or training the dog to catch some for me!!!!!
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Good chocolate! I used to only eat milk or white chocolate because too much cocoa gave me migraines. Now I can't eat those, but I can eat 70% cocoa plain chocolate! So I treat myself to the BEST!
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Spa Days (tm). I can't afford to go off to a spa, so I do it at home. Soak in a hot bath, do a facial masque, manicure and pedicure, follow it with a treat for lunch (like some sushi, which I never buy because it's expensive) and/or a nap. Ahhh...
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I have 2- a piece of really good dark chocolate (Hrm- I have some at home, maybe tonight?) or working with really fancy fiber.. I knit and crochet and spin, and some of the fibers are just a dream to work with but cost a fortune too... I want to make a sweater out of one yarn, but the yarn would cost 85$ to buy! its called cotton tape and at 8.50 a ball, 10 balls is more then I can afford...
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Hey, Turrtle, welcome!!! We love new people! You should go to the Diet board and fully introduce yourself so we can get to know you better! And yeah, the computer is my lifeline too!!
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I love to take naps in the afternoon while my daughter takes hers.
That's really sweet!
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I am all into fancy spices lately. Fancy cinnamon and vanilla beans yum! Good olive oil and fresh stuff from the garden. Maybe food should not be a reward?!
Tamara, I think those definitely qualify. Healthy food is a good reward!!
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New books. I love books! (when I last moved I had literally a dozen boxes of them, the boys who helped me move were so confused, they thought that the boxes were clothes or shoes)
Ohmigoodness, YES, Melissa. My dream is to someday have a room with floor to ceiling bookshelves and some of those library steps. I have a stack of about 25 books that I bought and haven't even read yet. I'm trying not to buy more, but it's hard!
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Last Christmas my dil's decided I needed something special from Victoria. They bought me Body Lotion, Shower gel, the whole set, {LOVE SPELL}. Now, I am addicted to it. Being that I cannot wear perfume because of allergies, their body spray is outrageous! Love it all. Yes, I decided that this was going to be my fav luxory for the year...and believe me, I have faithfully visited the store to keep my supply going. Love it, Love it, Love it !!!!!!
Oooh, la la, Gayla honey!! Yowza as Bevvy would say!! Very nice.
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Does making out count?
I don't even mean anything extremely sexual or physical ... just plain old kissing and canoodling.
Aw, Amanda, that's really sweet. And welcome back!!
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It's a toss-up between Tivo and my iPod. It's hard to remember what life was like before either one.
Cool! My husband loves his DVR (same kinda thing).
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Fish from Marks and Spencers - it's expensive but actually tastes of fish and the fillets are boned properly. Sea bass is my all time favourite and salmon and trout are great with a bit of truffle oil.
My new luxury will be my dog and two kittens that I am getting when we move - I really can't afford them as I am on sick leave for a couple of months, but it's worth it. Looks like I'll be eating cheap fish and rice for a while - either that or training the dog to catch some for me!!!!!
LOL!! Catherine! A fish catching dog??!! I'd buy tickets to see that!! Ooo, and truffle oil! Now we're talking luxury!
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Good chocolate! I used to only eat milk or white chocolate because too much cocoa gave me migraines. Now I can't eat those, but I can eat 70% cocoa plain chocolate! So I treat myself to the BEST!
Well, yes, Linz, if it's not the BEST it's not a luxury!! Andy buys Valhrona or Caillbaut (sp?) sometimes for cooking, usually the unsweetened, but sometimes the semi sweet. That he has to hide from me!!
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Spa Days (tm). I can't afford to go off to a spa, so I do it at home. Soak in a hot bath, do a facial masque, manicure and pedicure, follow it with a treat for lunch (like some sushi, which I never buy because it's expensive) and/or a nap. Ahhh...
Ahhh, I can feel myself relaxing just reading it. Now, how often do you schedule these??????? I bet not often enough, miss thing!
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I have 2- a piece of really good dark chocolate (Hrm- I have some at home, maybe tonight?) or working with really fancy fiber.. I knit and crochet and spin, and some of the fibers are just a dream to work with but cost a fortune too... I want to make a sweater out of one yarn, but the yarn would cost 85$ to buy! its called cotton tape and at 8.50 a ball, 10 balls is more then I can afford...
I absolutely LOVE tape yarn sweaters! I have one that's a dark purple sleeveless shell from I think Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy. I wondered why they're so expensive -- it's the yarn itself. Cool!
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This is kinda goofy, but I like to have my lunch in front of the TV watching....Soap Operas. Yeah, I know, I need to get a life.  I think it is really fun to see what all these people that I feel like I know personally are up to. I limit myself to two Soap Operas and then I'm back to my duties as assigned.
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...I moved into this s***hole apartment we live in. Part of the "spa day" experience is having a nice ambience in the bathroom, and our bathroom in this dump is SO awful that all the candles and incense in the world can't make it a relaxing place for me. (Hint: the walls are rotting, the toilet is butted up against the tub, and we don't even have consistent hot water!)
So... yeah, it's been about a year.
Can't wait till we move!!
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This is kinda goofy, but I like to have my lunch in front of the TV watching....Soap Operas. Yeah, I know, I need to get a life. I think it is really fun to see what all these people that I feel like I know personally are up to. I limit myself to two Soap Operas and then I'm back to my duties as assigned.
Barbie
Sounds great, Barbie! I saw an article somewhere recently about all these actors who'd gotten their starts on the soaps. A lot of amazing names! Of course I can't remember a single one now!! (ribbit)
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Laura- anything handknit costs more but yes, the coton tape is very expesive yarn... and I love it.. and drool over it.. I think it will go on my birthday list next spring for mom to get me.. she knits and would buy expensive yarn if I begged enough...
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LOL! I wasn't going to admit mine until you said Soap Operas, Barbie!! *deep breath* Mine is reading the tabloids. It was my new year's resolution to read crap each week, and it's grown on me...!
I'm the former stoic, sarcastic, hoity, English major literature snob, so trust me, it's very funny to see me reading that dreck. AND I LOVE IT! Mwah hah hah!
~not really nel, who would never actually stoop to read the Enquirer and Star for the last 8 mos.~
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Tabloids...
#100619 - 08/23/04 01:15 PM
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Nelly
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...and the Globe, Us, and the Sun. .....ahem.
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Yeah, Nel
#100623 - 08/23/04 01:27 PM
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Hi,
It's really fun to see how "the other half" lives, isn't it?
Everytime I watch the Soap Opera I am so thankful my life is stable and boring. hehe
I admit I like to sneak a peek at the Enquirer, too. My mom loves to read them and she's 85.
Barbie
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Re: Yeah, Nel
#100628 - 08/23/04 01:29 PM
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Nelly
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LOL! I GIVE MY OLD COPIES TO MY MOM!!!
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I think I have 2 also. Longaberger Baskets and when my aunt offers to take my children for the night. I don't have the greatest mom when it comes to offering to take the kids overnight so my aunt I think sees this and offers a couple times a year! My hubbie and I either go out or just stay in and enjoy the peacefullness.
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Hi,
I watch Bold & Beautiful and As the World Turns. I've been watching them for several years and feel like the actors are all friends of mine. ha ha
The girl I work with and I watch them during our lunch hour, also, and we talk about everybody on the soaps like we know them. It's been fun.
Do you watch them, too?
Barbie
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Ok, I think I have a few....I love my blanket....I sleep with it every night. My mom and her friends made it for me when I was a baby. Its still in great shape. I have to sleep with a pillow and my blanket between my leg...I'm a side sleeper. I will use that blanket until the day I die!!!
I also love my new home alarm system key chain....I can set my alarm in my car and turn it off in my car. It also has the chimes feature....so I know when my kids are leaving the house or coming home!
I love my dish network satalite ( you can record live t.v.) lOVE that!
Ok, I think thats all I can think of!!
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LOL!! Nel you are too funny for words!!! (I spent my vacation catching up on People and Elle. I wanted to read Lucky but my SIL wouldn't part with it!)
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Laura- anything handknit costs more but yes, the coton tape is very expesive yarn... and I love it.. and drool over it.. I think it will go on my birthday list next spring for mom to get me.. she knits and would buy expensive yarn if I begged enough...
Hey, that's what mom's are for, right??!!
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I think I have 2 also. Longaberger Baskets and when my aunt offers to take my children for the night. I don't have the greatest mom when it comes to offering to take the kids overnight so my aunt I think sees this and offers a couple times a year! My hubbie and I either go out or just stay in and enjoy the peacefullness.
I had to go look that up (Longaberger baskets) -- they're gorgeous!! When I reorganized my coat closet this year I bought three matching baskets for the shelf, one for shawls, one for scarfs and one for hats and gloves. Everytime I open the closet door, it looks so nice it just makes me glow a little inside! So I know what you mean!
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Ok, I think I have a few....I love my blanket....I sleep with it every night. My mom and her friends made it for me when I was a baby. Its still in great shape. I have to sleep with a pillow and my blanket between my leg...I'm a side sleeper. I will use that blanket until the day I die!!!
I also love my new home alarm system key chain....I can set my alarm in my car and turn it off in my car. It also has the chimes feature....so I know when my kids are leaving the house or coming home!
I love my dish network satalite ( you can record live t.v.) lOVE that!
Ok, I think thats all I can think of!!
The blanket is sweet. The home alarm system, that's different, but I like it!
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When I was working, it was Coach bags. I used to slobber all over myself when the new mail order catalogue came out. I'd call the manager of the Coach outlet in the next town and tell her which new models I wanted; she'd put them on hold for me 'till I could get in. I'd make an outlet run with my girlfriend and buy 3 or 4 bags at a time. It was a sickness.
Now that I'm retired -- and broke -- no more Coach bags for me. Now I luxuriate with a bottle of Oscar de la Renta body bath. At $40 a bottle, it's pretty luxurious for an old retired fart like me. A bottle lasts me about 3 months.
With the new house, I've had to resort to plain old Zest bar soap. However, now that we've sold the condo, I think I might have to make a trip to Macy's toiletries department and just pray there's no Coach outlet within a 100 mile radius..... 
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Yes, I watch All My Children on my lunch hour too. I'm fortunate enough that I only work 6 minutes from my home so I come home for lunch and watch it. Now the pathetic part of it is my co-worker and I listen to our channel 6 on the radio and we then can listen to One Life to Live, and General Hospital. Now, on the rare occasion when I am sick or stay home with a sick child, I sit my butt in front of the TV from 9am to 4pm and watch ALL daytime shows. It's an addiction. I guess that's why I say I could never stay home. I'd do that every day and that would not be good 
I know what you mean though by thinking you feel like you know them. I litterly talk to the one character, Ryan Lavery on All My Children, and tell him how much of a hottie he is and when he's sad that I'll console him! I'm bad.
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Laura Sue, they are gorgeous aren't they! Very expensive for a basket. They do go up in value, however, you have to have someone that would want to pay top dollar for an older basket that's worth something. I try to justify with my husband, "but honey, they will be worth money someday". They are a REAL addiction. I was totally bad buying them for years and have finally stopped. I have one show a year and get a lot of free stuff from having a show(demonstration). The Christmas baskets are always nice.
You should treat yourself someday to one but watch out...they are addicting!
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for you to find something that makes you feel really great, and let it become your most favorite thing!!
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Hi Lisa,
My mom watches the ones you do. I'm fortunate, too, that my co-worker lives close to work. I work part time so the days I work we pick up some lunch an head to her house to watch our "shows". We are always speculating on what will happen or what should happen and think we should have been writers for the shows. ha ha It's really fun to have someone to share it with.
On my way to work & "Soaps".
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Barbie
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