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    Default What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    ...stuff that doesn't require you to spend a ton of money, but makes you feel like you're living well. Haha, like 99% of mine have to do with food...and they are sooooo random!!

    ·Olives stuffed with feta / blue cheese
    ·Eating out of Asian-style black bowls
    ·Drinking organic wine (Riesling Naturals brand)
    ·Drinking water / smoothies out of brandy glasses
    ·Eating miso soup with miso spoons and bowls
    ·Eating home-made sushi
    ·Listening to Groove Salad on somafm.com while I read / write
    ·Having nice notebooks to write in
    ·Reading the New Yorker
    ·Perfectly brewed green tea
    ·Candles while I shower
    ·Buying books
    ·Clean clothes
    ·Eating sharp cheddar cheese with tomato soup
    ·Receiving packages in the mail
    ·Organic / high-quality olive oil
    ·Dipping Sourdough bread in olive oil and spices
    ·Clean sheets
    ·Using chopsticks
    ·Having a refrigerator full of fruits / vegetables
    ·Drinking spring water (from the grocery store for 30 cents a gallon)


    What makes YOU feel like you're living expensively?


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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Interesting. I never looked at things from this perspective. In my case, it does not matter how much I spend, I do not feel like I am living expensively.

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    i see we share an olive and fetta fetish

    i like to eat out for lunch[not expensive places, $10-12 max]
    using several different shampoos and conditioners and two different treatments when i wash my hair, exfoliating, shaving, moisturising and cleansing in shower
    buying cheap cosmetics
    weekly travelpass that allows me to jump on ANY bus ferry or train going anywhere ... lol...
    grooming, mostly
    going for a mani-pedi
    mixjng and matching wardrobe contents and finding thousands upon thousands of combinations without going shopping and basically having every outfit to wear to any event / mood
    going through the magazines i picked up at the grocery shop i forgot about
    starbucks
    fetta, brie, camembert 358693 types of cheese in fridge at any given time
    buying art supplies, then forgetting about them, then days later having a burning desire to create and finding multiple outlets to do so
    mixing up the perfumes i bought last year
    going to gigs and art events
    homecooked food
    painting my nails
    recycling old shit i brought and finding new and exciting ways to enjoy it after minor adjustments. i just love possibilities.....


    im starting to think i do live expensively. all i do is interweb trolling and working and sleeping and smehow between those times i manage to spend fucktons of $$
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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    ^I love yours!

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Starbucks
    My very expensive skincare: cleanser, toner, exfoliant, lip exfoliant, body scrub, body butter, argan oil, skin booster, night treatment, eye and lip treatment, blemish treatment, and like four different masks
    My very expensive hair care: shampoo, conditioner, deep conditioner, split-end mender, anti-breakage serum, blow-dry lotion, anti-frizz serum, glossing mist, repair treatment

    I'm with you ladies on the feta cheese and gourmet olives
    Gourmet cheeses...especially chevre
    BOOKS. Though the library has helped nip that in the bud.
    Designer bags. I have a large assortment of Coach bags (most with matching wallets) and I have my eye on a Burberry bag and Prada wallet now.
    Going to Pottery Barn with my fiancee and picking out what we're going to get when we move.
    Pretending like I'm shopping online, and going to the Saks website and just adding all sorts of designer shit to my shopping cart.
    Eating Laughing Cow cheese on English muffins, instead of toast.
    Salads of arugula and spinach with oil and vinegar and crumbled goat cheese.
    Baking from complete scratch, especially the frostings.
    Doing yoga at home
    Reading in a bubble bath surrounded by candles.
    Deciding how I'm going to decorate our house when we get it.
    Picking out gourmet cookware from Williams-Sonoma.
    Taking cool showers with the lights off and the window open (when it's nice out)
    Laying on my made bed and reading in the middle of the day.
    Vacuuming my room at least every other day.
    Seasonally decorating my altar.
    Having the house all to myself when my parents and brother are gone, and being able to walk around butt naked just for the sake of it.

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    -Starbucks
    -Easting out/cocktail bars
    -Health food supplements
    -Expensive shampoo, conditioners, face creams
    -YSL and Dior Makeup
    -bebe clothing
    -flying business class when possible

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    - bobbi brown make up

    - mani pedi

    - candles

    - finding cute new things to decorate my casa with

    - perfume!

    - having a large viarety of nail polish (even though I always end up choosing the same color)

    - My skin care

    - and lastly, my purses. I looove a nice purse

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    This morning for breakfast I made a salad of spinach, sweet grape tomatoes, broccoli, half an avocado, cucumber (all organic). It made me feel pretty special. Great way to start my day!

    I also make delicious smoothies that seem quite indulgent. I use MRM whey powder sweetened with stevia and vanilla, I add a combination of granny smith apple, banana, half an avocado, frozen berries, greek yogurt, almond milk, chia seeds, walnuts, cinnamon.

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    having nice rugs so my feet aren't freezing all the time.
    also, having all the windows in my ultra-cheap loft open and the lights off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firemaiden04 View Post
    My very expensive skincare: cleanser, toner, exfoliant, lip exfoliant, body scrub, body butter, argan oil, skin booster, night treatment, eye and lip treatment, blemish treatment, and like four different masks
    My very expensive hair care: shampoo, conditioner, deep conditioner, split-end mender, anti-breakage serum, blow-dry lotion, anti-frizz serum, glossing mist, repair treatment
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    haha wow and i thought i was bad. but now i actually notice a difference which is great =]
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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Simple things...

    Like new lacy underwear ... that matches.

    Buying the brand name shampoo etc, instead of Suave.

    Fresh nail polish.

    And throwing old stuff away feels fabulous. Out with the old!

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Ahh this thread made to go out and buy feta cheese!

    - Greek salad
    - 100% real juice
    - My 50$ shampoo bottle
    - A feathered pillow
    - A comfortable blanket
    - Spinch salad with french dressing
    - Water filter
    - Hot water
    - Earl grey tea
    - Challah bread
    - Nice rich colored curtains

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    This thread makes me happy.

    Living in a clean house and being able to open the windows in the Spring / Summer def makes me feel like I'm living well...

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Shopping at Whole Foods
    Buying sheets based on thread count rather than what's on sale at Wal Mart.
    The fake but really nice oriental rug that I just put in my living room.
    Washing and vacuuming my car.
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    i just got a greek salad and made myself a five star gourmet grilled sandwich

    swapping clothes with friends
    making dresses out of cheap fabric
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    - Clean apartment (strangely, I am almost always too lazy to actually keep things tidy) and lack of clutter. Nice furniture.
    - Stuffed fridge...fresh veggies, mozzarella, feta, best black olives, salmon, chicken, having fresh herbs in the kitchen for cooking...million little things.
    - My favorite red wine.
    - Eating out, nothing fancy, but it's just so nice to relax sometimes and have food brought to you and all you have to do is enjoy it.
    - Sitting on one of the many town's cafe terraces on a nice day with friends, when we're all dolled up and talking about everything going on in our lives, laughing heartily with a cigarette and sipping coffee or beer or a martini while people are buzzing around...yes, this really makes me feel like a million bucks.
    -Being able to buy gifts! Even when it's just something tiny, but something I know one of my loved ones would love, it just makes me feel so good.
    - Vacation at the coast, at one of many gorgeous places. Lazying around under an umbrella (I don't like to burn, lol) with fresh, cool, wonderfully clear blue sea just a few feet away from me and the scent of the heated salty pebbles and the pine trea forest behind me...oh, it's been so long since.
    - Travelling on a whim.
    - Buying books! Oh, how I love thee, real paper books, in my heart thou shall never be replaced by kindle and the crowd.
    - Fancy yarn, lol. Can't wait to make my first cashmere sweater, mmmmmmmm.
    - Lush. Shampoos, soaps, make-up removers... It all smells so wonderfully delicious and is amazing for my supersensitive skin.
    - And lastly, completely free, early autumn scent.

    Edit: Oh, and buying flowers when I'm grocery shopping at the market! I love love love to see flowers in my kitchen.

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    ^How could I forget LUSH, good one.

    -I feel like a fancy bitch when I can go get pampered, especially a luxury like a spa day, or botox or a filler injection. weeeeee I'm really fancy then!

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    I'm diggin the Mediterranean food fetish that many of you seem to have!
    I'm a total foodie, so eating exotic things always does the trick for me
    -Also taking long, luxurious baths
    -Buying high quality clothes at really good prices
    -WINE
    -going to yoga
    -when my condo is pristine.. it's a beautiful condo so it feels super expensive when clean

    This thread is making me happy

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    I get my expensive fix by...

    -Cooking with fresh ingredients (I'm gonna jump on the bandwagon and say that I lovve greek food also ).

    -Wearing designer sunglasses (flavor of 2012.. Gucci!).

    -Getting regular pedicures.

    -Taking trips regularly.

    -Lighting candles and having a glass of red at the end of a long day to wind down.

    -Letting my hair air-dry with some Bumble and Bumble styling creme and wearing it down all day. It's really long and thick, and I love the way it feels brushing across my back .

    -Completely avoiding the places I used to shop in high school (Target, American Eagle, Abercrombie, Forever 21 etc.)

    -Meditating and taking long showers.

    -Living as simply and beautifully as possible.









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    Buying presents and lavishly tipping the dancers in the other clubs.

    But also, I used to buy stuff on eBay a lot, that made me feel great!

    When I was a kid I always wanted to build the plastic model warships--especially the highly detailed, realistic ones. But we didn't have a lot of money, so I didn't get to build nearly as many as I wanted. Then when I was a young teenager, I wanted to play the very complex, detailed board wargames--like this one, for example:

    http://boardgamegeek.com/image/21671...iege-of-alesia

    Then as a young adult in college, and struggling as an independent illustrator, I wanted books. Lots of arcane tomes and obscure literature (hence expensive).

    So in the past 5 years or so, I have bought a model kit of every major ship in all the navies of WWII and a lot of WWI. I have hundreds of games, about every battle in every war in history. And I have books, great piles and stacks of books! I never build any models or play any games, but it makes me feel so good just to see them there. But I have read the vast majority of the books.

    But I am running out of room, and real estate here is almost as bad as Manhattan.
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    I love writing in beautiful leather journals.

    Olive oil that's in one of those fancy bottles that has a top that lets you drizzle it over salads.

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    I want to second Trader Joe's, as it also encourages my Mediterranean food fetish.

    Mine are:

    -Eating artisan bread with high quality olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar
    -Leaving a good tip on a bill
    -Banana Republic
    -Getting a new cat toy for my Boo
    -Making my bed (with the throw pillows!)
    -Wearing jewelry to accent my outfit
    -The butternut squash ravioli I'm currently eating
    -Online shopping (even though I rarely buy anything)
    -Candles
    -Flavored sparkling water (it's $1 haha)
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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Quote Originally Posted by yoda57us View Post
    Shopping at Whole Food
    ^^ Good one.

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    Quote Originally Posted by K Sweet View Post
    I want to second Trader Joe's, as it also encourages my Mediterranean food fetish.

    Mine are:

    -Eating artisan bread with high quality olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar
    -Leaving a good tip on a bill
    -Banana Republic
    -Getting a new cat toy for my Boo
    -Making my bed (with the throw pillows!)
    -Wearing jewelry to accent my outfit
    -The butternut squash ravioli I'm currently eating
    -Online shopping (even though I rarely buy anything)
    -Candles
    -Flavored sparkling water (it's $1 haha)
    Ooooh yes! Ice cold sparkling water! My favorite brand is Gerolsteiner. The perfect amount of bubbles.

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    Default Re: What makes you feel like you're living expensively?

    High-quality sharp cheddar cheese. The cheap stuff, by comparison, well...it doesn't even compare.

    Also, this Merlot Parmesan: http://mmm.sartorireserve.com/produc...llavitano.aspx
    (sold in most grocery stores, IME)

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