I shop deals at my local market. I can usually get the fancy coffee that’s about to expire 2 for 1. I just keep it in the freezer to last longer.
A good water bottle, that keeps ice in the bottle for two days. Cost like $80 a couple years ago but it’s a HUGE luxury imo, waking up thirsty in the middle of the night and always having ice cold water available is priceless
Books.
Coffee
Same here. Wifey got me a Trade subscription maybe 3 years ago for Xmas and every 3 weeks or so I try a brand new single origin coffee I’ve never had before. (Except the one from India that tasted like pineapple! That one I ordered twice before it was gone.) It is $20 every 3 weeks since I drink one a day, but this week I switch up to the big bag so we could both enjoy it. That took it up to $50, but now it’s a full 2 pounds instead of 10 oz. (That’s 280g to 900g.)
Ham for ham sandwiches.
Ive been considering buying a lanyard for my ecig for about 8 months now. Can’t justify it.
Disposable wipes for my glasses that I can keep in my backpack.
I bough a box of 100 Zeiss wipes in walmart, I like them, it’s pretty cheap.
I have a cleaning cloth on a carabiner. It’s meant for camera lenses but it’s great for my glasses.
A second bike.
Good chocolade. Not the stuff you can get in a supermarket, but from specialty chocolate shops, or from chocolatiers themselves. While it can be quite expensive per bite compared to ordinary chocolate a single quality chocolate can already give you a very luxurious feeling, so if you have some disposable income available it doesn’t have to break the bank.
Life is too short to eat bad chocolate.
Coffee(3USD). Whiskey(3-12USD). A slightly fancier used motorbike (1100USD instead of 400) and the more expensive brand of tires.
I feel like the bike is a luxury, but the tires are a necessity, lol
Beer
I have a Uni Kuru Toga mechanical pencil that I bought perhaps 20 years ago. For about $7. And it still works great.
Powdered Iced Tea packages.
This crap is poison, full of artificial sweeteners and other chemicals, but water is just so bland.
Tissues. Such a small thing in the house, but a world of difference on the nose compared to toilet paper or other options. When money is tight tissues, amongst other things, are one of the first to be cut from spending.
coffee shop drinks
i try to make my own at home but i buy individual drinks for anything that’s too expensive in “bulk” like good quality matcha or certain flavours.
i feel so spoiled walking around drinking my one-a-month iced pistacho white chocolate matcha latte with oat milk </3
