Real maple syrup and more recently the Express Passes at Universal Studios in Orlando. A yard guy named Randy.
Agree that Global Entry @ $100 for 5 years is money well spent! We rarely fly international–maybe annually or less, but for the extra $15 over 5 years above pre-check, we figured why not?
We also spurge on healthcare. There are OK, very caring docs, but we will pay what it takes, including travel costs to go to the best docs–Denver’s Nationsl Jewish, specialists in NY, Southern CA and now in Stanford. If the specialists can help us be as healthy as possible, we figure it’s money well spent.
We also splurge on travel and often get economy plus seating, especially for longer flights > 6 hours.
A sleep number bed.
Restaurant meals with H, D, and SIL. So much fun trying out new places! D and SIL have started taking some turns treating us. 
A private room for my mom in assisted living – and an assistant to come in every morning to help her tie her shoes. She likes tie shoes better than slip-ons. Some of my siblings didn’t think it was necessary, so my brother and I share the extra expense.
- Non R-BST whole (4% milkfat) milk (because I grew up on a dairy farm and know what real, not watered down or dosed up milk tastes like)
- real maple surup
- natural peanut butter
- leather shoes that fit correctly
- well made double breasted suits (they're expensive but they look great and wear well)
“I love GLOBAL ENTRY. It’s 100 bucks and good for 5 years. It has saved my butt more than a few times when the airport security line was ungodly long.”
I used to think TSA precheck was awesome, only $85 for five years, until my airline got known crewmember. No line, can get through in 30 seconds or less. KCM rocks! And though I know it comes out of my pay some way or another, because nothing ever comes for free, whatever it was, it’s worth it!
Besides that, I’d say bioidentical hormones, and good coffee.
@missypie We use the San Francisco Bay k-cup available on Amazon. Biodegradable and less expensive than grocery store with Prime.>>>>>>
We have a Keurig 2.0 and some New England coffee “pods” don’t work. Do you have the 2.0?
"Gonna pose this question. My opinion, may not be yours.
To me a splurge is an exception in what you can really afford but one area you choose to spend anyway.
So to me, if you can list half a dozen regular splurges, it isn’t really a splurge, it just so happens that you have the $$ to indulge. Is there a difference? There is to me."
Hmm, I look at it differently. Not as an exception to what you can really afford, but an exception to what you are generally willing to pay for something. For example, most of us can probably afford to buy a $20 bottle of wine, it’s not like it’s going to break the bank. But for some of us who generally would only spend $11-$12, spending that $20 would be a splurge, and something we’d only do for a special occasion or a particularly good bottle. Unless it was at a restaurant, I’m talking about at a grocery store. Many people, that $20 would be the norm.
I think I could pretty much afford most anything I wanted, except for perhaps, a private jet, an island, something like that. However, I am only willing to pay a certain amount for specific items. To do otherwise, is a splurge for me.
For folks living below their means (who could afford more than they normally spend), I agree that a splurge is when we knowingly and willingly pay more than we would for specific items or categories of items than we would otherwise.
For folks with considerable disposable income, there is no such thing as a splurge otherwise (as a practical matter) if you consider splurges only more than one can really afford in a particular category.
Shoes and house cleaning.
Another vote for natural peanut butter (the kind from the fridge section). I also got a lawn service this summer because my house was on the market, and LOVED it. Good cross country skis and cross country ski vacations. Netflix streaming & DVD service.
Intparent, have you tried that grind your own PB at Freddy’s?
Nooo… what is Freddy’s?
We also splurge by having a property manager for rentals. While he takes a commission, he handles all the headaches, tenants, repairs, raising rent as appropriate, and other maintenance. To us, he’s a bargain and makes being a landlord much more pleasant.
Books and new bookcases. (I dream of having a library in my home). Good art. Jewelry. Our house…very few people would take care of this old home.
Yes, we splurge on maintaining our home–H researches restoring “antique” homes as we like the original style and materials. It would be cheaper to just hire someone and use other materials but it gives H great satisfaction to deconstruct, renew and reconstruct. It’s a process.
Intparent - Fred Meyer, a PNW store. My friends’ kids worship that machine.
Agree with global entry, a bargain for the time saved at the airport. Everyone in our family is enrolled.
Stuff worth splurging for… lawn service in the spring/summer/fall and snowplow service in the winter. They come with a small team and appropriate equipment and are done in about 10 minutes. Well worth the time saved in the hours it would take us. That, and another vote for Amazon Prime. Love that I can save a trip to the mall and still have an item here in 2 days!
Just spent several nights in a fantastic 3 BR 3 BA house on Kauai, am sitting now in a 3 BR penthouse in Waikiki beach area. Taking 3 kids (and one fiance) to Hawaii for vacation has been a great splurge.
Stradmom, my D who has global entry is able to include her fiancé also when they fly together. The privilege is extended to him.