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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Thanks K-N :)....as I said, there was a lot of thinking done beforehand, a great deal of attachment to various emotions to be dealt with, and an acceptance of being at a certain point in my life and looking ahead.

    Although an emotional purchase, it is a very positive one. It is difficult to describe as I don't want to go into specifics on here, but I certainly don't feel guilty about it as I would have done with other purchases, or at other times of my life.

    It is right for me to do this now, and I look forward to enjoying it, and everything positive that it represents for a very long time to come.
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  • taxi73
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    You are right not to feel guilty over your purchase as you made an informed choice and will be money well spent and I'm sure you'll get loads of enjoyment out of it.I'm definitely with you on the need to get organised front I definitely need to do that
  • Well done on treating yourself in a calm and rational way. If it had been an impulse buy, then you may well have felt guilty about it, but you've thought it through, and whatever the reasons they are the right ones for you, now.
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  • OOh i want to see piccies as well:-)
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  • Ellidee
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    Good for you treating yourself Hypno - you rock missus :A :) xx
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  • lucielle
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    Well done for recognising what you have to do. Fab news on the mortgage. Onwards and upwards.
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  • short_bird wrote: »
    the sewing macines in need of repair (or a ruddy good looking at under a decent light!)
    Anyone else now got an image of SB giving her sewing machine a serious case of 'THE EYE'??:D

    If, under the interrogation lamp, it starts to admit to various crimes....like making some of those dresses Tess wears on Strictly Come Ferret, then I'm not entirely sure you should believe it....;)
  • MrsMoo2U
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    I agree.....if the watch is an investment in you, your new life and what it represents, then as long as you have it worked out regarding budgets I see no reason for you to feel guilty. The trick is analysing the decision and making the purchase for all of the right reasons. As Duncan Bannatyne says there are assets and there are liabilities, if the watch is an asset (ie will gain in value) fab, if it is a liability then you just need to adjust spending elsewhere and if you are not going skiing this year then you have already done that IF the watch is a liability but I suspect if it was "silly" sums (your words not mine) then it is likely to be an accumulating asset. GO HYNO......
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  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    Oh I'm such a baddie all I could think was ooh I wanna see the watch! Enjoy the watch because you ARE worth it and I would much rather make my own lunch and avoid pastries and own an expensive watch any day!...ENJOY x


    that's exactly what i was thinking
  • beanielou
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    Ive got a gucci watch that Ive had 20 years!!!!!
    I dident buy it but was worth every penny TBH.
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