Do you still have your treats?

LittleMissGiggles123

Reading through this thread with interest, I think the most important thing learnt from reading everyone's replies is recognising that what you've bought is a treat, rather than just a normal thing.


When we were a lot younger & bought our first house, normality to us was picking up a takeaway on the way home from work, regardless of what day of the week it was & regardless of what bills we had coming out in the next week or so.


Luckily for us we did grow up (a bit) and do think about things a lot more now. We had takeaway on the weekend, but recognise that this was a treat (an expensive one) and we won't be doing it again for a while!


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Mooglet71

Like many, really tightening up on the finances. Have been in this position for about 3 years. I think treats are important and difficult to ignore if you have kids. I want to get us into the position where we have a little treat fund so that we can have the odd day out. I agree with doing the same things but in different ways. We had a lovely day out on Saturday, went to a local country park with a picnic and a flask of coffee. Took the kids on the play trail and had a good walk around the lake. DD who is 9 had a great time and it only cost us our parking (£2.50) and petrol.
We don't really like takeaways which is a blessing and we rarely drink. If we do have anything it will be a portion of fish and chips between all of us. The fish is usually massive and we split the chips three ways (DD2 is too young for that yet!)

We have pizza night every Saturday and we get an Asda pizza and garlic bread for £4 and split between us. I challenge myself to make a dessert or get bargain ice cream for dessert from Heron Foods or similar. We usually watch something on Netflix.

Once a month I treat myself to a 99p (or less) book on Kindle.

I do miss being able to buy what I what, particularly when it comes to the kids. However, I was brought up believing that life is about experiences and not possessions