Was thinking about this this morning. What little luxuries have you bought yourself that didn't cost much but that you use frequently?

Mine is a decent shaving brush. It is so much nicer than the crappy one I had before.

KingsandQueens soap
£4 in waitrose, the blingiest soap they sell

Decent balsamic vinegar. About £15 but SO much nicer than the low grade stuff.

Nice bread – the 10p white-sliced-plastic stuff is just sh!te

Home grown stuff a few pence for some seeds or free cutting and in a few months fresh food

Getting up on a day off work and wandering to the shop for the paper. then reading it outside.

I always tend to have a fridge full of decent cheeses. I'll always stock up so I can end the day with a glass of wine (or 7) and some cheese and biccies. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.

Stove top coffee doodad – Decent coffee for it.

Really good electric toothbrush, worth every penny.

Good assam tea

fox's bisquits 8)

Aloe Vera toilet tissue

Is the purpose of this thread to out the middle-class?

If so, it's doing a great job, and I bet more will be outed.

PG Tip's teabags rather than supermarket special stuff they drink here (or out of a machine)

Little lost as to the point of a shaving brush, bit like using special shaving foam instead lathered soap.. but each to there own

carlsberg special brew.

z1ppy got to back you up there but its teatly in my gaff, once bought asda's own brand made one cup and chucked them out and went back to the shop!

good tea / coffee is a MUST!

Instead of:

Hot water. Otherwise i just hold the pot noodle in my mouth till it softens.

Borsin + Kettle Chips

Sex few rounds worth of spirit mixers and a couple of sambucas!!

PG Tips? You want Yorkshire Tea.

Although I did spot a Lancashire Tea in the shops a while ago. Home Bargains I think it was 😆

Hot water. Otherwise i just hold the pot noodle in my mouth till it softens.

😆

A Merkur DE razor.

After discovering one of these 6 months ago I am never going back to disposables again.

PG Tip's, Teatley, yorkshire or even Twinnings breakfast tea if you wanna push the boat out, are all good in my book.

Lazyfish corkscrew.

A design classic that looks good and works superbly.

Outing the middle class? Like that was neccessary?

Next time you're out on a group ride, take a look around you at the blokes (and they are all invariably blokes), look at how much moneys worth of kit they've got sat underneath them. Note what they do for a living. Observe the various well-fed paunches and retreating hairlines. Listen to the guilt-soaked Guardian-speak being spouted.

It doesn't get more 'middle class' than mountain biking I'm afraid 😉

It's a fact that mountain biking is a middle class pastime.

Home made bread, and coffee beans make me happy.

I've just eaten a chilled Double Decker. And I've got a nice mug of Yorkshire tea. I've also got some comfy shoes, and as a treat this morning I put my only designer piece of clothing I have on – some Armani socks.

Life is good.

For those special evenings when you just need to get bladdered for two quid 😀

peanut butter and jam sandwiches
marmite on toast

Next time you're out on a group ride, take a look around you at the blokes (and they are all invariably blokes)

wrong!

look at how much moneys worth of kit they've got sat underneath them. Note what they do for a living. Observe the various well-fed paunches and retreating hairlines.

In my case, though I'm often the oldest, I have the same hairline as when I was 20, no paunch and a bike which cost me £150 🙂

Listen to the guilt-soaked Guardian-speak being spouted.

hmmm, intriguingly, that describes only me, the rest seem quite right wing 🙂

It doesn't get more 'middle class' than mountain biking I'm afraid

we have all sorts from posh to common. I'll leave you to decide where I lie on that spectrum 🙂

Madam Palm and her Five Lovely Daughters.

Got a brand new Leatherman supertool for £25 a few years back.

£1 for every year of the guarantee

Best buy to date

I'll leave you to decide where I lie on that spectrum

Don't think I'll bother thanks!

Is reading the Guardian a pre-req for being middle class?

And those stupid corkscrews a scourge on all humanity by the way.

This is the one true design of corkscrew:

Simon Barnes in Being Contrary Shocka 😀

Simon Barnes in Being Contrary Shocka

I do like to dismantle sterotypes :o)

Tron – correct on the corkscrew

LSD…. and fillet steak

Jaffa cakes from a box not a tube – far superior I'm sure you'll agree 🙂