People have been sharing the luxuries that are ‘surprisingly affordable’ – 17 things you might want to immediately treat yourself to

As we all scrape our way through this existence during the cost of living crisis, it can be all too easy to feel like we don’t deserve any more from life.

Well, that’s nonsense. There are certain luxuries that everyone can enjoy. And we know this because summerwa1fuu put the following question to the spending gurus over at r/AskReddit:

‘What luxury did you assume was only for rich people, but turned out to be surprisingly affordable?’

Here are the top budget-friendly replies…

1.

‘Cool kitchen sink attachments.

‘I put in a cup rinser and new faucet – it’s so nice and super cheap.’
-spleaker

2.

‘Having a housekeeper come in twice a month’
-tasata

3.

‘Having tailored clothes.

‘I’ll go to a thrift or outlet store, find a shirt I like but doesn’t fit right, and pay $20ish to have it tailored.

‘My work wardrobe is nothing but $150 Ralph Lauren shirts I paid $10 for and another $20 to tailor.’
-Floppy-Over-Drive

4.

‘Moving company. Compared to renting a van/truck + gas + asking friends to help, the company is not that much more money. And you save your back.’
-Comfortable_Duck8926

5.

‘A bidet!! I thought they were only in fancy hotels. Turns out they’re affordable and life changing.’
-BedScrunchieInventor

6.

‘Paper towels

‘When I was a kid you’d think these were made of gold’
-jayboosh

7.

‘Kerry Gold butter. It will change you!’
-chocolatechipninja

8.

‘The 64 count box of crayons with the built in sharpener.’
-zekesneak80

9.

‘First class train tickets. Costs a bit more than normal but it’s not ludicrously expensive’
-TheDawiWhisperer