# What relatively inexpensive products do you splurge on?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 5, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-inexpensive-products-do-you-splurge-on/783808 "2017-04-05T14:00:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-inexpensive-products-do-you-splurge-on/783808/81 "2017-04-10T14:45:12Z")

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> [@antechinus](#):
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> Picnic food in the park.
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> A sourdough baguette, avocado, smoked salmon, radish and soft cheese. 20 bucks, a knife and a blanket. Luxury.

This is a good one! We also buy great food for our day hikes and overnight backpacks where you can get away with carrying that sort of food. If you are going to burn that many calories, you might as well replenish them with tasty calories.

Another thing: Weed. Why spend $25 on that cut-rate eighth when for $40 you can go top-shelf. I should say that the “cut-rate” is so much better than what was often available before pot super-stores came along.

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**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-inexpensive-products-do-you-splurge-on/783808/82 "2017-04-10T15:41:34Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> I pay extra for Honeycrisp Apples. I love apples but in the last decade Red Delicious (which I used to love) became blander so I pay extra for apples that I really like.

Shhhh. The supply of these seems limited. Don’t spread the word.

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**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-inexpensive-products-do-you-splurge-on/783808/83 "2017-04-10T15:55:27Z")

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Socks, for sure. I just shelled out almost $20 for three pairs of socks, just for walking. My everyday work socks are close to $5 a pair. But man, I loves having comfy feet.

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**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-relatively-inexpensive-products-do-you-splurge-on/783808/84 "2017-04-10T17:40:53Z")

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> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#):
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> My minimum acceptable ice cream is about $16 per half gallon.

What kind do you get?

90% of the time I buy Coldstone Cake Batter. The rest of the time it’s Baskin-Robbins Chocolate Fudge.

They approach $16 a half gallon, I think, but don’t reach it. It’s not that I’m trying to find a more expensive ice cream. I’m just curious.

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