Sitting in the bath last night (didn’t Einstein have all his great ideas while sitting in the bath?) I was thinking about how lucky I am to have the luxury of time to actually sit in the bath and thing about how lucky I am (got it?). Which got me thinking about all those things that we would all LIKE to have in our life but maybe can’t afford, or don’t have time to get, or have other things that really are more important.

I say I would LOOOOOOOOVE to have seven (not just six, seven) sets of 1000 thread count, white,  Egyptian cotton sheets to sleep on, but when I really think about it, I can live with the slightly off white, cotton/polyester blend sheets from the Pillow Talk outlet store in Sumner Park. They are clean, comfortable and they didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Impressively expensive sheets are a luxury I can live without.

The forever-coveted Hermes Birkin Bag

Some girls love handbags, they crave the newest, latest, hottest from Prada, Marc Jacobs, Hermes – personally I don’t get it – actually hold that thought, if someone offered me a Hermes Birkin Bag I wouldn’t want to be rude and say no! But most of the time I’m happy with a nice faux leather (easier to clean) handbag from Witchery or Portmans or Sportsgirl.

Me myself personal? I’m a shoe girl (as you may have noticed here, and here). Do you find that you are either a one or the other? I tried to explain it to the boy last night ‘It’s kinda like are you a either boob or a leg man honey‘ he got it straight away! Saying that, I still don’t have the ultimate pair of shoes that I covet – A pair of REAL Christian Louboutins. In fact I have never even tried pair on (although I have patted a few pairs on the floor of David Jones, yes I did say patted….what?) from fear of loving them so much that I have to buy them on the spot and then not be able to pay rent for the next three months. (This all said as I sit here typing away with my Birkenstocks on my feet – see here for the story on that one.)

Those shoes are my ultimate luxury, something that I can one day reward myself with, something to work towards, something to buy for myself when I have ‘made it’ (made it doing what I ‘m still trying to sort out). So even though these are my ultimate luxury, I still think all of us need to have a necessary luxury, something that makes you feel good, something that is important to you.

my ultimate luxury (hint, hint honey!)

An old friend and flat-mate of mine (hi wifey!) looooooooooved her linens. She would not settle for anything less than a 1000 thread count on her sheets, she always had a million pillows on her bed, the most amazing soft doona (sorry, duvet for all you kiwis) and doona cover because that was her thing, her necessary luxury (and man was her bed comfortable).

For other people it is towels, having the biggest, whitest (is whitest a word?), fluffiest towels around (meanwhile, I’m happy with my end-of-season-sale-at-MYER lot). For some people it’s getting their hair cut and coloured (again, Just Cuts for me – $25 thankyou!), amazing candles, pieces of art, new cars, there are a million and one things out that bring that extra bit of joy to our lives.

My necessary luxury is a pedicure every so often. It’s the whole experience for me, being a little pampered (who doesn’t love the leg and foot massage) and not having to bend over and do it myself! I never was any good a colouring between the lines so its nice to have someone who is paid to get the nail polish JUST on the nail and not all over my toes too. It is only a little luxury but I am a poor uni student now remember so this has actually become quite a big luxury for me and I am going to enjoy every minute of it!

What is your essential luxury? Do you have something beyond the basics that you just can’t live without?