Whenever I need a new household purchase I like to go on the John Lewis website and sort by price from high to low. I currently need a new food processor, so here’s our starting point:
A mere £449!
For guitars and stuff I tend to look at high end Jazzmasters then sigh because I can’t justify spending >£1.5k on a guitar. £800 is the sweet spot for me, I think, because that’s what my two favourite instruments cost and I wouldn’t change anything about them. Unfortunately the Fender JMs at that price point are all weird (no trem, no rhythm circuit).
For holidays I sometimes look at shit like this:
I could afford a long weekend stay there but I’m far too Scottish to even consider spending that.
For houses I mostly look at what I could afford to buy in Scotland near my family for what my two bed semi in Cambridge costs, and then I cry.
