Comfort Treats

LindsayLotz

What is your comfort treat?

What do you like to do to cheer yourself up, when it's that time of the month or when you are feeling a bit down?

I like to settle on the couch with some popcorn mixed with minstrels and watch a good rom-com film...divine

Lia_lia

Apple crumble and cream!

Mollyd90

cuppa tea and chocolate and a magazine

saa

The comfort food treat thing did not bode well for me so these days I'd like to say I buy something as that cheers me up but I don't always get to do that, a nice fuzzy hot water bottle or some captain morgans and diet coke or ginger beer is very soothing

Michellenman

Cold milk and cookies!

Pembily

Michellenman wrote: »

Cold milk and cookies!

Really, really cold milk! Must get some cookies!

My treat is clean linen, clean pjs after a shower

solerina

The natural fruit company jellies or Haribo !!!!!

An early night.
Man I'm a loser :pac:

WesternNight

Re-runs of Friends and junk food of any description. Cures pretty much everything.

Also, looking up old clips on Youtube of old songs I love or old TV shows I watched as a kid. That's amazingly good for helping bad moods.

Daisies

+1 for the clean bed clothes, a mug of tea and watching tv in bed.Bliss

newbee22

A cup of tea and a new magazine

solerina

Lia_lia wrote: »

Apple crumble and cream!

change that to custard and I totally agree......actually anything with custard !!!

rainbow kirby

Bottle of good beer while I'm watching sport on TV.

baby and crumble

A big bowl of mashed potatoes and peas. I know, weird, but I can't help it! That or a hot orange (mi-wadi or something made with hot water, I was reared on it and it's my main hot drink!!). I also like buying new pants.

LittleBook

baby and crumble wrote: »

A big bowl of mashed potatoes and peas. I know, weird, but I can't help it!

Yes weird but I can relate I'm very careful with carbs these days and we only usually have wholemeal because of a condition him indoors has, so my treat is a white bread sandwich ... the filling can vary from a fried egg to lots of salty ham or chicken and mayo ... yummy.

Stench Blossoms

Why are so many people's treats about food?

New bed covers and new pj's for me.

Susie_Q

Brand new snuggley socks - you can't beat that new sock feeling.

Also a really scaldingly hot bath and a brand new book with that lovely new book smell.

Oh, and a full body massage.

borderlinemeath

I love making a plate of tortillas chips. Spread the chips on a big plate, sprinkle with grated cheese, jalapeno peppers and stick under the grill till the cheese melts. Home made salsa and sour cream on the side. Guacamole if I have any avocados.

Snuggle up on the couch in my pjs with a big plate of these and a pot of tea.

Das Kitty

I don't think I have a particular treat for times I'm feeling down. I treat myself well most of the time.

I don't treat myself with food much anymore. Maybe a bottle of ale once a week or somesuch.

A cuddle is always good. And sex of course.

Gauge

Agree with everyone who said clean sheets + tea + TV or movie.

I like unwinding with a nice glass of wine or bottle of beer sometimes too.

Food-wise my treat would be nice chocolate (Green & Blacks or O Connaills) but if I'm genuinely seeking 'comfort'... tinned spaghetti hoops and toast is my ultimate comfort food

Dolbert

On a day like today, getting the fire going, pouring a glass of wine and putting on a feelgood movie. Recent choices have been Strictly Ballroom and The Princess Bride

Stench Blossoms

Dolorous wrote: »

On a day like today, getting the fire going, pouring a glass of wine and putting on a feelgood movie. Recent choices have been Strictly Ballroom and The Princess Bride

Show me your Paso Doble!

cdaly_

Dolorous wrote: »

On a day like today, getting the fire going, pouring a glass of wine and putting on a feelgood movie. Recent choices have been Strictly Ballroom and The Princess Bride

"My name is Inigo Montoya.
You killed my father.
Prepare to die..."


Ah yes, the memories...

WesternNight

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Why are so many people's treats about food?

I guess most people enjoy food, and would look forward to a particular meal or type of chocolate or whatever. For me, the "treat" is having something I enjoy (that may or may not be particularly healthy but is pleasureable to eat) and *not* feeling guilty about it. Just pure indulgence every once in a while. Feeds the 'soul' or whatever. Then it's back to normal.

Can't speak for everyone else, but that's kind of how I see it.

LadyW

A chip butty on batch bread

Princess Peach

baby and crumble wrote: »

A big bowl of mashed potatoes and peas. I know, weird, but I can't help it! That or a hot orange (mi-wadi or something made with hot water, I was reared on it and it's my main hot drink!!). I also like buying new pants.

Why have I never tried this :eek:

I like to put on clean bedding, and then I like to shower, shave everywhere and tweeze my eyebrows and paint all my nails and go to bed and watch films. Weird but I always feel good when I'm well groomed since I'm often a mess :pac:

My favourite special treat is a white hot chocolate, homemade or from a good cafe.

dashboard_hula

I clean when I'm stressed (exams next week, house is spotless) so I scrub the house from top to bottom, ring my mother briefly so she she doesn't ring me back (those conversations can go on for hours if I don't do a bit of pre-emptive work), clean sheets, hot shower, Chinese maybe but not necessary and something familiar and comforting on the TV - West Wing, Breakfast Club etc.

Pretty Polly

WesternNight wrote: »

I guess most people enjoy food, and would look forward to a particular meal or type of chocolate or whatever. For me, the "treat" is having something I enjoy (that may or may not be particularly healthy but is pleasureable to eat) and *not* feeling guilty about it. Just pure indulgence every once in a while. Feeds the 'soul' or whatever. Then it's back to normal.

Can't speak for everyone else, but that's kind of how I see it.

Yeah i totally agree. I have a treat night every Friday or Saturday night, its like my reward after the weeks work. I like to indulge myself and i usually get a take away or go out for a chinese/thai meal. Sometimes we get dinner from m+s. A chocolate dessert if a must also:D

Daisies

Daisies wrote: »

+1 for the clean bed clothes, a mug of tea and watching tv in bed.Bliss

And this is what I am doing at the moment!:D

coco_lola

Salt & Vinegar Pringles, Butter Popcorn & Minstrels, or just a really good cup of coffee. I love my coffee!

NeonCookies

Sitting down after a hot shower with a good book/movie and a hot cup of tea (even better if someone makes it for me!) with a big bar of Cadbury's dairymilk!

If I'm watching a movie, then I get bonus comfort points if my boyfriend is there to cuddle into! - he'd often make the tea too, so this scenario is all round luxury!

metaoblivia

Comfort treats!

A massage
Sleeping in
Going out to a museum/park/paint your own pottery place
Sparkling grape juice

Novella

Eating all the Cookie Dough chunks out of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

Massage and facial, or a nice new book and some tea

cynder

Cups of tea and a good book = heaven for me.

Giselle

It used to be a blitz on a bookshop, now its a blitz on Amazon.com for my beloved Kindle.

I still love bookshops though

Princess Peach

I'm not really a fan of magazines, but when I feel a bit down I love to buy the story ones, like Take a Break, Pick me Up, Chat and those.

Mind numbing I know, but the stories are often so ridiculous, they make me feel good :pac:

Kiva.D

Salt and Vinegar Crisps are my comfort food - anything crunchy.
... and Iced Coffee with plenty of milk

Twee.

McFlurry *drools* Never fails to cheer me up!

Pretty Polly

Twee. wrote: »

McFlurry *drools* Never fails to cheer me up!

I know they are amazing, especially the Creme Egg ones:D

Mars Bar

If I'm having a bad day, it's pizza and beer for me.

Pythia

Fluffy PJs, can of coke and Chokablok icecream if I'm having time of the month pains



And a Thai take away for a comfort dinner.

carolinespring

First port of call a big cuddle from the Hubby and cuppa cuddling on the sofa but if he is away then a boiling hot cuppa, magazine/book and into bed with the tv on low in the back ground or if its really really bad a glass of ice cold low fat milk (has to be L/F, as I hate full fat) and a bag od cheese and onion Tayto.

Ave Sodalis

A long, hot bath in the evening with candles and nice smelling stuff (lie lavender or anything along those lines) followed by wrapping up in cosy pj's in front of the fire with a nice big tub of Ben and Jerry's and a good book or movie. Bliss! :P

Belle Morte

I love nothing better than getting into a pair of pyjamas and cuddling up into the couch / bed all night for a marathon movie/tv session, in addition to copious amounts of pizza/chinese/indian and some Haagen Dazs or Ben & Jerrys for afterwards. Bliss

Siuin

Marks and spencers cookies, glass of cold milk, duvet and a good movie

OR

Sexy times and cuddle in a nice warm bed when it's rainy outside

How Strange

A hot shower, then a big cup of hot tea, a packet of minstrels, a magazine and curled up in bed with clean crisp bed linen. Bliss!

tatabubbly

Good movie on the laptop, long soak in the tub, new pjs and curling up beside my man! yummy time to follow!

saa

I've been very un well lately and have found myself buying comfort treats but have wrangled it though I can't handle them they kick start cravings for me.
but even so i had some lovely cherry/raspberry bakewells par frozen so the jam is chewy with a glass of milk.
mini tub of tiramisu.
and a bake potato mhhmmm

Pomplamousse

A trip to the cinema during off-peak hours with some ice-cream and a big bag of popcorn:)

AhInFairness

Time of the month and I turn into a chocolate fiend. Minstrels are my current fave but I'm quite fickle

Bad-day-at-work pick me up is to make lists reaffirming all the good things I have going on; things I am thankful for, talents that I have, the goals I have for my life. I love making lists. Preferably in a fresh notebook with a really nice pen.

Payday treat is usually a trip to a bookshop where I buy myself a nice paperback to read in the bath and the aforementioned notebooks and pens.

Feeling-a-bit-down treat is a new top or a handbag - usually of the Penney's or Dunnes variety (lets just say...I make a lot of lists! )