Common Luxuries

My good friend blogged about "common luxuries"-those things that we grew up thinking were luxuries, but we enjoy now and would never give up. Here's my list
-Grated cheese-when Scott graduated from Dental School, I informed him that since we were now we were getting a paycheck every month, I was done grating cheese
-Boneless Skinless Meat-because who wants to be reminded that dinner used to be an animal
-Staying in hotels-growing up we traveled all over the greater part of 3 continents. Somehow we never stayed in hotels. We either camped or stayed w/ friends and relatives. My kid's think going on a trip involves going to a hotel w/ a pool and free breakfast.
-Not packing a lunch-when we took road trips as a kid, we'd always pack a big cooler and pulled over at some rest area to eat. Included in the cooler was always a wet wash cloth in a baggie that we could all use to clean up afterwards. These days we stop at McDonalds. So much less work.
-ziploc bags-no more of the sad fold-over kind for this girl
-Ben and Jerry's-I'm not a big ice cream fan. I prefer baked goods any day, but if I'm going to eat ice cream it has to be a premium brand
-My down comforter and sheets with a high thread count-I literally can't sleep w/out them.
-cable tv, high speed Internet, & cell phones
scrap booking supplies/fabric-I don't even want to know the amount of $ that I've spent on that stuff

We've held off getting a dvr because we know once we start, we'll never go back.