What is something that is considered 'luxury' to most, but feels like a basic necessity to you?

Good pasta is absolutely worth the extra cost, especially if you're making it regularly. I learned this the hard way after years of buying the cheapest stuff and wondering why my carbonara always turned out mediocre. Once I started getting proper bronze-die pasta from the Italian section, it was like night and day - the texture holds sauce completely differently and you can actually taste the wheat. Now I budget for it like any other staple because eating bland, mushy noodles just feels wrong when you know what real pasta can do