Excuse for a great one?

havanaal

Every cigar fan I know has a "special occasion"stash. My own currently contains a Camacho PE, 2 GOF's, an Opus X and a VSG Wizard. I reach for these when 1) I receive great news 2) I have a relaxing day off that counts as vacation 3) Special friends to share with 4) Really bad day and I feel I deserve some pleasure. How do you know when it's time to overindulge?

KCW

havanaal:

Every cigar fan I know has a "special occasion"stash. My own currently contains a Camacho PE, 2 GOF's, an Opus X and a VSG Wizard. I reach for these when 1) I receive great news 2) I have a relaxing day off that counts as vacation 3) Special friends to share with 4) Really bad day and I feel I deserve some pleasure. How do you know when it's time to overindulge?

Every morning when I wake up and my chest goes in & out.

Duder2

Today is the day of The Beard! Nuff reason for me :^) All the reasons you listed would be good ones for me as well though...

Hays

KCW:

havanaal:

Every cigar fan I know has a "special occasion"stash. My own currently contains a Camacho PE, 2 GOF's, an Opus X and a VSG Wizard. I reach for these when 1) I receive great news 2) I have a relaxing day off that counts as vacation 3) Special friends to share with 4) Really bad day and I feel I deserve some pleasure. How do you know when it's time to overindulge?

Every morning when I wake up and my chest goes in & out.

+1 to this comment... I used to have the "celebratory" stick mentality, but realized that those sticks almost never got smoked. Also, despite having a high pricetag or brand cachet, you may still hate that stick you set aside...so let the cigar be the celebration, and smoke whatcha want, when ya want.

camgfs

Russ55

I'm in the same boat. I'm not saving sticks for special occasions anymore. If I feel like it, I smoke it. So many times I've saved sticks like that only find out it wasn't all that great to begin with.

phobicsquirrel

I don't have any special occasion cigars. I really don't see the need. Though there are cigars I don't smoke all too often but none that I'm saving for anything special.

docedwards

I understand the special occasion smoke but usually I let it be whatever I have that I know will not let me down. Otherwise, it's just by "feel".

Lasabar

I have some cigars that I won't touch unless I get married or have a kid (Hopefully in that order) I have some discontinued cigars from about 7 years ago that I've smoked one and it was really good, and I have 10 left that i won't touch, I also have some ISOMs that I got from a fellow BOTL that are from '01 to '07 and they look goooooooood! (But I have only one of each, so I don't think I will smoke them soon)

Nick2021

I usually smoke whatever I'm in the mood for. If it's a rare cigar that I may not be able to get my hands on again (cigars that are discontinued), I may save that for a special occasion (holiday, good day of fishing/hunting, etc.). However, I usually smoke what seems good at the moment...I had two GOF cigars while over here and held off on smoking them because I kept trying to justify the occasion. However, life's too short and I felt like I might be missing out on something...when I finally lit them up, they were two of the best cigars I've had. Ended up buying two boxes after that

t_evan50

I have a couple I'm saving for the holidays to enjoy after dinner with my bro, but other than that I just make sure if its a rare or expensive stick that I have plenty of time and can put my full attention into smoking the cigar. I wouldn't want t miss anything.

kuzi16