Most of life happens in the hallway between the big events. Decorate the hallway.

The events you plan for occupy a tiny fraction of the actual time. Everything else is transit, routine and waiting, and if that part is treated as a gap between real life, then nearly all of your life is being written off. The ordinary stretch is not a corridor to somewhere, it is most of the building.

Improve one everyday thing rather than saving your effort for occasions. Better coffee, a decent route to work, something good playing while you cook. Small upgrades to the repeated parts pay out more often than anything you book.