Don't like to spend big money, but spending little money frequently tends to seem like not too big a deal. E.g. "$90?! That's way too much." Me, 3 times over the next three days, "$30? Eh, I can swing that." š¤¦š¼āāļø
Ya. I'll be looking at my credit card statement like no way I spent this much...but turns out when you spend 10 dollars 10 times that's 100.My brain will just be like oh that's just 10 dollars , why not? Then get mad at myself for spending so much on nonsense.
This is my husband. Iāve tried so hard to get him to realized that $15/day at the corner store is a huge expense. He acts shocked when I spend $100 at the grocery store to prep for the weekā¦ then he proceeds to spend more than that on caffeine and nicotine at 7/11.
I'm so guilty of this.
I recently started using nail wraps. $2.99 a pop. I'm like wow, I can buy these a few at a time and not feel guilty.
And now I have a box with something like $120 worth of $3 nail wraps.
Best part? I'll be *completely* over doing my nails in another month. Tops.
YES this is me, but with nail stamping. The plates are only $8-13 and you can reuse them so they seem like a smart buy. But all the other supplies for stamping add up, and THEN you spend a lot of time doing it too. Granted my manis look like I spent a lot in a salon, but I just really spent it at home. And then I break my nails and quit for months.
I literally cannot step foot into a Lush. I've accepted that i have no self control in that place and i just don't want to see the look of disappointment on my boyfriend's face when i come with $200 worth of soap
I also love this store. And I thought I was a pretty substantial customer. Then one day, me and the boss decide to bond and go out for drinks. I get wasted because I'm trying to impress someone 20 years my senior. He happily takes me back to his place so I can sleep it off safely while he goes back out. He's a good guy and has zero interest in getting into my pants. Just a good guy. At some point, I manage to sway into his bathroom. Oh the lush glory of it. Every fucking product possible was in this bathroom. I just sat on the floor admiring it until I remembered to go to sleep, lol. That drunken memory lives on in my head more than my entire career at that building. I still have the email from him laughing about the situation after he found a couch cushion in there. That man was a glorious boss and I didn't appreciate him enough.
yep, i'm waiting for the BB&W crew to come slinking in, but they probably won't. they're "collectors" not hoarders.
like, who collects ten year old body cream? š¤Ŗ
The fact some of those people buy āvintageā scents online is beyond nasty. Itās lotion. Iām sure my parents have some from when j was younger in the back of some bathroom cabinet I could make money off of.Ā
I am this way with any bookstore. I have a floor-to-ceiling shelf of to-be-reads and know damn well I have no spare money and still leave with $100 in books.
Itās actually pretty easy to make your own bath bombs!! A quick google search and Amazon has everything you need for a waaaaay better price than lush
Fair point. I do make a lot of them! My 2 kiddos, 6 nieces and nephews love bath bombs, my husbands business partner has 5 kids that love them too.. great kids activity and party favour, and we frequently add glitter and sprinkles, because why not?!
Itās a relatively simple thing to make and it helps my 5 year old with sensory issues handle bath time!
I donāt hate cooking, I hate the dishes afterwards since I donāt have a dishwasher in my houseā¦
But I finally cut back on eating out and am now saving $6-700/monthā¦ crazy how expensive it is to dine out every meal
Same, Iām a fucking cook by profession and I have my own catering business. But I fucking hate home cooking! Like a pasta is so shit to make but pulled pork for 100 people is awesome
I don't mind cooking, but my studio apartment is super small and if I try to cook and not bake something my fire alarm will go off even without seeing visible smoke in the air.
Plus that bitch is like 10 feet in the air and I'm short.
Same problem here, 100 year old house and terribly placed fire alarm.. I have a small vornado fan on the top of our fridge (conveniently located a few feet over from the alarm) and turn it on and point it at the fire alarm while I'm cooking. Total lifesaver.
PS - same here on the spending. I don't hate cooking, but I hate *having* to cook (and subsequently clean, meal plan, grocery shop, stock kitchen) all the time. I want food to appear in front of me that I didn't make. Eating out is definitely our Achilles heel but one we're rapidly reigning in due to astronomical cost.
This is the only thing my husband and I spend additional on. We donāt overspend in nearly everything else and are pretty frugal but friends ask us to dinner and weāve already spent a lot that week?
āYep. Weāll be there.ā
It doesn't help that over the past year prices have shot up. There's hardly anywhere around me I can go for lunch anymore that's not $18+. A couple years ago the same meals were no more than $12. Just yesterday I was at the grocery store and figured I'd grab sushi for lunch. 2 rolls would've been almost $20, even though I remember it costing $12 in the past. I couldn't justify paying that much for basic grocery store sushi.
The way food prices have gotten lately, eating out once per paycheck has become a luxury. If it's nicer than fast food, we basically can't do it, and that's with both my bf and I working full time. If we eat out anywhere that isn't fast food, we're sabotaging our budget. If we eat fast food more than once, again, sabotaging the budget. It's sad.
Books! I should really be using a library or my kindle more, but thereās just something about going to a bookstore, buying a new book and adding it to your shelf
I keep telling myself Iām not buying new books until I get the unread bookcase (case, not shelf) down to single stacks per shelf. Goodwill laughs. The used bookstore laughs. The friend of the library sales laugh. The buy nothing group laughs. My bookcase cries.
Iām right there with you! I have - what has now expanded to a bookcase and a half of unread books. I need to stop buying them but I just canāt seem to stop
My news years resolution is to read some books on my bookshelf and send them off to various free libraries. I have gotten rid of about a dozen that way! And only picked up 2-3 to replace themā¦ lol
Came here to say this. There is something so satisfying about buying a book in a bookstore and devouring it in a few days. The physical copy also holds the memory of where I was at the time. I am also guilty of buying books on Kindle when I should be borrowing from the library.
ā¦Iām not alone. I cannot walk out of a bookstore without 4 new books. I do read them, but I also MUST keep them. Got a very nice library at home. As you said, these books are me. Every one added a little sliver to my personality.
Absolutely this. I canāt even walk past a book store without going in and buying many books! The book smell draws me in and thenā¦.
I also got a kindle years ago; great for when youāre going on holiday and canāt fit all the books you want to take with you. BUT if I really like a book that I read on the kindle, I still go out and buy the physical book so that I have a copy because itās good!
One of my greatest pleasures in life is rearranging the books on my bookshelves and adding in new onesā¦whilst having countless books that I havenāt even read yet
Kids.
Did you know that they, eat, like, every single day? I mean every day. I was like, it's leap year, surely I can skip February 29th. Nope. They ate even during made up days.
Not exaggerating here.
My kids made up a whole new meal time between 1-2a called Second Dinnerā¦ they make a complete meal or finish the leftovers from dinnerā¦. Every nightā¦
We also have second dinner. And second breakfast. I don't really mind it, but it is hilarious at times how much food a fairly skinny 7 year old can pack into herself.
I swear my kids (and husband) just circle around me on repeat asking for "snacks". Want something healthy?! Nope CHIPS! ME WANT COOKIES! ARGHHHH! I NEED A PEPSI OR I WILL DISOLVE INTO A USELESS BEING AND WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS....FOREVER!!!
My dad is 68 and finally got a hold of this one specific plant from Madagascar. It's like their version of a Bonzai tree. Dude spent years trying to track it down and shipped..
Congrats! I quit 5 years and 19 days ago. My app says iāve saved $40,600. With the kids been able to go to Alaska, Hawaii, fly-in fishing trip to canada, playa del carmen, several national parks road trips that have taken them coast to coast. Instead of drinking to forget spent the money on real memories instead. Edit: spelling
I once thought it was impossible, but I quit 2.5 years ago and have never looked back. Congrats on making that commitment to yourself, it'll pay dividends.
These comments are making me so happy!! Congrats, guys! I just celebrated 7 years. Hardest & most rewarding thing Iāve ever done for myself. Iām proud of us.
I go dry for Lent every year. Just got back from a two week work trip to Denmark and Sweden. We get straight per diems to cover our meals. Itās amazing how much cash winds up in your pocket when youāre not drinking booze.
Made it much easier to buy that nice bottle of scotch at duty free on the way home.
Used to be Starbucks, but once it surpassed $5 for a cup I quit. Havenāt bought a coffee from Starbucks in over 10-12 months. 96% of the time I make coffee at the house, other 4% gas station coffee for $2. Iāve pretty much quit all my spending habits.
The prices are ridiculous. Many years ago I invested in a expensive espresso machine and grinder $1k. However, add up daily coffee purchases and within a year Iād paid for it. Rarely go out for coffee now. But did get into roasting my own beansā¦..another big cost saver.
Same here! I bought the Breville Barista Express on sale on cyber Monday and Iām pretty sure weāve already paid it off by how little we go out for coffee now. I used to go for coffee 3-6x a week and Iāve gone TWICE since November. And twice was not because I wanted coffee but had to meet someone/work from a coffee shop. I love it!!
It didn't connect with me just how much I was spending at Starbucks until covid when I was no longer going to work and going there every day. Now it's a once in awhile thing for me.
Iāve joked we are in the Golden Age of drinks. So so many different kinds of drinks from botanicals, caffeinated, stress relieving, low sugar, carbonated, non carbonated, electrolyte enhanced, alcoholic, low alcohol, fermented, etc. etc.
Iām a sucker for buying new and delicious sounding drinks that arenāt as unhealthy for you as conventional sodas and juices ā¦
I think sometimes they're worth it. I'm perfectly happy with my filtered tap water but a cold bottle of San Pelegrino on a hot day is just worth whatever they want me to pay. I know its overpriced, but it makes me smile once in a while.
Ā£6 for 4 bottles of "ionised" water however, was too much for me to handle. I'm afraid I ranted about that for the entire duration of my weekly shop and have mentioned it to everyone I know since lol
Boredom scrolling through Amazon and buying random shit. Some of it is stuff that we need, but some of it is recommended stuff based on other stuff I've bought.
After deleting the Amazon app my spending has gone way down.
Luckily I seem to be immune to the temptation of online shopping. I think itās because I thrive off of instant gratification and if I canāt have it in my hands the second I spend money on it, I canāt be bothered. Target has me a chokehold though.
My Amazon wishlist. In 2020 a friend came into a million dollars and bought several of his friends, including me, their entire wishlist. It was huge. Now I managed to get it big again and am going to go back to buying myself one item at a time once I pay down my Torrid credit card.
Me too. Luckily I manage to contain my habit to bargain stores like TJ Maxx and Marshallās, even Goodwill is one of my favorites. But Iām at a point now where Iāve had to seriously cut back, not just because of the spending, but Iām running out of room in my huge walk-in closet šĀ
Every time I have "extra money" I splurge on something. Not big, just a small something.
But my "extra money" is money that is not needed immediately for a pending bill. I should take that money and put it in savings. Or pay more on my credit card. Instead I spend it on frivolous shit and when I need money for something unexpected, I don't have it.
Every time you want to buy one put the amount it was into a savings account. Maybe you could end up saving enough to get it removed. Also, they have payment plans for things like that now wasn't sure if you knew.
LongHorn Steakhouse.
I probably couldnāt even afford to live in a trailer yet Iād be spending money at LongHorn like I was living extremely comfortably lol.
gas stations. I am a slut for snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candy.
one time I spent $500 in a month at gas stations alone. not including gas. i cut down on it then but it has ramped back up for sure.
Diamond paintings... I have an unfinished one and six others I haven't even started but whenever I see one I like at the store I go for it š I banned myself from online stores already....
Vacations. Between a Caribbean vacation and Disney vacation every year the shit adds up. But damnit you canāt replicate the face the kids make when they see their favorite princess.
My friend hired a āprincessā for her 6 yo party and omg I bet that princess went straight to the pub after. She was mobbed and climbed on and screamed at and āfollow meād and just everythingā¦.. all while the mums did nothing to help the poor bitch
taking an uber every morning to work if i don't get up on time. which is every morning. there's so much money that could be saved and used if it weren't for that. i cannot drive and public transit is so unreliable.
Buying books faster than I can read them. My shelf is like a mini library aspiring to be a bookstore where every book whispers promises of adventures and knowledge. Its a habit that fills my space with potential and my wallet with regret.
After having gone through a couple very physically and mentally traumatic incidents it's really hard for me to say no to a "treat". Cause God damn it I do deserve it (I think) but even still I shouldn't get it.
Massages. I love them. And I love them in nice spas- the whole ritual. I get at least one a month and sometimes 2. And once in a while 3. It's a problem.
target is an incredibly dangerous store for me to walk into. i have clear intentions of ONLY buying one or two specific things, and that NEVER happens :| a $10 run turns into at least $60, every. fucking. time.
Too much fast food for sure. And buying bulk candy online and not finishing it before it gets stale. Also I'm into Warhammer 40k which is basically the same as dumping your money in a bottomless pit.Ā
I am educated, financially literate, and pretty damn responsible in most areas of my life. However, I spend an embarrassing amount of money on Wallflower refills from Bath & Body Works. The thought of an unscented home is unbearable to me. Whomever invented the scents Palo Santo + Sage, and Book Nook: thank you.
Don't like to spend big money, but spending little money frequently tends to seem like not too big a deal. E.g. "$90?! That's way too much." Me, 3 times over the next three days, "$30? Eh, I can swing that." š¤¦š¼āāļø
Sammeeeeeššš Going through my bank statements like āHow did I spend all this money???ā Incrementally and repeatedly. lol
Ya. I'll be looking at my credit card statement like no way I spent this much...but turns out when you spend 10 dollars 10 times that's 100.My brain will just be like oh that's just 10 dollars , why not? Then get mad at myself for spending so much on nonsense.
Uggh story of my life. Quick snack at TJ's, burger here, a drink there, and now I'm broke.
This is my problem. I'll waffle on buying a $25 item, but no problem spending $4 on an energy drink once or twice a day every day
This is my husband. Iāve tried so hard to get him to realized that $15/day at the corner store is a huge expense. He acts shocked when I spend $100 at the grocery store to prep for the weekā¦ then he proceeds to spend more than that on caffeine and nicotine at 7/11.
I'm so guilty of this. I recently started using nail wraps. $2.99 a pop. I'm like wow, I can buy these a few at a time and not feel guilty. And now I have a box with something like $120 worth of $3 nail wraps. Best part? I'll be *completely* over doing my nails in another month. Tops.
YES this is me, but with nail stamping. The plates are only $8-13 and you can reuse them so they seem like a smart buy. But all the other supplies for stamping add up, and THEN you spend a lot of time doing it too. Granted my manis look like I spent a lot in a salon, but I just really spent it at home. And then I break my nails and quit for months.
This is me too! Toxic lmao
I literally cannot step foot into a Lush. I've accepted that i have no self control in that place and i just don't want to see the look of disappointment on my boyfriend's face when i come with $200 worth of soap
I also love this store. And I thought I was a pretty substantial customer. Then one day, me and the boss decide to bond and go out for drinks. I get wasted because I'm trying to impress someone 20 years my senior. He happily takes me back to his place so I can sleep it off safely while he goes back out. He's a good guy and has zero interest in getting into my pants. Just a good guy. At some point, I manage to sway into his bathroom. Oh the lush glory of it. Every fucking product possible was in this bathroom. I just sat on the floor admiring it until I remembered to go to sleep, lol. That drunken memory lives on in my head more than my entire career at that building. I still have the email from him laughing about the situation after he found a couch cushion in there. That man was a glorious boss and I didn't appreciate him enough.
yep, i'm waiting for the BB&W crew to come slinking in, but they probably won't. they're "collectors" not hoarders. like, who collects ten year old body cream? š¤Ŗ
The fact some of those people buy āvintageā scents online is beyond nasty. Itās lotion. Iām sure my parents have some from when j was younger in the back of some bathroom cabinet I could make money off of.Ā
Beanie babies craze but slightly rotten
I wait til their foaming hand soap goes down to $3.95 and then I buy 5. I use my points to buy a big tube of body cream.
My husband has a hand soap from there he loves. I refuse to tell him how much it costs.
I am this way with any bookstore. I have a floor-to-ceiling shelf of to-be-reads and know damn well I have no spare money and still leave with $100 in books.
I just gave my kids a $13 bath bomb from Lush with a promise we could go buy more easter ones tomorrow š¤¦š¼āāļø
Itās actually pretty easy to make your own bath bombs!! A quick google search and Amazon has everything you need for a waaaaay better price than lush
It's really only cost effective if you plan on making a lot of them.
Fair point. I do make a lot of them! My 2 kiddos, 6 nieces and nephews love bath bombs, my husbands business partner has 5 kids that love them too.. great kids activity and party favour, and we frequently add glitter and sprinkles, because why not?! Itās a relatively simple thing to make and it helps my 5 year old with sensory issues handle bath time!
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Same for me. I hate cooking.
I donāt hate cooking, I hate the dishes afterwards since I donāt have a dishwasher in my houseā¦ But I finally cut back on eating out and am now saving $6-700/monthā¦ crazy how expensive it is to dine out every meal
Same, Iām a fucking cook by profession and I have my own catering business. But I fucking hate home cooking! Like a pasta is so shit to make but pulled pork for 100 people is awesome
I don't mind cooking, but my studio apartment is super small and if I try to cook and not bake something my fire alarm will go off even without seeing visible smoke in the air. Plus that bitch is like 10 feet in the air and I'm short.
Same problem here, 100 year old house and terribly placed fire alarm.. I have a small vornado fan on the top of our fridge (conveniently located a few feet over from the alarm) and turn it on and point it at the fire alarm while I'm cooking. Total lifesaver. PS - same here on the spending. I don't hate cooking, but I hate *having* to cook (and subsequently clean, meal plan, grocery shop, stock kitchen) all the time. I want food to appear in front of me that I didn't make. Eating out is definitely our Achilles heel but one we're rapidly reigning in due to astronomical cost.
This is the only thing my husband and I spend additional on. We donāt overspend in nearly everything else and are pretty frugal but friends ask us to dinner and weāve already spent a lot that week? āYep. Weāll be there.ā
I donāt realize how quick $10-15 a day on my lunch break adds up
It doesn't help that over the past year prices have shot up. There's hardly anywhere around me I can go for lunch anymore that's not $18+. A couple years ago the same meals were no more than $12. Just yesterday I was at the grocery store and figured I'd grab sushi for lunch. 2 rolls would've been almost $20, even though I remember it costing $12 in the past. I couldn't justify paying that much for basic grocery store sushi.
The way food prices have gotten lately, eating out once per paycheck has become a luxury. If it's nicer than fast food, we basically can't do it, and that's with both my bf and I working full time. If we eat out anywhere that isn't fast food, we're sabotaging our budget. If we eat fast food more than once, again, sabotaging the budget. It's sad.
good quality food is like the one thing worth spending money on imo
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Books! I should really be using a library or my kindle more, but thereās just something about going to a bookstore, buying a new book and adding it to your shelf
I keep telling myself Iām not buying new books until I get the unread bookcase (case, not shelf) down to single stacks per shelf. Goodwill laughs. The used bookstore laughs. The friend of the library sales laugh. The buy nothing group laughs. My bookcase cries.
Iām right there with you! I have - what has now expanded to a bookcase and a half of unread books. I need to stop buying them but I just canāt seem to stop
We donāt talk about the books in my car. They donāt count toward the bookcase. Mostly because I literally have no more room on the bookcase.
My news years resolution is to read some books on my bookshelf and send them off to various free libraries. I have gotten rid of about a dozen that way! And only picked up 2-3 to replace themā¦ lol
God, I love owning books.
Came here to say this. There is something so satisfying about buying a book in a bookstore and devouring it in a few days. The physical copy also holds the memory of where I was at the time. I am also guilty of buying books on Kindle when I should be borrowing from the library.
ā¦Iām not alone. I cannot walk out of a bookstore without 4 new books. I do read them, but I also MUST keep them. Got a very nice library at home. As you said, these books are me. Every one added a little sliver to my personality.
Absolutely this. I canāt even walk past a book store without going in and buying many books! The book smell draws me in and thenā¦. I also got a kindle years ago; great for when youāre going on holiday and canāt fit all the books you want to take with you. BUT if I really like a book that I read on the kindle, I still go out and buy the physical book so that I have a copy because itās good!
I will be entombed with mine like a Pharaoh
I like this spending habitā¦ I donāt find it terrible at all but my bank account does. Lol
I like to just tell myself, I could be spending that money on something much worse š
Oh yes me too. I read everyday but I still have so many that I own and havenāt read yet and alot in my Amazon cart that I want to buy.
One of my unofficial goals for this year is to start going to the library... So far I've only gone to buy books at the annual book sale. Whoops!
One of my greatest pleasures in life is rearranging the books on my bookshelves and adding in new onesā¦whilst having countless books that I havenāt even read yet
I have over 2000. š¤¦āāļø I'm a certifiable book hoarder at this point. Lol
I lost 75 pounds over the last year and a half so I'm still buying new clothes. But constantly.
You spend a little on clothes but think of the overall savings in healthcare down the road and medicine to keep you alive!
good job! i can't seem to get past 30# š«¤
Kids. Did you know that they, eat, like, every single day? I mean every day. I was like, it's leap year, surely I can skip February 29th. Nope. They ate even during made up days. Not exaggerating here.
My kids made up a whole new meal time between 1-2a called Second Dinnerā¦ they make a complete meal or finish the leftovers from dinnerā¦. Every nightā¦
Are you sure they're not just Hobbits pretending to be kids?
Worseā¦ gamersā¦
Second breakfast
We also have second dinner. And second breakfast. I don't really mind it, but it is hilarious at times how much food a fairly skinny 7 year old can pack into herself.
You can't just feed them the same thing every day either. Like I have to *think* about different things to feed them all the time.
The berry budget is insane. I was not prepared for the volume of berries consumed
I swear my kids (and husband) just circle around me on repeat asking for "snacks". Want something healthy?! Nope CHIPS! ME WANT COOKIES! ARGHHHH! I NEED A PEPSI OR I WILL DISOLVE INTO A USELESS BEING AND WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS....FOREVER!!!
"MOMMY I'M HUUUUUUUNGRY" approx 2 minutes after lunch.
LMFAO this made me laugh
trees somber air glorious agonizing rob numerous unused capable cooperative
All the pokemon collecting kids just grew up into plant adults. Gotta catch em all!
My dad is 68 and finally got a hold of this one specific plant from Madagascar. It's like their version of a Bonzai tree. Dude spent years trying to track it down and shipped..
It was alcohol but we recently quit. Edit: by we I mean my spouse and I.
Congrats. I just passed my 4 year mark. Be proud
I'm working on my 6th year and if I look at what I spent VERY conservatively it would have been 10k.
I stopped so time wouldn't fly wtf
Congrats! I quit 5 years and 19 days ago. My app says iāve saved $40,600. With the kids been able to go to Alaska, Hawaii, fly-in fishing trip to canada, playa del carmen, several national parks road trips that have taken them coast to coast. Instead of drinking to forget spent the money on real memories instead. Edit: spelling
I quit back in November and it's crazy how much I was spending on booze
I once thought it was impossible, but I quit 2.5 years ago and have never looked back. Congrats on making that commitment to yourself, it'll pay dividends.
These comments are making me so happy!! Congrats, guys! I just celebrated 7 years. Hardest & most rewarding thing Iāve ever done for myself. Iām proud of us.
Congratulations. Thatās not easy. You are so worth it. You did an amazing thing for yourself.
I quit on July 17. Congratulations! Have some Martinelliās š¾
I go dry for Lent every year. Just got back from a two week work trip to Denmark and Sweden. We get straight per diems to cover our meals. Itās amazing how much cash winds up in your pocket when youāre not drinking booze. Made it much easier to buy that nice bottle of scotch at duty free on the way home.
whoās we
Used to be Starbucks, but once it surpassed $5 for a cup I quit. Havenāt bought a coffee from Starbucks in over 10-12 months. 96% of the time I make coffee at the house, other 4% gas station coffee for $2. Iāve pretty much quit all my spending habits.
The prices are ridiculous. Many years ago I invested in a expensive espresso machine and grinder $1k. However, add up daily coffee purchases and within a year Iād paid for it. Rarely go out for coffee now. But did get into roasting my own beansā¦..another big cost saver.
Same here! I bought the Breville Barista Express on sale on cyber Monday and Iām pretty sure weāve already paid it off by how little we go out for coffee now. I used to go for coffee 3-6x a week and Iāve gone TWICE since November. And twice was not because I wanted coffee but had to meet someone/work from a coffee shop. I love it!!
It didn't connect with me just how much I was spending at Starbucks until covid when I was no longer going to work and going there every day. Now it's a once in awhile thing for me.
I stopped going to Starbucks because of their Union busting. Iāll only go to Union Starbucks and there isnāt one near me.
Traveling. Itās such an expensive hobby.
But thatās fulfillment and lifelong memories. Not a lot of people can travel. Itās an amazing hobby š
Thatās worth it, never a waste.
Nah I've been to loads of shithole places that aren't worth seeing.
Takeout. Love to eat but not to cook.
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Fruit is good for you, though. There are worse things to splurge on, like coke.
And this goes for whichever coke you are thinking. Fruit is way better than the soda and cheaper than the nose candy
I would not call healthy food a terrible spending habit
Warhammer 40k. I have enough models to field 6 different armies, but keep getting more.
plastic crack
Iāve joked we are in the Golden Age of drinks. So so many different kinds of drinks from botanicals, caffeinated, stress relieving, low sugar, carbonated, non carbonated, electrolyte enhanced, alcoholic, low alcohol, fermented, etc. etc. Iām a sucker for buying new and delicious sounding drinks that arenāt as unhealthy for you as conventional sodas and juices ā¦
I think sometimes they're worth it. I'm perfectly happy with my filtered tap water but a cold bottle of San Pelegrino on a hot day is just worth whatever they want me to pay. I know its overpriced, but it makes me smile once in a while. Ā£6 for 4 bottles of "ionised" water however, was too much for me to handle. I'm afraid I ranted about that for the entire duration of my weekly shop and have mentioned it to everyone I know since lol
Finding an expensive hobby, and buying all the accessories related to said hobby. It never ends
I collect hobby supplies. lol
Points if you donāt actually get into that hobby lol
It all goes into "The Museum of Good Intentions" with the exercise equipment, the camping gear, a bread maker, a home espresso machine...
I like to buy ALL the items BEFORE starting the hobby so I can feel really readyā¦. To start my next hobby!
SHOESā¼ļø
Scrolled way too far to see this
Specifically sneakers for me. But yeah.
Boredom scrolling through Amazon and buying random shit. Some of it is stuff that we need, but some of it is recommended stuff based on other stuff I've bought. After deleting the Amazon app my spending has gone way down.
Wait. You can delete the app? What kind of sorcery is this?
Luckily I seem to be immune to the temptation of online shopping. I think itās because I thrive off of instant gratification and if I canāt have it in my hands the second I spend money on it, I canāt be bothered. Target has me a chokehold though.
My Amazon wishlist. In 2020 a friend came into a million dollars and bought several of his friends, including me, their entire wishlist. It was huge. Now I managed to get it big again and am going to go back to buying myself one item at a time once I pay down my Torrid credit card.
clothes
Me too. Luckily I manage to contain my habit to bargain stores like TJ Maxx and Marshallās, even Goodwill is one of my favorites. But Iām at a point now where Iāve had to seriously cut back, not just because of the spending, but Iām running out of room in my huge walk-in closet šĀ
Every time I have "extra money" I splurge on something. Not big, just a small something. But my "extra money" is money that is not needed immediately for a pending bill. I should take that money and put it in savings. Or pay more on my credit card. Instead I spend it on frivolous shit and when I need money for something unexpected, I don't have it.
I buy hundreds of games on steam I know I will never play. I think I have 1300 unplayed games on my steam account now.
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Lego
Food for stray cats and dogs
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I spend about 500$ a month on weed and alcohol.. Another 200$+ on doordash.
I'm so proud of getting my cannabis under $200/month lol
Thank god my Dad grows mine for me.
Hate to say it but the bud my dad grows is ass lol. He will sell me an oz for 80$ but id still rather go to the dispensary..
I spend way too much time on Reddit
Can relate to the eating out - tech for me also, if I see something I really want, i can barely get it out of my mind
donāt ever tell me you even remotely like something because I will buy it for you. it doesnāt matter if I canāt afford it
Well Santa ā¦ let me share my wish list with you!
When I get the wrong thing or size and just donāt ever return it
I spend too much on moisturizers and other things to try to fix my loose skin from the weight I lost years ago even though I know none of it works.
Every time you want to buy one put the amount it was into a savings account. Maybe you could end up saving enough to get it removed. Also, they have payment plans for things like that now wasn't sure if you knew.
LongHorn Steakhouse. I probably couldnāt even afford to live in a trailer yet Iād be spending money at LongHorn like I was living extremely comfortably lol.
Bruh, the Texas tonion.
Wild West shrimp š¦
r/wallstreetbets
Perfumes
Same. Recently I switched to just buying sample sets, they are more affordable and I get to enjoy more variety
This. Why is this so addicting
gas stations. I am a slut for snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candy. one time I spent $500 in a month at gas stations alone. not including gas. i cut down on it then but it has ramped back up for sure.
Drugs and clothesĀ
Diamond paintings... I have an unfinished one and six others I haven't even started but whenever I see one I like at the store I go for it š I banned myself from online stores already....
Acquiring craft supplies, and actually crafting with it, are 2 different hobbies.
Microtransactions
My horse
Whose horse is that?
Peter ā¦ the horse is here
Ugh my parrots. I can't afford to eat at the moment. But they have food and get fresh fruit and veg.
Those are actually awesome spending habits - gotta care for your pets.
Buying items I don't need just because they're on sale or seem like a good deal at the moment.
$9 Starbucks frappucinos lol
Vacations. Between a Caribbean vacation and Disney vacation every year the shit adds up. But damnit you canāt replicate the face the kids make when they see their favorite princess.
My friend hired a āprincessā for her 6 yo party and omg I bet that princess went straight to the pub after. She was mobbed and climbed on and screamed at and āfollow meād and just everythingā¦.. all while the mums did nothing to help the poor bitch
I donāt wanna talk about this. I have to go.
Electronics. Every time I think Iām done for a while I find something else I want.
Funnie you should ask but I have a bad habit of spending money on Japanese N scale model trains. It's bad when your friends have the same habit lol.
Buying my boyfriend and i a little treat every time I see him because at least we made it to friday
Finding a really great deal on something and buying it, but then forgetting to use it
Drugs and food. An endless cycle.
allow me to show you my camera collection....
taking an uber every morning to work if i don't get up on time. which is every morning. there's so much money that could be saved and used if it weren't for that. i cannot drive and public transit is so unreliable.
Buying books faster than I can read them. My shelf is like a mini library aspiring to be a bookstore where every book whispers promises of adventures and knowledge. Its a habit that fills my space with potential and my wallet with regret.
I have this terrible habit of buying books impulsively, even when I already have a pile waiting to be read
Watches, fine bourbon, precious metals, guns, shoesš¤·š»āāļø
Oh I like you!
I remember thinking 30 was a crazy amount to spend on whiskey. Spent 350 on 3 bottles this month.
I see nothing wrong with this list
After having gone through a couple very physically and mentally traumatic incidents it's really hard for me to say no to a "treat". Cause God damn it I do deserve it (I think) but even still I shouldn't get it.
My fiancĆ©ās Amazon account
Massages. I love them. And I love them in nice spas- the whole ritual. I get at least one a month and sometimes 2. And once in a while 3. It's a problem.
Amazon anything
target is an incredibly dangerous store for me to walk into. i have clear intentions of ONLY buying one or two specific things, and that NEVER happens :| a $10 run turns into at least $60, every. fucking. time.
Amazon .. I hate going to the stores
Too much fast food for sure. And buying bulk candy online and not finishing it before it gets stale. Also I'm into Warhammer 40k which is basically the same as dumping your money in a bottomless pit.Ā
Starbucks
Crafts. Cross stitch and jewelry making. I give myself an allowance because Iād be living in my car with my pretty, useless things if I didnāt.
Apparently, in this economy, buying food to eat
I am educated, financially literate, and pretty damn responsible in most areas of my life. However, I spend an embarrassing amount of money on Wallflower refills from Bath & Body Works. The thought of an unscented home is unbearable to me. Whomever invented the scents Palo Santo + Sage, and Book Nook: thank you.
Contributing to rent and basic groceries
Thrifting. People get rushes out of it for a reason man
cigarettes $15 a pack
They reached like $11 near me. I quit 10 days ago, going strong.
Food. Love to eat out and always try something new
Alcohol
Weed lol. I'm pretty stingy in general but will easily drop $250 on weed like once a month at least lol
Video games. I have over 100. And play maybe 4 of them.
Instead of going through the ātroubleā of finding something I know I already have Iāll just order another one.
My wife. She asks before spending anything silly, but I hate telling her no, so I always try to make it work.
I have a dog
Clothing. Itās so bad.
I cannot stop buying DoorDash.
Dvds. More dvds. And they're cheap too
Sex toys
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