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How much do you spend on things you don't need?
I know this is an obnoxious question, but that's why I'm making the poll anonymous. I'm just curious about this, especially since we work in an industry that allows for a certain amount of unnecessary spend-age.
The options on the poll are totally random, so don't ask how I came up with them. I'm in a self-induced gluten haze, so the brain power isn't quite there today. :D
So, how much would you say you spend every week on things you don't really need? Use an estimated average if you spend totally different amounts every week.
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I put $0-$40. Everything I buy, I need.
Diapers, toilet paper, trash bags....I rarely buy stuff I don't need.
We've been spending a little more (for Winter clothes), but even that, we NEED.
Plus, we usually go to Good Will or something, so it's super cheap.
Once in awhile, when we're out, we'll buy McDonalds and a few scratch tickets. We definitely don't need those things..lol
but we never really throw money around.
Our biggest purchase recently though was a 46 inch TV, but even that was on sale $365...and we deserved it. :)
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I'm a typically Capricorn... I'm too tight with my money to just randomly buy stuff. I save for big ticket items.
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^ Hah! This! I will splurge for things once or twice a year, but they're big things.
Usually I only buy what I need. I'm not one of those who can justify going out and buying a $500 purse and matching wallet from Burberry (although sometimes I wish I could).
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Kylea2
I'm a typically Capricorn... I'm too tight with my money to just randomly buy stuff. I save for big ticket items.
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4everresolutions
^ Hah! This! I will splurge for things once or twice a year, but they're big things.
Usually I only buy what I need. I'm not one of those who can justify going out and buying a $500 purse and matching wallet from Burberry (although sometimes I wish I could).
I am the same way (though not a Capricorn).
I put myself at $0-40 these days, since I have already bought all of the big ticket items I want for the most part.
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I buy things when I am happy and I buy things when I am sad. I tend to overspend about three-five hundred dollars a week. Sometimes I don't even have anything to show for it. I also like to treat people. I am cutting down because even though I like doing it I realized nobody ever treats me. :(
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strippername
I buy things when I am happy and I buy things when I am sad. I tend to overspend about three-five hundred dollars a week. Sometimes I don't even have anything to show for it. I also like to treat people. I am cutting down because even though I like doing it I realized nobody ever treats me. :(
I feel ya babe. I went through a period when I first started dancing where I would take my sisters out to eat and to movies, but they never reciprocated, which made me feel kind of used. It's just no fun without a balance of give and take.
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I'm also in the lowest category. However, I assume that this doesn't count the money that guys might spend to buy me things that I don't need LOL !
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Hmmm $100-$400 on things I absolutely don't need. Thanks to Trader joes and Harris teeter.
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4everresolutions
^ Hah! This! I will splurge for things once or twice a year, but they're big things.
Usually I only buy what I need. I'm not one of those who can justify going out and buying a $500 purse and matching wallet from Burberry (although sometimes I wish I could).
I think even if I was rich, I don't think I could ever spend $500 on a purse....or a dress...or anything really. :P
Maybe jeans, well, not $500, but some super nice, fitted jeans. :D
Like these are ADORABLE!
but I couldn't spend $260!! I don't think I could even if I had that kinda money. :O
http://cdndvs.yoox.biz/36/36187755NH_lar1_1.jpg
Target has some that look similar to that for around $20
ah ha...
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$260 on jeans... heh... Maybe Lingerie but not jeans..
The most I'll spend is $200 on jeans and that is very easy for me to do... Especially if they're True Religion Brand.
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i'm sure i could spend less if i wanted to, but i don't mind treating myself at this point in my life.
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KaylaM
$260 on jeans... heh... Maybe Lingerie but not jeans..
The most I'll spend is $200 on jeans and that is very easy for me to do... Especially if they're True Religion Brand.
Oh man, I especially couldn't do it on lingerie.
I guess in my head, why spend so much on something that will be on the floor in 5 minutes. :P
That's just me though. :P
omg, I just checked the Burberry site (because I honestly didn't know what Burberry looked like) and OMFG....almost $1700 for a purse?!!!!
Ah! Who does that?!!
There are some cute jeans on the True Religion site, but OMG! $319?!
http://www.truereligionbrandjeans.co...ty_skies_l.jpg
Do they wash their selves and make you breakfast?? lol
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oy depends. i have a math degree, im a logical person, and i dont really like to shop, so you would think i would never waste money. but unfortunately, im not quite as good as i should be. i dont buy expensive clothes or shoes etc but i spend a lot of money on fun.
at my peak when i was making bank i used to just reach into my safe and grab a handful of cash without counting and spend whatever on nights out. sometimes id spend over 500$ in a night? idk... i was making so much i didnt care.
now im in bumble fuck south dakota... i dont think i have purchased anything i dont need aside from late night munchies after work.
depends where i am and how much im working etc. sometimes if im working all the time i dont spend much because durr... im at work. if im not working at all i dont spend *usually* because i dont have an income really-- although this did bite me in teh ass once when i took a month off after making a shitload of money and for some reason the realization that not making money and spendng like i was making >2G a week was stupid didnt hit me full force. If im working only 2 nights a week and making a shitload of money those 2 nights it can turn me into more of a spending fiend- too much time and money on my hands.
ive been getting more responsible as time goes by but it hasnt been an overnight process.
keep in mind i am only 22. I have actually given myself a 1 yr grace period since graduation to be an idiot before buckling down. unfortunately the time of carefree irresponsibility will be coming to a close january 15 :(.
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^ Damn girl! So what do you buy that's so expensive? Clothes? Experiences?
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_Avery_
Oh man, I especially couldn't do it on lingerie.
I guess in my head, why spend so much on something that will be on the floor in 5 minutes. :P
That's just me though. :P
omg, I just checked the Burberry site (because I honestly didn't know what Burberry looked like) and OMFG....almost $1700 for a purse?!!!!
Ah! Who does that?!!
There are some cute jeans on the True Religion site, but OMG! $319?!
http://www.truereligionbrandjeans.co...ty_skies_l.jpg
Do they wash their selves and make you breakfast?? lol
My bf is a designer whore.. I'm not. He can spend $300 on fendi sneakers easy. I couldn't spend $319 on shoes.. couldn't!
My limits...
$200 for sunglasses easy (I have a few Burberry(s) )
$200 for shoes ...bebe and marciano
$200 for jeans
up to $500 on Lingerie. Just because of the line of business I'm in. I really do care wayy too much/almost obsess about my underwear.
OOOh evening gowns up to $600-$800. Jovanni gets me all the time :(
Heh $1700 on a purse.. well... the Marc Jacobs bag I want is $2400 and guess what? I still don't have it. It looks prettier on the shelf I guess.. LOL! Even though I have the money there ain't no way I'm getting that ish!
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_Avery_
Oh man, I especially couldn't do it on lingerie.
I guess in my head, why spend so much on something that will be on the floor in 5 minutes. :P
Lol, I am exactly the same way. It pisses me off when I spend $$ on something that looks pretty, and then it hardly even gets noticed during its fall to the floor. Probably doesn't help that I'm asexual, so these things just bore the shit out of me.
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i get starbucks almost everyday so i suppose i dont need that... otherwise... not a whole lot of stiff i dont need... i spend ALOT to ensure that my food is organic and vegan. i could eat cheap crap and have an extra 300 a month but then my body would feel like shit... food is my biggest expense besides bills you only get one body...
for a lingerie outfit with shoes garters top and bottom and stockings id spend 500... i dont have it right now but i would if i did...
for pants (i dont like jeans) ill spend up to 150 bucks on a pair of pretty comfy flowy bellydance pants...etsy is my addiction..
ill spend on toys too because i dont like cheap ones...
makeup i buy expensive... i learned the hard way that its better to spend 25 bucks on a mineral organic foundation that makes my skin glow than 8 bucks for a revlon product that breaks me out and makes my skin look uneven... im a makeup junkie
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_Avery_
omg, I just checked the Burberry site (because I honestly didn't know what Burberry looked like) and OMFG....almost $1700 for a purse?!!!!
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Ah! Who does that?!!
Ah girl, don't even go there. The reason I brought up Burberry is because a girl who works at our club just bought this and this and this AND this in one go.
I didn't want to admit it to myself, but I'm totally jealous she can afford to buy those nice things. I can't. I mean - just because she buys them doesn't mean she can afford it, but she's a dirty girl and I know she's hauling in bank....... so chances are those were just a weeks purchases for her. She buys brand name stuff all the time and lives a very luxurious lifestyle.
I don't know how anyone can justify that. I couldn't.
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^^^ let's hope she doesn't take any of that stuff to her IRS audit !!!
I must be 'old school', but the idea of spending $319 for jeans or $550 for shoes simply gives me 'agita' ! In my view, somebody must have shifted the decimal point !
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4everresolutions
Ah girl, don't even go there. The reason I brought up Burberry is because a girl who works at our club just bought and and AND in one go.
I didn't want to admit it to myself, but I'm totally jealous she can afford to buy those nice things. I can't. I mean - just because she buys them doesn't mean she can afford it, but she's a dirty girl and I know she's hauling in bank....... so chances are those were just a weeks purchases for her. She buys brand name stuff all the time and lives a very luxurious lifestyle.
I don't know how anyone can justify that. I couldn't.
Oh wow! That's like...over $2000!!
There's a girl like that at the club I was working who made bank and she'd go on shopping sprees. (I dunno if she was spending $1300 on purses), but then she'd come in and use everyone else's makeup, hair stuff, outfits! Irritating! LOL
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_avery_
but then she'd come in and use everyone else's makeup, hair stuff, outfits! Irritating! Lol
rotfl!
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Athenathefabulous
at my peak when i was making bank i used to just reach into my safe and grab a handful of cash without counting and spend whatever on nights out. sometimes id spend over 500$ in a night? idk... i was making so much i didnt care.
This. I used to rationalize by telling myself, "I have X amount saved up, which is much better than anyone else I know, so I deserve to enjoy a small percentage of my income." Unfortunately, a small percentage of a good stripper income is still a high number. Other rationalizations: "People who make good money in high stress jobs spend more than other people to decompress," and "I can make it back in a night so who cares." I still grab handfuls of cash when I go out, but I never go out anymore so it's much better. My problem now is food. I easily spend $200+ on food a week. I like yummy things prepared and brought to me by others.
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When I was making great money whether dancing or not I would spend hundreds. One night I made $300 and spent it all on CDs. Another night I spent it on fancy costumes. Even when I had a "real" job I would spend hundreds on CDs, DVDs, books, and dolls. A few years ago I put myself on a financial diet and would 'treat' myself when I reached a goal. For instance when I paid off my credit cards I bought a Wii system. With my second paycheck from my last job I finally bought a brand new car (my first) and later on bought a iPod once I reached another goal. Once I work again I'll treat myself once bills are paid off again but not overspend. Besides I know places to save money so I do that for everything, even treats.