Wasted expense!

debtfreeeju

I thought I was being frugal but, having just used the Wasted Expense calculator (same site as SOA but I think there's one on here too), I've realised I'm still spending £84 per year on magazines, £350 per year on coffee and £730 per year on wine at home! That's three things I won't be buying any more! (Well, I might still buy wine, but less often!)

Candy0107

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Debt Free - scary how the little extra's build up!

debtfreeeju

It is scary - I'd stopped buying things like that when I had my LBM (about 2 months ago) but I've slowly slipped back into my old ways... not any more! From now on it's no more Starbucks for me!

[Deleted User]

I dread to think how much of my money has gone to heat, closer, reveal etc etc & starbucks!

I have managed not to buy magazines for about 2-4 months now & only have 1 starbucks a week if that as a wee treat!

Dxxxx

ladysparklexx

My lovely friend passes on her four magazines a week so I still get my celeb fix.

I do think its good to have a treat though every so often, but aslong as it is not to often.

[Deleted User]

Yeah your right - I stopped buying them a couple of years ago aswell then started just buying 1 as a treat then before I knew it I was back upto like 6 a week!

They are all full of the same rubbish aswell - ho hum live & learn LOL

Dxxx

ladysparklexx

lol each one repeats itself but i still read them

BlushingRose

Mr BR has decided to only buy one of his mags (comes out quarterly) now and to drop his other monthly one. I usually only get one monthly one, so at least we'd be more or less equal.

foxgloves

I used to spend a lot more than that on magazines, as would often buy as many as 8 or 10 glossy monthlies a month at height of my spending (am now a v v reformed girl with no debts!) I don't know if you live anywhere near a good market, but if so, does it have a magazine stall? Our local market has who we call 'Magazine man'. He has a very large stall with loads of magazines. They are all out of date ones, the ones shops can no longer sell, but often they are still only the last edition. I often find that it's say, November, and I can pick up November editions because the one in the shops is already December. My partner sometimes finds a rock mag he likes for £1-50 instead of £8-00! Most of the mags are any 3 for 2.50. That makes an affordable treat, then I can swap them with friends or my Mum & sister who have different ones. This guy does 3 or 4 different local markets, so worth seeing if there's anything similar where you are?

universalady_2

Isn't it amzing how these 'little' things add up? But then again, sometimes you need a treat just to keep yourself on track and not to have a splurge

nzseries1

You want another reason to stop buying coffee when out?
http://m.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2069842/Starbucks-Costa-festive-treats-contain-calories-McDonalds-double-cheeseburger.html
That was enough to put me right off. I can't believe that a coffee contains more calories than a double cheeseburger! I now feel healthier and less poor!