do you ever have a bad day as a DFW?

mrsh2012

this weekend i went camping which cost £27 an i am feeling quite guilty about it now.

Do you ever have feelings like this?

On the plus side i had a great time and my 3 year old had a lot of fun.

seriousDFW

I feel a bit guilty if we have a blowout like £20 at cinema, £40 meal out, £20 each on buying things we didn't really need. I'm not as serious a DFW as my name suggests, but I would say that you need to accept that you can't be perfect 100% of the time, and £27 for a weekend sounds entirely reasonable so I wouldn't beat yourself up about it.

mrsh2012

Thanks! That does make me feel better although i will have to keep things like that as a treat rather than a regular occurance if i want to cut down my debts.

Strangely i get more satisfaction from making a payment on a debt than i do when i spend on something sociable.

InsertWittyName

£27 for a weekend's camping which your 3-year old thoroughly enjoyed?

That's got to be one of the most guilt free pleasures you can have, surely

tealady

Hi
If you take out what you would normally be spening on food for you all over the same period then really its less than £27. And we all need to live a bit occasionally.

amyloofoo

mrsh2012 wrote: »

this weekend we went camping which cost £27 an i am feeling quite guilty about it now.

Do you ever have feelings like this?

On the plus side we had a great time with no distractions eg phones, tv computers and my 3 year old had a lot of fun.

Wow! You spent £27 and managed to go away for the weekend and spend some (priceless) quality time with your 3 year old You did good hun, stop stressing, being DFW can start again tomorrow :T

elly-spendaholic

Wow that sounds like quite a frugal weekend imo! Wish I could keep my family happy for that kind of money..I feel mega guilty about booking our holiday for this year. I thought I would keep costs down and not go abroad this year, so we are booked into a caravan near the sea for a week in the school holidays- its cost me nearly £700 and I wish now I hadn't and just done days out at the zoo etc. That could have gone a long way on my debt. Just hope the kids have a good time and the weather improves a bit! x

Barbeduk

Trouble is you want the debt gone as quickly as possible and worry about every little spend!

Had you booked a weekend away in a nice hotel, ate every meal out and stuck it all on the card then that's one to feel silly about. But a weekend for £27? A lot of people would spend more on that on a night out.

You'll still be debt free, but you'll also have some nice memories.

findingmyownway

£27 for a weekend away sounds like something to be proud of to me. What would you have done / spent if you had stayed at home?

If it makes you feel better, I spent twice that this weekend on 'entertainment' and thats just for me, nothing as 'worthy' as entertaining a small child

mrsh2012

Thank you everyone for your nice responses!