What do you spend too much money on???

angelfairy

My hubby and I have a budget of course and like many of you try to live within that each week.

I have discovered this week that we spend wayyyyy too much money on diet pepsi. Cans and bottles. Cans for home and me buying bottles at work for lunch etc.

I am even too scared to work out what this would be a week and even more so a month.

Just got me thinking that even though we are all budgeting, living to our SOAs etc, is there still something we spend too much money on?

Storm

Easy question for me - lunch at work! I am getting better, and generally manage to bring lunch with me 2 to 3 times a week, but I just don't get organised enough!

Snaggles

Magazines - I know they're a waste of money but I still end up buying at least 2 a week, which would probably be about £150+ per year. And chinese take-aways - we don't have that many but it all adds up.

poorbabe

Storm wrote: »

Easy question for me - lunch at work! I am getting better, and generally manage to bring lunch with me 2 to 3 times a week, but I just don't get organised enough!

Snap! I have managed to cut down on coffee-buying at a £1 a time and now bring in my own around 3-4 times a week in a flask. Mind you, it does mean I drink more coffee as the flask generally has enough for two cups - lol.

saffronflowers

Milk!!!! I drink four pints a day!! But I budget it! - £365 a year

SFx

immoral_angeluk

Baby things!! Nappies, formula, clothes, toys, treats, toiletries......

I'm a mother not a cash cow! :rotfl:

Shineyhappy

Going out but luckily my OH usually pays but then I feel guilty.

Veggie burgers/ specialist veggie foods.

I have to have my fizzy drinks too but at 3 bottles of Asda coke for a pound I wont complain!

blackangeluk

Lunch, Clothes, Chocolate - simple!:mad:

Rout

Guinness!!!!! Dont spend a penny on it through the week but Friday and Saturday nights spend could probably mortgage my own brewery!!

Skint_Catt

Diet Coke - cans for work, crisps with lunch - I should buy the multipacks but I don't. :mad:

Started buying Tescos own Limeade 44p 2 litres instead of Diet Coke for home though.

Burlesque_Babe

Until 3 weeks ago it was diet coke. I was made redundant 3 weeks ago and haven't had a can since I left.

I worked out yesterday that I was spending £20 a month on diet coke (at least). most of it was Asda own brand cans at £1.08 for 6 (used to buy 24 at a time), but there was also the Pepsi Max at 50p a can from the work's shop when Iran out of the Asda cans.

I used to take in 2 or 3 cans a day and then have a couple of cans when I got home.

£20!!!

Actually.........I won't be buying any next month - if I transfer £20 to my savings account at the end of the month, I can add £20 to my Olympic Challenge total!