What do you waste your money on?

Home projects - mostly redecorating/refurnishing - not fixing broken stuff because nothing's broken. Not really a waste to me, but my husband would disagree. LOL He lets me anyway.

Thrift shop clothes and (RiteAid) beauty products.

Toys.
4 wheelers
bikes
pool toys
umm other 'toys' lol
camping 'stuff'
boating 'stuff'
On the plus side, I do get more exercise because of all of the above.

Like sharleengc, I read really fast, so I spend money on books and my kobo.

I also like to purchase shoes, purses, high end make up, and recently due to my weight loss, cute shirts, skirts and jeans.

It's a wonder really that I can save at all....or that my pension is as well funded as it is.

Oh and travel.....Cancun in October, Cabo next february, Vegas at Christmas....

ugh...seeing it all typed out adds up!

My daughter is just like her mother...she currently spends her money on shoes, nail polish and purses.

I don't really feel that its a waste though...we use everything we buy, appreciate everything we buy. I'm still working purses and shoes I purchased 15 years ago into my daily rotation of wear.

Lauren

camera lenses and xbox games.

Trader Joe's food that I normally wouldn't eat. I sample it and buy it. Then at home, I ask myself why I bought it. It's usually organic junk food.

clothes, shoes, toys for my kids, starbucks, pampered chef items....

Oh, and stupid *kitten* @ yard sales. I cannot pass a yeard sale. I have to stop, adn I almost always buy something.

My last buy though was a kick@$$ coffee maker for $7, it's a Cuisenart (sp?). Replaced my stupid @$$ Keriug (SP?) that I hate.

Why do coffee machines have difficult words to spell? Hmmmm.

Anyways, a good yard sale is awesomeness. Half the stuff in my house is from yard sales. LOL. I can't help it.

Eating out, buying stuff to support my cross stitch addiction, and video games. Although the last two I wouldn't consider a "waste" since I do get my money's worth out of them... just depends on when since I work and go to school full time, lol.

Belinda

- Anything at Best Buy. (Platinum Silver RewardZone member - it's an elite group.)

Best Buy = Heaven

The liquor I enjoy, not what I have to buy because its cheap. I would rather pay $10 for a drink I like then $1.50 for something gross on the happy hour menu.

soccer cleats... They have to match my mood/style of play/field conditions. Sometimes I want to take it easy. Most of the time I want to be a Bad *kitten*. Recently, after I started Insanity, I want to be a Speed Freak. By the way, PINK is my favorite color, any problem?

I'm overly generous and try to be good to my friends. But, when they take advantage of my money and my kindness I feel that is a total waste. I'm out "X" anmount of dollars and they haven't spent a dime.

I gotta fix that.

Yes, this. When I go out I end up wanting to pay, because I know I make more than the people I generally go out with. When they start expecting it, it gets frustrating though.

You hit the nail on the head...they start expecting it. Especially when they cry poverty but act the total opposite! That's when I get pissed. Especially when I see them buying themselves manicures, sushi, new clothes, paying for their own drinks when they are out with other people even...but when I'm around I'm expected to do, pay, be everything and if not there's hell to pay. Such a waste of not only my money but my time and good nature!

exactly! I have a friends who appreciate it, and try to stop me from paying, and try to take the ticket from me, or pay for me other times to make up for it. Them, I don't mind doing it for.

It's the ones who when we're at a table, and the waitress asks "separate or together?" and they say together without a second thought. Then hand me the ticket when it comes. Annoying.

AMEN! You and I are on the same page with this one! This was a perfect topic for me today, thanks! I got a lot of pent up frustration out.

haha let it out!

like a few months back. i have a friend who's like me, but he doens't make much. he's just a nice guy. well, he got drunk and he was going to cover everyone's tab. totalling out to about 600 or so dollars. I told him no, everyone else stopped me, said "If he wants to, let him." I tried explaining he was wasted, had no idea what he was doing, and that's at least a quarter of his monthly income. that's bs.

so I ended up paying most of it, let him pay some cause he wouldn't let me pay it all, and then left. pissed.

Wow that sux but good for you! Similar thing happened to me this weekend. The straw that broke the camel's back (finally after many many incidents that occured allllllll night) was when we were at the store and me and another girl are loading up on food for this one 'friend' who was screaming and yelling (b/c she was blacked out and being a brat) that the Chinese place was closed and she was starving. So we each dropped some coin so she-and everyone else at the house- could eat. She watched us, arms full of food for HER, then proceeded to pick up one item and refuse to pick up another to share with some girl who was idolizing her all night. My 'friend' was screaming so loud the cops came in to see what was going on. At that point I was tired, horrified and spending way over my limit for HER, but, she can't buy anything but a bag of popcorm? Yet she'll let two of her friends buy all the food she wants to eat and complain about sharing??? I finally spoke up...long story short, bad idea she cussed me out and **** talked me until I had to call a friend to come pick me up who lived an hour away.

The rub was, she sat in the house and talked **** about me for over an hour while I waited for my ride and she ate all the food I bought and even three days later, she has nothing to say for herself other than, I treat people I love like an *kitten* when I am blackout drunk.

Really now?

What a waste of time, money and kindness. Shame on her and I sure won't be doing that again...

End rant.

I'm pretty frugal... Bought myself a Majora's Mask, though. http://hylianjean.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3jo3q5 That's my last frivolous purchase, really.

I wouldn't use the word waste because anything I enjoy is not a waste...

-Paintball

I played for about 7 years. I also worked for a pb magazine and went to all the NPPL / PSP events.