expensive habits

topic posted Tue, June 22, 2004 - 10:21 PM by  Martha
For a while I was on an irish cream latte kick- and then I realized I could get the same effect with a good old cup of joe with some cream and a loooooooot of sugar!!! Got any other expensive habits you care to break?
posted by:
Martha
Portland
  • Re: expensive habits

    Wed, June 23, 2004 - 1:08 PM
    Victoria's Secret.

    Everything I go there I end up buying something, even though I can't possible need more underwear.
    • Re: expensive habits

      Wed, June 30, 2004 - 9:45 PM
      I find so much VS in the thrift store. MAybe it's because girls get rid of lingerie after they break up with Mr. Wonderful. Anyways, yeah, there's craploads here in SB......
  • Re: expensive habits

    Wed, June 23, 2004 - 7:29 PM
    Buying books I end up not reading. Buying software that I end up not using.

    I don't do these things constantly, but the fact that it happens at all irks me.
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      Re: expensive hobbits

      Sun, July 4, 2004 - 12:16 AM

      well- it's not really a habit, but I just bought a CD at CD game exchange (The WHO, BBC sessions) and it really sucked.

      That pissed me off.
      • live hobbits

        Sun, July 4, 2004 - 6:16 PM
        Live albums are always a risk- a performer gets big enough and suddenly they think they're a sage... think janis joplin's drunken ramblings... yeah live albums can kiss my cheap ass
  • Re: expensive habits

    Fri, August 4, 2006 - 11:38 AM
    Smoking

    while everyone else is paying huge prices for namebrand smokes
    I'm choking on generic cheapies... but I pay half the price others do... ;p
  • Re: expensive habits

    Sun, August 6, 2006 - 8:55 AM
    I'm on a pretty tight budget, but I get ice cream a few times a week (single serve) from the local deli, as my younger son is a diabetic...You can get a big tube of ice cream at Walmart or Sam's for under $4...I think I may start doing THAT- I am even thinking of joing "Sam's Club" for the savings...
  • Re: expensive habits

    Sun, August 6, 2006 - 11:46 PM
    Every once in awhile I get a little carried away with energy drinks...
    they cost me over 2 dollars a can so if I get one every day that's
    close to 17 dollars a week... I can't afford that.
  • Re: expensive habits

    Mon, August 7, 2006 - 12:47 PM
    smoking

    eating out (not for entertainment but rather for sustenance).
    • Re: expensive habits

      Tue, July 31, 2007 - 1:35 AM
      chocolates. cheese, lychee, cherries, berries, avocado, satsuma; have paid full price after waiting nearly a year for those things to go on sale. Coffee, mixed coffee. Mannatech skin care, acupuncture.

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