Comments on: We All Have Spending Weaknesses

By: Shakela87

Shakela87 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:00:06 +0000

Oh definitely books for me. I live in a one bedroom apartment and have 3 floor to ceiling bookshelves packed full, and this is after a major cleaning out!

By: The Little Dough Girl

The Little Dough Girl — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:41:28 +0000

I have things I like to splurge on. My boyfriend and I are taking a week long trip to Napa Valley next week. We have saved up a lot of money so we can do it right and not worry so much about costs. We want to take lots of wine home with us. BUT, we have been saving money up for months so we can do this. Meals out have been few and far between…

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:43:11 +0000

I’m guilty of having a spending weakness for LCD TVs and console games.

By: M. Wanzer

M. Wanzer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:01:11 +0000

I’d say I have a few spending weaknesses. One would be clothes, although I have gotten very good about this one, I used to spend a lot on going out to clubs, eating out and stuff like that, but I began to look for other forms of entertainment that are just as fun and make for great dates as well. I have a few friends that go crazy with their spending habits and subscribe to the philosophy of you cant take it with you when your are gone. While this is true, you are definitely right that there has to be a boundary. The fact of the matter is, that if people can afford to do the things they do, chances are they worked hard to get there, and hard work does warrant occasional rewards, but people also need to keep the future in mind so that they can continue to have fruitful lives into their later years. While it’s great to work and play hard now, do you really want to have to work hard so that you can play hard later on down the line?

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:44:49 +0000

My weakness would be snowboarding. During the winter I feel the need to take ski trips. My other weakness was photography, however I got over that by buying everything that I wanted and started to put my equipment to use.

By: Paula

Paula — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:14:45 +0000

I think it is lame and irresponsible that you added “The girl who spends $200 a week on locally-grown food” on your list of superfluous spenders. I’m the wife of a grad student, mind you, but I am able to buy a week’s worth of fresh, locally-grown produce for $30 a week. Of course, this is only fresh fruits and veggies. I still buy other food (total food bill comes out to $70 a week)–but my point is that the fruit and veggie requirements for 4 people can be met by spending $30 of all organic, locally grown produce! You just need to know where to look. Google “community supported agriculture”.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:06:08 +0000

My spending weakness is Target. I have a category in my budget sheet named “Target.” When money gets tight, I avoid the place altogether.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:11:06 +0000

My spending weaknesses are clothes, shoes, purses and gourmet spices!

By: BT

BT — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:33:34 +0000

My splurge is golf. I have to play golf a couple of times a month. Golf is expensive, but I make it work. My fiancee’s is gift giving. She is always buying gifts for people, whether it is for an engagement, birthday, a new house, whatever, she’ll find a reason to buy someone a gift. She has a big heart, but sometimes a simple card or phone call will do.