10 things you waste your money on everyday

**imagine** · 02-11-2011, 04:51 PM

This article lists 10 things people waste there money on everyday.

10 Things You Waste Money On Every Day - Your Money Today - Your Life - MSN Lifestyle

1 Lottery tickets
2Expensive coffee drinks
3Newsstand Magazines
4 Dry cleaning
5Premium gasoline
6Movie concessions
7 Workday lunches
8Professional Manicures and Pedicures
9High-Priced Grooming Products
10.premium cable channels

Do you spend on these everyday? How do you stack up on these?

**imagine** · 02-11-2011, 04:58 PM

1 Lottery tickets -I did buy one a few weeks ago. I had to ask the clerk how to do it. It was a "joke" present for Hubby's birthday He is always saying on a bad day "If you would only win the lottery!" which is funny since we don't play it. He did win two free tickets(scratchers)
2Expensive coffee drinks - I do buy french vanilla powder for coffee when I have coffee it is at home or at church
3Newsstand Magazines- Little Miss does gets American Girl Magazine a present from her Grandmother. The rest of magazines are hand me down or the magazine exchange for free at the library
4 Dry cleaning - nope
5Premium gasoline -nope
6Movie concessions _ sometimes we do this as we only go with a gift card but most times we do get a cup of ice for water. They have you fill it up at the water fountain.
7 Workday lunches - Hubby sometimes orders a sub to eat at his desk
8Professional Manicures and Pedicures -never had one even on my wedding day
9High-Priced Grooming Products - Is Herbal Essence High priced?
10.premium cable channels- free HBO weekend is fun

**monkeywrangler71** · 02-11-2011, 05:02 PM

There are 7 things on that list that I don't spend money on, ever.

Premium cable is a luxury that we enjoy. Work lunches I'm working on and have reduced from every day to just a few times a month. Dry cleaning is not optional. My husband wears expensive suits to work every day, they need to be dry cleaned.

**Mom2-3** · 02-11-2011, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by imagine

1 Lottery ticketsnope
2Expensive coffee drinksyes, sometimes. probably one/two times per month
3Newsstand Magazinesnope
4 Dry cleaningnope
5Premium gasolinenope
6Movie concessionsonce/twice per year with the family
7 Workday lunchesnope
8Professional Manicures and Pedicuresnope
9High-Priced Grooming Productssales and coupons
10.premium cable channelsonly when it's free

I would happily enjoy all of these if they were free!!

**photogal06** · 02-11-2011, 05:15 PM

Of that list, the only thing I spend money on is #6.....movie concessions. But that's about twice a year, max. The rest are things I just don't ever do.

**Rhayne** · 02-11-2011, 05:23 PM

1 Lottery tickets - nope never
2Expensive coffee drinks - nope unless i have a coupon
3Newsstand Magazines - never
4 Dry cleaning - never
5Premium gasoline - never
6Movie concessions - never
7 Workday lunches - nope (their leftovers from night before)
8Professional Manicures and Pedicures - nope. do them at home
9High-Priced Grooming Products - nope, cheap stuff works for me unless i have a coupon for expensive stuff.
10.premium cable channels - nope, basic cable

**Palooka** · 02-11-2011, 05:34 PM

1 Lottery tickets - dh does
2Expensive coffee drinks-nope
3Newsstand Magazines-nope
4 Dry cleaning-nope
5Premium gasoline- nope
6Movie concessions-nope
7 Workday lunches - dh buys way too much
8Professional Manicures and Pedicures-nope
9High-Priced Grooming Products-nope(well sometimes on a few things)
10.premium cable channels-Dish but no big movie channels

**YankeeMom** · 02-11-2011, 05:42 PM

1 Lottery tickets Nope. We don't buy lottery tickets. We call them "the stupid people tax" Sorry

I can't get it through to my brother what a waste of money they are.

2 Expensive coffee drinks I do buy a coffee at knit night once a week. It's rarely more than $3-4 and I earn rewards for it

3 Newsstand Magazines Nope.

4 Dry cleaning Nope

5 Premium gasoline Only in the Camaro which is only run about 2-3x/month May - October.

6 Movie concessions Nope. We only go to the drive in and we bring our own goodies

7 Workday lunches Nope. Dh brings his lunch to work every day. And all his co-workers drool over his lunches LOL.

8 Professional Manicures and Pedicures Nope. Sometimes I'll get a pedi just before sandal season so that's once a year at most.

9High-Priced Grooming Products Nope.

10.premium cable channels Nope.

**farmgirl_82** · 02-11-2011, 05:43 PM

1 Lottery tickets - only at Christmas - stocking stuffers $20 max)
2Expensive coffee drinks - Don't drink coffee
3Newsstand Magazines - looking for a Sunday subscription (asking as a Christmas present)
4 Dry cleaning - very rarely- last I had done was my daughter's baptism gown (cost $5) She's 6.
5Premium gasoline - Buy E-85 - it's cheaper

6Movie concessions - never go to the movies. date nights at home are more fun.
7 Workday lunches - working on
8Professional Manicures and Pedicures - once a year as a Mother's day present
9High-Priced Grooming Products - LOL!! I can't fathom spending money on something that is just as good as that $3 bottle on the shelf at the nearest superstore.
10.premium cable channels - don't have cable

**MissSeetonFan** · 02-11-2011, 05:50 PM

We dry clean my husband's suits a few times a year but not very often. That's it for all of those and my husband would like to find out about washable suits if they exist. Does anyone know how to find linen suits or anything like that???

**imagine** · 02-11-2011, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by MissSeetonFan

We dry clean my husband's suits a few times a year but not very often. That's it for all of those and my husband would like to find out about washable suits if they exist. Does anyone know how to find linen suits or anything like that???

Does your hubby wear the suit jacket?
My hubby has worn washable suit pants for years but he doesn't have to wear a jacket and when he did he just wore it to meeting other times it hung on his do so we didn't have to dry clean it often. They have moved away from suit jackets so I'm very happy about that.

But the way the net says washable suits do exist. I don't know anything about washable suit jackets

**mauimagic** · 02-11-2011, 06:10 PM

Looked carefully at the list and realized that DH and I do none of those things and are just fine!! Everyone once in a while I think about getting a pedicure - but then that passes!!

**chevy_chick95** · 02-11-2011, 06:12 PM

Oh boy how times have changed...

Before:
1 Lottery tickets- at least once a week
2Expensive coffee drinks- starbucks at least 4 times a week
3Newsstand Magazines- 2 or 3 a month
4 Dry cleaning- no
5Premium gasoline- no
6Movie concessions- movies and goodies...
7 Workday lunches- EVERY SINGLE DAY... oh goodness
8Professional Manicures and Pedicures- not these, but expensive hair cuts
9High-Priced Grooming Products- yep, to go along with my expensive hair cuts
10.premium cable channels- yes, and internet

Now..

We don't buy anyone of those things. I will never go back, someday I may have cable, but I doubt it. There is so much more to life than sitting in front of the tv all day.

Thank you Frugal Village and Dave Ramsey

**moasmom** · 02-11-2011, 06:13 PM

I don't spend money on any of those, but I'm not (too) smug about it (except maybe in the case of the lottery tickets, oh and daily workplace lunches, and dry cleaning

).

Kara

**danni** · 02-11-2011, 06:15 PM

We don't do anything on that list and haven't for a few years.

It's funny because we are always looking for more ways to cut back but we are running out of things to do. LOL!!