Unfrugal moments??

**RenieB** · 08-01-2008, 08:30 PM

My dh and I have our birthdays 2 days apart (8yr difference). I am the frugal person in our home. I can pinch pennies until they sqeak. Anyhow for our birthdays we spluched, very unfrugal, we had lobsters. Can believe we did it but the price is down and we paid $5.49 a lb. That is cheap for here in Maine. DS has helped us to have this meal. We cooked them at home. I hate to eat lobster in a restaurant as it is a messy job. Well, since I have admitted to my unfrugal day, how about your most unfrugal episode in the past year???? I know I can't be alone in this slip of nature. But, you know I will sleep without a quilty conscious. Boy those libsters were sooooooooooo gooood!!!!

RenieB

**frugalandsimple** · 08-01-2008, 08:33 PM

Think of it this way. Your birthday only comes once a year, do something fun to celebrate it.

I've bought stuff that I won't be using again. It's something I need to work on. I have a small problem with buying things on impulse.

**AmyMCGS** · 08-01-2008, 08:41 PM

I was exhausted tonight and spent $20 on pizza rather than cooking. I probably could have gotten it cheaper, not to mention made my own, but I just didn't feel like it.

**nodmicks** · 08-01-2008, 08:49 PM

I think that was very frugal actually! A 100 meal is unfrugal but yet to me totally justified for a real special occasion. To be being frugal on the stuff that isn't so important lets me have $ to do what is important to me.

What have I done unfrugal lately? Spent 500 on a concert for dh, myself, our niece and her boyfriend.
Happy belated birthday!

**AmyBoz** · 08-01-2008, 09:07 PM

I'm about to be unfrugal tonight and I don't care.

I'm headed to Barnes and Noble at midnight to get my reserved copy of "Breaking Dawn" and I'll also be purchasing the first three books in the series as well. I borrowed the first three from friends to read, but I want to read them over and over and so tonight, I buy. Mwahhhhahahah...

**DJ1972** · 08-01-2008, 09:14 PM

We had a very unfrugal weekend a couple of weeks ago. We went to St. Louis for the weekend, Cardinals tickets were free, but we ended up spending about $300 on other stuff, it was fun and we didn't go in debt to do it.

**jamie79** · 08-01-2008, 11:13 PM

We were unfrugal and went to Red Lobster the other night. We were thinking of getting lobster but they wanted $20 a lb. We did spend $60 for supper but I didnt care. I was feeling depressed about dh being gone.

**IntlMom** · 08-02-2008, 12:07 AM

stayed at the great wolf lodge for two nights (water park in the hotel was "included" in the price) the total? about 450.00....just for the hotel

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 08-02-2008, 04:01 AM

Our family vacation this year--two WHOLE days--yippee. We spent about $300.00 for the entire trip. IMHO, that's cheap, but it's still a lot of cash to hand out. If I (ME!) was running the vacation (like when I took DSs a few years back), we would have taken cereal for breakfast, sandwich stuff for lunch and had ONE meal a day out. Then we could have stayed another day for the same amount of money. Oh well, at least I got us a cheap room (thank you, Motel 6!).

**Sundae** · 08-02-2008, 07:32 AM

Bought cattle equipment for our kids to show their cattle, DH went to a cattle sale yesterday and the supply place is in the same town, he took ds with him and they came home with another expensive piece of equipment. DS 11, bought a couple of pieces himself too that he had been saving for. I am sure it was all at least $1000 DH just left a signed check and told them to mail the reciet.
Today is a no tax day on clothes, so school clothes shopping today and spending the day with the kids, I bet I will match hubby's day of spending too.

**cmdarlin** · 08-02-2008, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by RenieB

My dh and I have our birthdays 2 days apart (8yr difference). I am the frugal person in our home. I can pinch pennies until they sqeak. Anyhow for our birthdays we spluched, very unfrugal, we had lobsters. Can believe we did it but the price is down and we paid $5.49 a lb. That is cheap for here in Maine. DS has helped us to have this meal. We cooked them at home. I hate to eat lobster in a restaurant as it is a messy job. Well, since I have admitted to my unfrugal day, how about your most unfrugal episode in the past year???? I know I can't be alone in this slip of nature. But, you know I will sleep without a quilty conscious. Boy those libsters were sooooooooooo gooood!!!!

RenieB

Boy.... Your making me miss Maine! I use to live in Skowhegan about 10 years ago and loved the little fisherman who use to sell by the road. I love lobster but DH doesn't. My mouth is watering!!!

If I had the extra $$ I'd be having an unfrugal moment right now!

Happy Birthday!
Debbie

**jas** · 08-02-2008, 09:01 AM

I have had several. One my dh and I had dinner at the Melting Pot. One of those places that is like a fondue. You cook your own food at the table. It was great but the price is 100.00 for two plus tip. Not too frugal. It was worth it though.

Happy birthday!

**Holly** · 08-02-2008, 09:26 AM

We went to the Renaissance Fair. $22.00 a ticket plus spending
money for eats and palm reading etc
We will be getting married there next August.

**$2DollarHolla** · 08-02-2008, 09:43 AM

One word: Tiffany's

Very, very unfrugal moment.

**LuvMyHubby** · 08-02-2008, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by cmdarlin

Boy.... Your making me miss Maine! I use to live in Skowhegan about 10 years ago and loved the little fisherman who use to sell by the road. I love lobster but DH doesn't. My mouth is watering!!!

If I had the extra $$ I'd be having an unfrugal moment right now!

Happy Birthday!
Debbie

Hey, I did not know that you were a Maine girl too, cool.

I know Skowhegan a bit but Newport and Skowhegen used to be DH stopping grounds as a teenager and young adult.

Oh yeah forgot the topic of the thread: June, the month of June carries father's day and four birthdays in this family and 3 years ago graduation and next year graduation. I try to plan and save months ahead to control the hemmorage that this month takes in my frugality.