Wall (erm, thread) of Shame -- What are your non-frugal indulgences?

[missymomof3]

Hmmmm.....

flea markets and thrift stores. I love them! There have been several times I have went to them and bought nothing... but most of them are not very close to me so I waste the gas to get there.

My hubby loves Pepsi and Cadbury candy bars. I will usually buy a 2-liter and we save 20 oz bottles to pour it in.( I love our tap water here. It's a shame that it is gross in other areas)

I drink lots of hot tea but buy them at the Salvage store.

I don't buy used undies either :shudder:

I'm sure there's others :-)

[risingsun1234]

-eat out once a week. sometimes twice..but it is rare ..unless i don't feel like cooking.
-bottled water. i fill mine at the glacier vending machine.
-buy shoes/sandals at payless. i think i cut it down a bit recently
-dsl (can't go back to dial-up..no way)

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[jinx]

I have a few. I love shoes and clothes. I refuse to buy clothes at Walmart, I will go to khols for staple itemes, like t-shirts and things. I own quite a collection of shoes some very good designers. I never pay full price.
As for clothes, I love Lilly Pulitzer, and Ralph Lauren. Again I wait for the dept. store sales, with the in store coupons, or shop marshalls etc. I have purchased Lilly Pulizter clothes from a consignment shop in a high end town.
I have at least one starbucks every few days.
I will indulge in a pedicure every two weeks.

[ironmaiden]

- Yarn (or whatever hobby I'm currently into)
- Books (plus I do the library)
- Cut and color
- take DD age 4 out to lunch once a week
- family goes out to dinner once a month

- Clothes are all end of season sales from Kohls, Gap, etc.

[GMA21]

I buy bottled water here because like many of you our tap water is bad.
Since dad has moved in & has a circulation problem {due to an accident} the heat has been on a lot more & our bill is OUTRAGEOUS but he pays it.
t.v. is on more
I cook more {which I like to do since I have someone to cook for & have a bunch of recipes to try out} besides it's always easier to cook for more than 1
I HAVE to have my in any form as long as it's I'm sually happy

[staceyy]

I buy Dr NV Perricone's alpha lipoic acid lotion for my face. It's fantastic stuff but it costs $95 for 2 ounces. I usually buy it on Ebay though at a discount. I last bought it a few months ago for $65 including shipping and handling. I've tried making my own version of it by buying the chemicals on the internet. I think this cost me around $30. It turned out decent but still not quite as good as the real thing, so I'm back to buying it on Ebay. This for me is a guilty pleasure. Dh has no idea how much I spend on this, but he always hears people compliment me on my skin.

[Telephus44]

My biggest indulgence is bath and body products. For the most part, I only use top of the line, name brand makeup, skin care, and body products. Bath and Body Works has a field day when I show up. I am a genuine Sephora addict! I have tried using cheaper brands of these things but with very few notable exceptions, I always end up going back to the "good" stuff. My only exception is hair products - I can't tell the difference between the shampoos, conditioners, gels, etc. so I just go with the cheapies. I usually take a second hot shower or a bath at night before I go to bed.

I have to have Green Mountain Coffee. At home I use the K-Cups in my Keurig brewer - Buying 4 boxes at a time with free shipping and my coffee club discount (recurring shipments) still only brings it down to $.48 per cup. Yes, I can buy coffee a lot cheaper, but I LOVE this stuff.

All of my underwear and bras are from Victoria's Secret. I try and hit sales and clearance. For the bras though, after I found out which style I like best I've been buying them on eBay - I can get them in lots of 5 or 6 for an average of $10 each shipped. Right now I can't wait until I'm done nursing so I can figure out what size I'll end up being and I can get some more that will fit.

I also love J. Jill clothing, but I can't ever bring myself to spend the money to buy it full price (I don't have $80 for a shirt). I buy sales and clearance which might bring it down to $25 or $30 - still a lot of money for a shirt, but I do love their clothing!

There are other things we spend money on, but I don't necessarily consider them indulgences. We buy expensive cat food and litter, and we have DSL. We eat out a little more than once a week (trying to cut back to once a week). We drink wine with dinner. I consider these things just a trade off for the other things that we do frugally.

[frugalwanttobe]

I am non-frugal when it comes to healthy foods and special foods. I buy a lot of foods at Whole Foods. ie My son can not have wheat or dairy and I pay over 4.00 for a loaf of bread. Tonight I paid $1.69 for a single nutrigrain bar that does not have wheat or dairy. We spend probably $100 on vitamin supplements per month. I buy only the best vitamins. I believe you get what you pay for when it comes to supplements.

The other thing that I am non-frugal with is I give away clothes to charity and I know I could sell them on ebay and make money.(Some of the clothes have never been worn. DD is so fussy.) The feeling that I get when the charity trucks pull up to my house and take the bags of beautiful clothes is worth more to me than a few extra dollars in my checking account. ( I do understand that some people need to sell on ebay to survive so please don't get mad at me.LOL)

[claimsgirl66]

I wear artificial nails, but do them myself.
My biggest thing is likely I drive a big, gas-guzzling SUV. I drove 4 cylinder economy Chevy Cavaliers for years and kept them til they had over 100K miles. Then I got a little promotion and had more $ and have always wanted a SUV...so 2 years ago I bought one, slightly used with low mileage....just as gas hit all time high prices! I know with the gas, higher registration taxes here in Maine, and the higher maintenance costs I could do better. But I love it though and it has come in sooooo handy when all the family needs to go somewhere in one vehicle, or driving in snow, or hauling stuff to the dump...listen to me rationalize!

[Hoosier Momma]

*Dh can't stand any creamer except for International Delights (although I can be okay with cheaper stuff)

*Ice cream in our house is a must have (but we do buy the less expensive stuff)

*We don't clip coupons (yet) because our local paper doesn't run on Sundays. I need to go to WalMart tomorrow and get a Louisville Sunday paper, lol.

*We still use a lot of convenience items like mac and cheese and Spanish rice mixes, but we are now making our own fries, onion rings, etc. And I am baking more cookies instead of buying them.

*My ds loves grapes, so we buy them even when they aren't so cheap (although we will buy fewer when they are pricier)

*I still send $10/week for lunch money for dd#1 because a)the meals they serve are nutritious and include milk and b)she doesn't like the thought of me making her lunches (she doesn't like pb&j or too many sandwiches)

*Microwave popcorn is purchased a lot, but I figure it is a cheap snack compared to other foods (and we buy the less expensive items)

*We have cable and internet, but they are cheap sources of entertainment and information (dh needs the internet for work and I need it for volunteer work I do--it is only $15/mo for DSL)

*I can drink cheaper wine--I buy the big 1.5 liter bottles of it at WalMart (I figure it is needed once in a while after being home with the kids all day) j/k

Other than that we are pretty frugal (so far). We haven't eaten out at all this month and dh hasn't purchased his lunch once this month. We are thinking of stopping at McD's after Mass tomorrow if the kids behave, but we have BOGO coupons for that.

[annymoll]

Every four to six weeks I have my hair professionally cut and colored in an upscale hair salon. The cost is too embarrassing to admit.(plus I think I hear DH coming, don't want him to see!)

[crunchycon]

Good coffee.
Clinique make up (and skin care for both of us - it's really helped DHs skin too).
High-speed internet (although it does enable us to work from home from time to time).
For about four months a year, we upgrade to digital cable so DH can watch all the Ohio State football games (we live in Tennessee - not exactly a hot-ticket item around here!)

I'm sure there's more

[Michelle]

~DSL
~Coffeemate creamer
~fabric
~knitting supplies
~peanut M & M's
~salon shampoo & conditioner when I can fit it into the budget...our hard water is horrible on my hair
~bottled water...no way would I drink the tap here--too gross
~takeout once a week