Whats your splurge item?

[Lola]

I saw a thread like this last night while I wasnt sleeping. 

What do you spend extra $ on? Housewares? Personal Items??

What do you cheap out on??

[Liv]

Our dog's food. Sad but true. She eats a raw diet because she had a really hard time keeping weight on and her hair from falling out on anything manufactured. She eats raw chicken quarters mainly with organ meat and green tripe on the side. DH handles feeding her-- he feels like a zookeeper caring for a lion or something.

[Lola]

@liv Have you ever tried the manufactured raw food for dogs? We used to the the Primal brand. It comes frozen. I wonder if thats any cheaper??

[Liv]

Jul 20, 2015 14:26:22 GMT -5 Lola said:

@liv Have you ever tried the manufactured raw food for dogs? We used to the the Primal brand. It comes frozen. I wonder if thats any cheaper??

we shopped around a bit and found that sourcing from grocery stores was actually more cost effective in our area! We have a pretty good system down and a healthy budget for her so it hasn't been too bad. thankfully. 

[bullybutt]

Jul 20, 2015 14:26:22 GMT -5 Lola said:

@liv Have you ever tried the manufactured raw food for dogs? We used to the the Primal brand. It comes frozen. I wonder if thats any cheaper??

Holy shit!! $52 for 28 OUNCES???  How did you get that money tree to grow?

[Lola]

Jul 20, 2015 14:51:59 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Jul 20, 2015 14:26:22 GMT -5 Lola said:

@liv Have you ever tried the manufactured raw food for dogs? We used to the the Primal brand. It comes frozen. I wonder if thats any cheaper??

Holy shit!! $52 for 28 OUNCES???  How did you get that money tree to grow?

Was that for the Primal??

At the time I used it they were puppies, so they only got half of one of the nuggets for each meal...so one bag lasted a few weeks. I dont remember it being that much though. And the store I bought it from had a buy 6 get 1 free punch card. 

[bullybutt]

Jul 20, 2015 14:55:06 GMT -5 Lola said:

Jul 20, 2015 14:51:59 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Holy shit!! $52 for 28 OUNCES???  How did you get that money tree to grow?

Was that for the Primal??

At the time I used it they were puppies, so they only got half of one of the nuggets for each meal...so one bag lasted a few weeks. I dont remember it being that much though. And the store I bought it from had a buy 6 get 1 free punch card. 

It was on Amazon.  Is it a supplemental thing?  You add it to regular dog food?  My GSD is eating Taste of the Wild for asshole Puppies and it costs me almost $50 for a 30lb bag.

[Liv]

Nellie eats about 2.5 lbs of food a day. Most of that weight is the chicken quarters which we can get for $0.99/lb. The organ/tripe is a bit more expensive but she only gets a little of that every evening. The prepackaged raw food can be such a racket!

[jnnfrrose6]

Housecleaner. She comes every other week. Totally worth it, even if it makes it tight from time to time.

Cheap out on: clothing. 

[anotherdreamer]

Splurge... eating out. Which we really really need to cut back on.

Cheap out on... anything I can get by with? We don't have cable, so it's Prime and Netflix here. We shop at Aldi for the bulk or our groceries.

[bullybutt]

I really need to get rid of my cable but I don't want to miss The Walking Dead when it comes on. R likes to watch the Disney Channel every once in a while too. It's $60-65/mo.

[surfmama106]

I use to splurge on my hair but that ship has sailed and now it's just in a bun on the top of my head until I have to go to work, then I will get the works so these poor HS kids are not traumatized on the first day of school by the crazy unkept pregnant lady.

I cheap on on clothes mostly. I never ever buy new clothes until I have accumulated enough gift cards and there is a huge sale. I've been known to "spend" $600 dollars on a whole new wardrobe but with sales and gift cards I never pay more then $50. I do the same with DDs clothes.

[dawnfire]

I splurge on LO. GET ALL THE BABY THINGS!

For myself, def add me to the house cleaner list. We only have them come once a month because we want to be there. (We don't like strangers in our house when we're not there.)

I cheap out on clothing/shoes. I don't buy shoes very often (also because I have narrow feet which are a PITA to find comfy shoes that stay on for.)

[mamanorris]

Jul 20, 2015 15:26:42 GMT -5 anotherdreamer said:

Splurge... eating out. Which we really really need to cut back on.

Cheap out on... anything I can get by with? We don't have cable, so it's Prime and Netflix here. We shop at Aldi for the bulk or our groceries.

+1!

[liziz]

Splurge on my every day staple clothes, including shoes. I figure I use them daily, so I get my money's worth. I also am a sucker for soft fabrics, so I end up with higher end stuff than I mean to. Also, gifts for friends.
Save on just about everything else.

[missilini]

Splurge: Organic meats/animal products, dog food, and throwing parties.

Cheap out: Clothes and pretty much everything else.

[Lola]

Mine used to be jeans. Maybe someday I'll fit back into them.

Now we splurge on organic foods.

Save on myself. Im dying for a pedicure and haircut, but I can't stomach spending the money.

[littlemissmarla]

Splurge: All things for DD, Vacations, Crafts

Cheap Out: Everything else LOL

[lablover13]

Splurge: eating out, some organic food and vacations. Before C came along we budgeted 25% of out income towards "entertainment" (eating out, movies, random day trips etc). Now that she is here we have actually saved a lot of $$ because we just don't do as much. I also splurge on skincare items for myself ( but I tend to buy them during a sale where I can stock up some).

Save on: everything else... mostly clothes, shoes and home items. I rarely buy full priced items in any of these categories. Almost all of C's clothes are hand me downs from her cousin who had amazing clothes, so I stopped buying her clothes except for a few special items here and there. Between the clothes and other baby items I bet my SIL has saved us thousands of dollars.

[soon2bmrsn]

Splurge: food - mostly organic (I do all of my shopping at Trader Joe's), kid stuff (toys/books/activities/non-toxic everything), home decor

Save: clothes (shop sales, the gap clearance center, and consignment a lot), cable, everything else

[honeybee434]

Jul 20, 2015 14:58:07 GMT -5 bullybutt said:

Jul 20, 2015 14:55:06 GMT -5 Lola said:

Was that for the Primal??

At the time I used it they were puppies, so they only got half of one of the nuggets for each meal...so one bag lasted a few weeks. I dont remember it being that much though. And the store I bought it from had a buy 6 get 1 free punch card. 

It was on Amazon.  Is it a supplemental thing?  You add it to regular dog food?  My GSD is eating Taste of the Wild for asshole Puppies and it costs me almost $50 for a 30lb bag.

D E D at reading for asshole puppies. Bahahahaha

[honeybee434]

Currently splurging on vacation. Don't care, either. Who knows if I will ever get back here in my life, and we have 0% interest on the CC for 18 months so we can keep the money in savings if we want to for awhile for emergencies and spread out paying it off. I'm huge at splurging for traveling. It's one of my only true money weaknesses.

I will also splurge a bit more on restaurants. I guess I'm an experience splurger vs a things splurger.

I say I splurge on stuff for DD, but compared to most I really don't. It's more like splurging in my mind and not the way most people do. For instance at the luau tonight she had a semi cute outfit instead of an extra cute one because I couldnt bring myself to spend $30 on a baby dress for her when she had something fairly island-y already in her wardrobe. I was kinda sad about it after, though.

We buy higher end dog food but it's like $40/month for two dogs so I dont feel like it's that bad.



I'm really sick of the overuse of splurge that I just did, but I'm too lazy after the 2 beers I've had to change it up.

[ursula]

I splurge on my hair, and bathing suits. I've got a fever for expensive designer bathing suits. I buy two a year. Bathing suits are my happy purchase. Some women love shoes, some love purses...I love bathing suits. It doesn't matter what size I am, because I own size 6-16 in suits (I bought one the day before I had my baby so that I could swim afterwards).

I may wear dirty rainbow flip flops daily, but my bathing suit game is on point.