Anything you won't give up?

[Kkole425]

Ok I am not living on beans and weenies but there are things I have decided not to give up: name brand canned soup, Mt. Dew, and good shoes for my kids. How about you all?

[DownNotOut]

Ha, ha! My $55.00 haircuts! I believe a haircut falls under "you get what you pay for" and my stylist is one of the best and most creative in town! I've even sold loaves of homemade bread just so I can get a haircut with her!

[JoeBankrupt33]

Ok I am not living on beans and weenies but there are things I have decided not to give up: name brand canned soup, Mt. Dew, and good shoes for my kids. How about you all?

About the good shoes. I've actually decided that good shoes are cheaper. Cruddy shoes at Walmart/Target/Payless cost $15 to $20 (kids shoes) and have holes in the soles in a month. My kids get much better mileage out of good shoes. I do have one daughter, though, who has more shoes than Imelda Marcos (at least those are her ambitions), so she gets cheap shoes.

As for me, I have actually started spending more on myself, including good coffee beans (Folgers is recycled barf) and haircuts every 6 weeks (used to be 4 months).

[jennordhavn]

Ok I am not living on beans and weenies but there are things I have decided not to give up: name brand canned soup, Mt. Dew, and good shoes for my kids. How about you all?

Diet Coke (I buy it on sale though), Starbucks, GAP uniform pants/skirts for DD (she is picky about fit and these are the best fit and best quality I can find, plus I only buy them on sale - her shirts, tights, etc. I will buy cheap brands), private school tuition (at least for now, we are planning to move next year before she enters middle school and we will reevaluate then), satellite/dvr.

[eddiep]

Diet Coke - I would need to go to detox to get off that stuff

[LuciluS]

Chocolate, Chocolate and More Chocolate
My 12 cups of coffee (Maxwell House. OO and my Shih Tzu as she is my companion. DH is gone Sun am - Fri pm.

DH wears a size 16 shoe and even on sale they are expensive.

I have permanent nerve damage in my left foot (my toes won't move). Only shoes I've found that don't hurt are Dr. Scholls. Haven't found any dress shoes yet made by Dr. Schools, but I'm disabled & only place I would need them would be for church. However, our church doesn't care how you dress, so I usually wear my Dr. Scholl's tennis shoes or slip-on tennis shoes to church. I buy them from Dr. Leonards or sometimes, Wal-Mart carrys them.

Luci

[downsized]

We've scaled back quite a bit but the only habit I had that I refuse to budge on is my work day fountain drink from Circle K. It's only 63 cents twice a week, though. Oh, and we kept our gym memberships that we could have cut out of the budget. That's another $12 for dh and I each per month.

[eddiep]

12! cups! of! coffee!

[LuciluS]

12! cups! of! coffee!

Yep! I'm practically house-bound (disabled) as I do not drive unless I just have to for a doctor/dentist visit or right down the street to the Bank. I usually finish up drinking it around 2 pm every day. I don't drink any caffeine after that as my sleeping pill won't work LOL!

Maybe once every two weeks I might drink a diet soda, but that's about it. I drink diet-lemonade or water after 2 pm.

Luci

[HHM]

Unfortunately, too many people I hear about from my lawyer friends are unwilling to give up their motorcycle. So much so, they dig themselves into a deeper financial hole and eventually lose their home...last I checked, you can't really live in/on your motorbike.

[hamburgervol]

coffee

[eddiep]

motorcycle, now there is a touchy subject! My hubby and I just an hour ago "agreed" that if push comes to shove he is going to give up his car and keep his Harley! It is completely paid off and his prized possession. He would not lose his house to keep his bike, well that is what I will keep telling myself and hope it never comes to that! Oh and we live in NH, so he can only ride it May to Oct. Guess he will need to get a good snowsuit for this winter!

[Vanda]

Ha, I'm a wine drinker, I have been buying the boxes!!!

[relief13035]

Monthly pedicures and diet coke.

[albacore44]

tequila on Friday nights