I have learned to prioritize my wants and needs. My first want-need was a to be debtfree, then have a 10,000 EF and now to invest monthly. These came before any other financial purchase. Next is to put 400 a month in savings for auto's, which are doing now and then figure out how we are going to buy a big screen tv.
We just got back from the grocery store, and while buying our pop I thought, how much am I paying for pop a year. Pop is a luxury and is not that important to me when you look at it on a yearly cost basis.
Like you, I used to salivate over the electronics or car adds, but now I have no interest in them. I hope thats a good thing.
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