What Are Your UNfrugal Expenses?

[Retired To Win]

Frugality without sacrifice is my spending motto. But the "without sacrifice" part could be pushing me over the edge into unfrugality. So I took a closer look at where my money goes and found quite a few items I could spend less on. What those items are, how much extra they are costing me, and what (if anything) I am going to do about it I have detailed in this blog post:

What My Unfrugal Side Costs Me:

http://retired-to-win.savingadvice.com/2014/04/04/what-my-unfrugal-side-costs-me_108124/

What about you? Where are you spending more than you have to? And how do you feel about it?

[lorraineb]

I'm not against unfrugal expenses as long as they are for what you want and don't break your own budget. There are a lot of things that I'm sure that other members here would consider "unfrugal" but I don't see it that way. I must admit that since joining here, I have changed my mind and found a lot of things I was doing that were unfrugal and stopped, but not everything.

I treat myself on a regular basis when I am able to save the amount I'd hoped I could. These "treats" aren't frugal and I could go without them, but they keep me motivated which I feel is more important. Not everything has to be frugal in my opinion.

[Retired To Win]

I'm not against unfrugal expenses as long as they are for what you want and don't break your own budget... I treat myself on a regular basis when I am able to save the amount I'd hoped I could. These "treats" aren't frugal and I could go without them, but they keep me motivated which I feel is more important. Not everything has to be frugal in my opinion.

I agree. In fact, I would go as far as saying that I am frugal in my baseline "needs" spending so I CAN be unfrugal in my discretionary "wants" spending. It is more fun that way!