Budget squeezers- how much squeeze?

[frugalgirl]

I found this thread to be extremely interesting as I am always squeezing our budget to keep our kids in their private school. It seems to me that you should stop the squeeze once you are, a) meeting your savings goals for retirement, college, etc., and b)you are living the lifestyle that you enjoy. If you are maxing out all of your retirement and savings options and will meet your goals, any extra is just retirement gravy. You might as well enjoy life today a little more with a few more dollars left to buy something that would make you feel "happy". If you are meeting your savings goals, still living the lifestyle you want AND have extra dollars, I'd keep squeezing!