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How much have you spend on treating yourself??

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  • 13-08-2005 5:48pm
    #1
    hamster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭


    How much have you spend on treating yourself (such as in the list below) this year? Not including your spends on others!

    Normally I don't spend that much during the year but this year so far I ordered:

    1. USB key / Mp3 player €140
    2. Internal DVD Writer €54
    3. Pack of 25 DVD-R Blanks / 10 DVD-RW €30
    4. 10x50 Binoculars and adaptor €105
    5. Astronomy Magazine Subscription (12 months) €40
    6. Solar Filter Sheeting €30
    7. 5 MP Digital Camera, 512Mb SD and extra Lithium Ion battery €400
    8. 3120 Nokia Mobile €70
    9. Retro Joystick / Joypad (Amiga/C64) €21
    10. Webcam €27
    11. USB Hub €27
    12. Astronomy Books €50
    13. Complete Irish Wildlife book €10

    Total to date (8 months): €899 (wow... it adds up)

    Would you consider this a bit much? How has your year been so far? I'll probably will need to spend the same amount again on a PC upgrade possibly before the end of the year. Must hold out. Arrgh! :)


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    #2
    boardsee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭boardsee


    Car insurance E2500 fookin thousand


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    #3
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,371 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    hamster wrote:
    Total to date (8 months): €899 (wow... it adds up)
    Some people spend that on going out, per month.

    Its down to what you can afford.


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    Dizzyblabla
    Registered Users Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭Dizzyblabla


    I tried working mine out, and I scared myself, if I only spent €900 treating myself then I'd be happy, I've narrowed it down to the past month and this is what I've spent:
    €14200 - car (a huge rotten loan for that one)
    Milan - €1500 (well, I was shopping!)
    my nails - €71 (but they're soo cute!)
    clothes - €200
    hair - €30
    makeup - €30
    going out - €?? who knows! too much anyway!

    and that's what I can think off the top of my head, so I wouldn't worry too much about what you've spent at all!


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    hamster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭hamster


    Dizzyblabla wrote:
    clothes - €200

    Oops! I knew I forgot something :o ... clothes... maybe about €150-200 this year... but I don't consider clothes a treat. :)


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    Dizzyblabla
    Registered Users Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭Dizzyblabla


    hamster wrote:
    Oops! I knew I forgot something :o ... clothes... maybe about €150-200 this year... but I don't consider clothes a treat. :)
    heh heh... with the amount of shopping I've done (take a look what I spent in Milan a few weeks ago!) it's definately a treat! I don't just buy clothes cause I have to, I buy stuff I like!


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    grimloch
    Registered Users Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭grimloch


    I've probably spent close to 1500 on myself over the last year, excluding a computer. However thats only a rough guess, unfortunately it's probably higher.


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    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    €5,000 on braces - self inflicted humiliation!!!! :rolleyes:


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    #9
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Since january; (*deep breath...* :p )

    second hand set of Technics sl1210 mk II turntables - €600 (absolute bargain! :))
    a second stanton trackmaster cart for the above - €50ish
    a crappy little numark mixer - €80
    contributing to a better mixer for my birthday - €100
    around 120 records at an average of about €10 each - €1200
    and i'll prolly place a bid on a set of sennheiser hd25 (sp) headphones later - €50ish

    play.com - €300+ (a bunch of dvds, games for my pc + gc and an audio cd...)
    games and dvds in local shops - €100ish

    a second hand sound card on ebay - €70ish

    €2500+ :eek:

    there's a lot more that i cba listing
    i also bought myself a second hand xbox, got it chipped and then stupidly sold it...

    /edit
    Godskitchen Global Gathering and the Electric Picnic add another €300 in ticket sales alone...
    i dread to think about what i've spent on going out in the past year.

    and i wouldn't consider clothes to be treating myself... more of a necessity


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    #10
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    interesting thread...

    well in the last year.......

    Weekend break - €400 + spending money
    Clothes - €300, this was the first time i bought ANY clothes in about 2 years so definitely a luxury.
    Camera - €360
    Car Insurance - €2000
    Creative Zen 20GB - €270
    ENGL Fireball head - €900
    ENGL 412 CAB - €650
    PC - €1000
    mbox factory bundle - €650
    Fender Strat - €900
    Genelec 1029a(pair) studio monitors - €700
    DVD's/music - €100+
    Food - millions!!
    Ticketmaster stuff - €300+

    they're the main things i can think of at the minute.. €5830 total.


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    kasintahan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭kasintahan


    hamster wrote:
    How much have you spend on treating yourself (such as in the list below) this year? Not including your spends on others!

    Total to date (8 months): €899 (wow... it adds up)
    ...
    Would you consider this a bit much?
    ...
    Must hold out. Arrgh! :)

    If you think <€1000 is a too much to be spending on yourself then I'd have to question your reasons for working at all. €1000 in a full time industrial job represents less than 4% of your yearly wage, some years you could lose more in inflation just by leaving it in the bank!


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    hamster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭hamster


    Well, what I listed here is "treating myself with". Obviously, stuff like mortgage repayments, saving, SSIAs etc are not listed here....

    I mean gaming, toys, hardware, music, holidays etc...


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    #13
    Third_Echelon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,889 ✭✭✭Third_Echelon


    I spend all my money on myself, so I think i'd scare myself if I start counting..

    Fcuk it... you only live once... spend, spend, spend. You cant bring it with you... :D


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    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Eh have lost track of it :)

    Laptop and memory - 2500
    Sony PS2 - 300
    Sony PSP - 400
    Iriver H340 - 400 odd
    Sony 7mpx Camera - 400
    New York - 1500
    Games - 500
    Car Insurance - 700
    Clothes - 500
    Phones - god knows...
    PC Speakers - 120
    Mice - 100


    Stress haha


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    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Third_Echelon wrote:
    I spend all my money on myself, so I think i'd scare myself if I start counting..

    Fcuk it... you only live once... spend, spend, spend. You cant bring it with you... :D

    I am definetly living by that rule :)


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    Tobias Greeshman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Tobias Greeshman


    1. MP3 Player - €150
    2. Mobiles (3) - €180, €225, €280
    3. Various CDs/DVDs (play.com/cdwow) - roughly €120
    4. Holidays - €1500
    5. Books - around €50
    6. Food - Way to much weekly
    7. PS2 Games - €200
    8. Car - €5,000
    9. Insurance - €2,000
    10. Clothes - Dont even want to think!


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    #17
    da7a
    Closed Accounts Posts: 55 ✭✭da7a


    my spending is out of control, i reckon i spend about 30% of my income on "stuff". this doesnt include nights out/ meals out - i reckon thats about 250e a month...

    "stuff" in chronological order since july 2004:

    dawes hyrid racing bike ( for gettin to work) - 560 euros
    home broadband connection - about 500 euros a year
    technics mkII decks new - 1050 euros
    tascam xs-8 dj mixer - 400 euros
    records to go with the decks and mixer - 80 euros a month 1000e so far
    tokyo mauri mp5 a5 full auto electric bb gun - 350 euros
    weekned trip to paris (flights, dinner, hotel) 1200 euros
    snowboarding in austria - 1000 euros + 700 spending
    snowboading equipment - 600 euros
    sony psp game and 512 memory stick - 350 euros
    surfboard and wetsuit - 650 euros
    new skates - 250 euros
    two more games for the psp - 100 euros


    i have no savings as a result of all that stuff i buy, im sick, i need help....
    maybe eddie hobbs could sort me out....


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