What are your worst bad money habits?

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Registered: 03-27-2003
What are your worst bad money habits?
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Sat, 05-08-2010 - 1:01am

The ones that affect you financially?


1. I smoke.

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Registered: 03-31-2010
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 11:24am

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Registered: 05-15-2007
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 12:00pm

Not bringing lunch to work!!!

I am pretty frugal in every other way, but this one eludes me for some reason. Every single week I start out vowing that I will only eat out once, but then things get busy and that goes out the window.

Hoping that posting my habit will encourage me to be more active in breaking it :)

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Registered: 11-14-2008
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 12:28pm

1. Eating chips at work--fat and broke, not a good combo!
2. Drinking wine and beer--same as above lol
3. Not buying any clothing for myself for a long time then snapping and spending too much.

I think if I added all this up I would be shocked at how much it was. I'm not doing that today!! LOL!







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Registered: 04-10-2003
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 1:14pm

Eating out.


I am trying to cut it out as much as possible, but I love going out with friends!


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Registered: 05-20-2005
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 2:29pm
My worst money habit is Starbucks!

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Registered: 12-04-2006
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 6:57pm

Buying fast food
- KFC not remembering lunch or dinner and buying that meal at work since I work at KFC.
- Starbucks habit when I walk past some of their stores
- McDonalds, Hell Pizza, and the local fish and chip shop laziness on my part, especially when I don't feel like cooking

Buying too many convenience foods at the supermarket when I perfectly capable of making meals from scratch.

Lyn

Lyn

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Registered: 07-05-2006
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 7:28pm
Definitely eating out. Big time bad habit. My other one is buying clothes on clearance that I don't need!


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Registered: 01-07-2004
Sat, 05-08-2010 - 8:01pm
hello!! here are a few of mine:
1. buying cute clothes for my kids when they dont need them. i have 2 girls-almost 10 and 6. i always get the clothes on sale or at least, pretty cheap, but they dont need them. as a result, i have a ton of clothes for them and no room for them. plus i feel guilty when they dont wear half the stuff they have and i have to take it out of the closet/dresser cuz theyve outgrown it.
2. buying lunch at work. its only 3 dollars for lunch...but then i buy a soda to drink. and sometimes i buy a candy bar for dessert. it adds up quick.
3. letting my dh talk me into going out to dinner when we have a lil extra money. okay, okay, it doesnt take much arm twisting on his part-usually he suggests and i cave in. lol
4. using the dishwasher more than i should. i have been in this house for 2 1/2 months and
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Registered: 08-24-2007
Sun, 05-09-2010 - 5:06pm

I'm the same as Lyn, with overspending on fast-food (when I'm too tired to cook) and convenience foods.

Kate


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Registered: 10-01-2008
Mon, 05-10-2010 - 9:51am

I have the same bad habit.

Norma


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