29 May
10 Ways to Needlessly Spend Money
I have personally spent my money on silly things as research for this post, so you won’t have to. No, no need to thank me.
- Browse in shops to kill time. Don’t be discriminatory, any price range will do.
- Don’t eat/drink before you leave the house so you get hungry when you’re out.
- Slow your pace as you pass one of those corner stalls selling sunglasses and handbags and snowglobes. I do like snowglobes, though.
- Join a gym and never go. Then upgrade your membership in case it motivates you. It doesn’t.
- Supersize and then don’t finish the meal.
- Do something touristy and then purchase a mediocre $20 photo of yourself doing it. (Honestly, there’s one staring at me on my desk right now. I keep it there as a reminder of how not to spend my money.)
- Use a credit card and don’t pay your balance for months.
- Buy a magazine that is 90% filled with makeup and clothes that “you totally need this summer!”
- Buy a new book and then scribble all through it so you can’t on-sell.
- Don’t floss. But really, why does it have to be so boring?
How do you needlessly spend your money?
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 at 9:36 am
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I’m definitely guilty of subscribing to shopping magazines…I’ve been subscribing to Lucky for years. Hi, I’m a shopaholic!
May 29th, 2007 at 2:25 pmBuying books that sit on bookshelves and never get read is my bad spending habit. Especially with a two-year old daughter, my reading time has dwindled to next to nothing.
Jay
May 29th, 2007 at 4:20 pmI go to Rent-A-Center to check out the new technology and whatnot and end up with a giant plasma TV and a new living room group. This is an excellent way to get rid of all my cash quickly! My friends no longer allow me to go to Rent-A-Center without them.
September 6th, 2007 at 10:06 am