For some reason this thread seems to have digressed back to "what NOT to spend your money on"

Rule for me and DVD's - Given $8 matinee and $9 regular price of theatre tix, if its a movie that I am interested in, and got decent reviews, $15 ain't too bad. I don't need the hassle of parking, rude people on their cells, and jacked up sound of a theatre anymore.

Dress Shirts - Brooks Brothers non-iron for $45 or so. throw them in the wash/dryer, take them out, shake, wear, and they look great. Van Huesen? crap, BR? crap... I hate busting out the iron. I think I'm through trying other brands.

 

i spend all my money on food and things for my pets and car..thats it no more...well dates too but i keep those spread out

 

You're right. Got caught up in reading all the responses, forgot about the original title.

Definitely food, once in a lifetime experiences, and keepsakes to remember things by.

Another thing are SOCKS. I love love LOVE brand new socks.

 

i say anything that will make you happy... the pharse money can't buy you happiness could be true, but you might be able to experience happiness with the things you buy. for example... a vacation with family.. a cruise around the mountains in a new car/bike... a great book? maybe giving money to someone that they will use to benefit themselves?

 

Brazilian jiu-jitsu and/or kickboxing classes are totally worth the expense to me. I wish I had more time to do both.

 

haha... reminds me of the college habit of "don't wash em... just buy new ones"

 

Everyone does..!!!

 

Essentially, the title of this thread might as well be...what do you like to do and how do you spend your money on these things.

It has come down to each of us, including myself, stating what we like and what we choose to spend our money on. So in a nutshell thats your answer, what are YOUR interests and what do YOU love to do. Thats what is worth spending your money on...

 

I was pouring over the answers in this thread though. . . and I sorted them into a couple of categories:

1. flat out good investments/good fiscal things to buy into
2. money spent on things the posters are passionate about
3. money spent on things the posters thought they were passionate about, but after "having" or "getting" whatever it is they wanted, they realized it didn't work
4. things that serve a social purpose (dining out in most circumstances); which is kind of like category 2.

That said, I think the way you avoid the morass of situation #3 is really being true to yourself. Know what you're passionate about. If you're not spending money, time, and/or effort on it, you're probably farting around and not making your money do anything for you, which in the end is the real waste.

 

thanks for clarifying.

the point of the thread is not to just see what people like to do, but rather what was money wasted on and spent well on in hindsight. and after we have a good list, then comparing that to what we end up spending money on daily will be interesting.