Overheard my neighbor bragging about $400 on concert tickets and it hit me different

So I was walking my dog and this dude is on his phone talking about dropping $400 for two tickets to some show next month. Not front row or anything, just general admission. I almost laughed out loud because I spent that same amount last year on my entire food budget for two weeks. It made me realize how easy it is to let one impulse buy wreck your whole month if you're not careful. Now I'm thinking about how I set a strict $50 cap per month on fun stuff like eating out or events. Anyone else feel like people around you just don't get how fast those splurges add up?

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williams9016d ago

$50 cap is smart. I do $60 myself but split it into two $30 chunks. First half of month gets one fun thing, second half gets another. Keeps me from blowing it all in one weekend. Life gets boring without some small treats. Just gotta pick the right ones.

andrew_miller9016d ago

Hold up @williams90, I think you meant $60 total but the way you wrote it sounds like you're spending $60 on the first half and then another $30 on the second. That'd be $90 altogether which is way over the $50 cap we were talking about. Maybe you do $30 and then $20? Just clearing that up because the math threw me off for a second. But I feel you on splitting it up, I do something similar with my own spending. Keeps me from impulse buying random stuff and regretting it later. The fun part is picking the treats, I go for things that last more than a day like a game or a nice meal out.