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Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k! 
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house? |
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Books & I hate it!
I do not like spending on myself but I've got a thing for collectable books.
They look so pretty though and provide a great distraction to escape into a world of a book.
The buyers guilt though 
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house? "
Is that a 2K subscription or individual downloaded books?
Damn. |
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over a year ago
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house?
Is that a 2K subscription or individual downloaded books?
Damn."
Both! £7.99 a month then individuals on top! |
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over a year ago
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"Books & I hate it!
I do not like spending on myself but I've got a thing for collectable books.
They look so pretty though and provide a great distraction to escape into a world of a book.
The buyers guilt though
Mrs "
I love books! Have you got millions? |
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over a year ago
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Anything Karate related, I’m a sucker for it. Books, DVDs, traditional training equipment, you name it!
I just spent £75 on a pair of antique stoneware jars to use as Nigiri Game (no it’s not sushi) |
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house? "
To be fair FC, that's less than £1.50 a day.
For something you obviously love.
Id say that is pretty good value x |
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"Books & I hate it!
I do not like spending on myself but I've got a thing for collectable books.
They look so pretty though and provide a great distraction to escape into a world of a book.
The buyers guilt though
Mrs
I love books! Have you got millions? "
Books are always a must, I feel food is my vice, either treating myself to something or spending money to make a wonderful meal. I was at the good food show last week, a very indulgent day |
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Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate |
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"Memorabilia from the 70's and 80's..
-Box Sets of t.v. series from then.
-DVDs of films/movies from then.
-Tracksuits/trainers from mid to late 80's."
Where do you store all that?! |
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over a year ago
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"I have Shares in racehorse albeit very small .
If not like racing then think might be minted by now lol ...."
Aha so your vice is doing you no favours? |
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"Anything Karate related, I’m a sucker for it. Books, DVDs, traditional training equipment, you name it!
I just spent £75 on a pair of antique stoneware jars to use as Nigiri Game (no it’s not sushi) "
Do you do karate too? |
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over a year ago
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house?
To be fair FC, that's less than £1.50 a day.
For something you obviously love.
Id say that is pretty good value x"
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"Books & I hate it!
I do not like spending on myself but I've got a thing for collectable books.
They look so pretty though and provide a great distraction to escape into a world of a book.
The buyers guilt though
Mrs
I love books! Have you got millions?
Books are always a must, I feel food is my vice, either treating myself to something or spending money to make a wonderful meal. I was at the good food show last week, a very indulgent day"
What’s your signature dish to cook? |
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over a year ago
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"I refuse to call it a vice. Right now? Probably books and seasonal coffees. I'm going to get the latter today, try and avoid the former. "
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over a year ago
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"Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate "
Joey
Do they ever make it? |
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Mine is definitely the paraphernalia that comes with my model building and painting. I used to be a bit embarrassed by how much I spent. But, it’s my hobby, the enjoyment I get from it is worth the cost. |
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"Mine is definitely the paraphernalia that comes with my model building and painting. I used to be a bit embarrassed by how much I spent. But, it’s my hobby, the enjoyment I get from it is worth the cost. "
What models are they? |
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"Mine is definitely the paraphernalia that comes with my model building and painting. I used to be a bit embarrassed by how much I spent. But, it’s my hobby, the enjoyment I get from it is worth the cost.
What models are they?"
Large scale aeroplanes. |
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"We eat like Kings in our house, always have...so the monthly food shop has been our vice for a few decades... 
Which is your go to supermarket?"
Big tesco...easier to park, can get everything...a village butchers for meat, potatoes and majority if vegetables...occasionally waitrose as its near....  |
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"New clothes, I buy a few new things every month. That and good coffee.
Are you a brand addict? Or happy with primarnis best?"
I’m a sucker for a brand, I don’t think that I’ve ever been in Primark. |
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over a year ago
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"I refuse to call it a vice. Right now? Probably books and seasonal coffees. I'm going to get the latter today, try and avoid the former.
Are you a keeper or do you pass them on when you’ve read them?"
Definitely a keeper. I've still got the majority of my uni texts. Still got books from my childhood. I try and donate some to charity shops and then for some strange reason I end up with more than I've donated. It's odd that. |
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"We eat like Kings in our house, always have...so the monthly food shop has been our vice for a few decades...
Which is your go to supermarket?
Big tesco...easier to park, can get everything...a village butchers for meat, potatoes and majority if vegetables...occasionally waitrose as its near.... "
I bloody love a big Tesco! |
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over a year ago
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"I refuse to call it a vice. Right now? Probably books and seasonal coffees. I'm going to get the latter today, try and avoid the former.
Are you a keeper or do you pass them on when you’ve read them?
Definitely a keeper. I've still got the majority of my uni texts. Still got books from my childhood. I try and donate some to charity shops and then for some strange reason I end up with more than I've donated. It's odd that."
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"We eat like Kings in our house, always have...so the monthly food shop has been our vice for a few decades...
Which is your go to supermarket?
Big tesco...easier to park, can get everything...a village butchers for meat, potatoes and majority if vegetables...occasionally waitrose as its near....
I bloody love a big Tesco!"
Same, people keep encouraging me to try asda...ooof no...and then the "oooo aldi meats really good " yeah and so is my butchers... and I get super excited with my club card vouchers...gawd I m sad  |
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"Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate "
Any space for another investor  |
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Eating out is a big one for me.
Coffee, like takeaway coffee, I’ve been know to reach up to 4 lattes a day….terrible I know.
Hotels is another one….I consider it a hobby
Clothes and things I’ve just convinced myself are a staple now
I could go on but interesting thread! |
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house?
Is that a 2K subscription or individual downloaded books?
Damn.
Both! £7.99 a month then individuals on top!"
This is mental. This is why I swapped from audio books to podcasts |
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over a year ago
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Coffee - costa pretty much everyday. Doesn’t seem much but still adds up, I even buy the costa and Starbucks sachets from supermarket to avoid having to go get one but oh no I still do |
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Probably coffee. I really got into it a couple of years ago and I the other day I just randomly did a price check on how much I spent on my setup and bags of coffee over the years. Yeah, it's been a bit spenny |
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"What’s your favourite?"
I miss my Porsches. Haven’t had one of those in more than 10 years now.
I’m not suggesting that I’m some rich twat who buys loads of cars, by the way. Just that looking after the ones I have is an expensive luxury. Definitely non-essential spending. |
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"What’s your favourite?
I miss my Porsches. Haven’t had one of those in more than 10 years now.
I’m not suggesting that I’m some rich twat who buys loads of cars, by the way. Just that looking after the ones I have is an expensive luxury. Definitely non-essential spending."
We've a 20 Yr old T5 and that is a money pit |
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I’ve had to dig in and really send my spending to zero on stuff I don’t need. *true story.
But, little treats of coffees slip through.
My spending on coats was something I never thought twice about, but that’s always laughable how many I acquired.
So yeh, I can curb spending if or when I need to. |
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over a year ago
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"Electronic tech bits, I have loads for projects I want to do and don’t get time to do the projects! "
But have you got a power lead for a Nintendo 64 |
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"Anything Karate related, I’m a sucker for it. Books, DVDs, traditional training equipment, you name it!
I just spent £75 on a pair of antique stoneware jars to use as Nigiri Game (no it’s not sushi)
Do you do karate too?"
I do! Been studying Goju Ryu for many years |
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"I spend lots on audible too but at least it doesnt cause clutter. I went a bit mad on temu recently so have deleted the app."
Temu is so dangerous for the bank balance isn’t |
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"Eating out is a big one for me.
Coffee, like takeaway coffee, I’ve been know to reach up to 4 lattes a day….terrible I know.
Hotels is another one….I consider it a hobby
Clothes and things I’ve just convinced myself are a staple now
I could go on but interesting thread! "
Food seems to be a popular choice! |
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"Coffee for sure, cakes and chocolate
also, and every now and then I take the notion for a cigarette since I'm an ex smoker(can I actually say that if I still have about 10 a year?)
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No, you’re a part time smoker |
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"Hiking gear. There are always better boots out there"
No there aren’t! Get yourself some Meindl “Burma” if you can the old fashioned ones without the Goretex lining in them.. they are brilliant. Ok they are not a five season mountain boot, for that go for the Bhutan’s ( but quite frankly if you are going for seriously high stuff there are more specialised and probably better ones to go for.
My only way left to go now is to go for hand made boots… and I can’t afford that |
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"Anything Karate related, I’m a sucker for it. Books, DVDs, traditional training equipment, you name it!
I just spent £75 on a pair of antique stoneware jars to use as Nigiri Game (no it’s not sushi) "
Oh I think I still have some very early “Fighting Arts” magazines from the early 80’s. I might be prepared to sell at a very reasonable price!
I might have some very rare Terry O’Neil stuff as well. I did some training with him many, many years ago but I would have to go ratching around at my parents house to find it. |
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I love watches.
I can’t afford really expensive Patek Phillips and the like, so I just search around on eBay for nice looking watches with a decent movement and get them as cheap as I can.
I have bought some right old crocks of sh!t doing that though and there are so many watches that claim to be one thing and when you get them and open them up, they are a load of rubbish |
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over a year ago
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"I love watches.
I can’t afford really expensive Patek Phillips and the like, so I just search around on eBay for nice looking watches with a decent movement and get them as cheap as I can.
I have bought some right old crocks of sh!t doing that though and there are so many watches that claim to be one thing and when you get them and open them up, they are a load of rubbish "
Avoid anything that smells of WD-40,that's the last stuff you want anywhere near a watch or clock |
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"Hiking gear. There are always better boots out there
No there aren’t! Get yourself some Meindl “Burma” if you can the old fashioned ones without the Goretex lining in them.. they are brilliant. Ok they are not a five season mountain boot, for that go for the Bhutan’s ( but quite frankly if you are going for seriously high stuff there are more specialised and probably better ones to go for.
My only way left to go now is to go for hand made boots… and I can’t afford that "
I do go a bit high. I have even started working towards the mountain leader training program. I prefer Scarpa boots though. It fits well for the shape of my feet. |
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"Hiking gear. There are always better boots out there
No there aren’t! Get yourself some Meindl “Burma” if you can the old fashioned ones without the Goretex lining in them.. they are brilliant. Ok they are not a five season mountain boot, for that go for the Bhutan’s ( but quite frankly if you are going for seriously high stuff there are more specialised and probably better ones to go for.
My only way left to go now is to go for hand made boots… and I can’t afford that
I do go a bit high. I have even started working towards the mountain leader training program. I prefer Scarpa boots though. It fits well for the shape of my feet."
Oh I always found Scarpas too narrow. They are well made though. I believe their high altitude boots are very good, but I bought a pair of leather meindl’s that will take a crampon and I have used them for winter stuff and high stuff.
I don’t get up on the hills enough to justify paying for the top end mountaineering boots |
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It was chocolate....I used to buy the massive bars of dairy milk as they worked out better value. Then I decided I'd just stop eating it. Can't say I miss it.
Now it's probably peanuts and bird seed, to go and feed the wildlife with.
Can't afford to do anything else! |
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"Hiking gear. There are always better boots out there
No there aren’t! Get yourself some Meindl “Burma” if you can the old fashioned ones without the Goretex lining in them.. they are brilliant. Ok they are not a five season mountain boot, for that go for the Bhutan’s ( but quite frankly if you are going for seriously high stuff there are more specialised and probably better ones to go for.
My only way left to go now is to go for hand made boots… and I can’t afford that
I do go a bit high. I have even started working towards the mountain leader training program. I prefer Scarpa boots though. It fits well for the shape of my feet.
Oh I always found Scarpas too narrow. They are well made though. I believe their high altitude boots are very good, but I bought a pair of leather meindl’s that will take a crampon and I have used them for winter stuff and high stuff.
I don’t get up on the hills enough to justify paying for the top end mountaineering boots "
Yeah my feet are narrow. Scarpa does have crazy priced mountaineering boots. I stick to the low and mid ranged ones. |
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Chocolate. Definitely. A piece a day keeps the blues away.
Meals out, and quality food to cook good meals at home.
A fancy fine wine club subscription.
There is a theme here... |
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over a year ago
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"Electronic tech bits, I have loads for projects I want to do and don’t get time to do the projects!
But have you got a power lead for a Nintendo 64 "
Well now you mention it… maybe, Leo you need one, I can go take a look? |
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"Chocolate. Definitely. A piece a day keeps the blues away.
Meals out, and quality food to cook good meals at home.
A fancy fine wine club subscription.
There is a theme here... "
Indulgence is what comes to mind!
Love it! |
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"Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate
Joey
Do they ever make it?"
Yeah sometimes. Got a stable income of 20 million pesos a week now so that’s good |
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"I love watches.
I can’t afford really expensive Patek Phillips and the like, so I just search around on eBay for nice looking watches with a decent movement and get them as cheap as I can.
I have bought some right old crocks of sh!t doing that though and there are so many watches that claim to be one thing and when you get them and open them up, they are a load of rubbish "
I know if I had my way, watches would be my thing. I’m yet to venture into buying my first expensive watch. And I know the one I want.
I’m patient.  |
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"Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate "
I was searching for this comment before I posted something similar myself haha cocaine and hoes haha |
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"Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate
Joey
Do they ever make it?
Yeah sometimes. Got a stable income of 20 million pesos a week now so that’s good "
What’s that in gbp? |
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house? "
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house? "
Unfortunately for me its smoking atm, although i am trying to quit but struggling. Its such a waste of money to me.
But to treat myself I would probably say i spend the most on some nice food when I can
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"Cocaine, friends of the night, strippers gambling and investing in small time drug barons to see if they can make it in the big leagues. And I’m also a sucker for chocolate
Joey
Do they ever make it?
Yeah sometimes. Got a stable income of 20 million pesos a week now so that’s good
What’s that in gbp?"
Idk but with the way inflation is going it’s probably enough for a meal deal |
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"Your vice? The thing you spend a few quid on here and there? Coffees? Cakes? Clothes?
Mines audiobooks. I roughly added up how much I’d spent on audible in the last 4 years and it was almost £2k!
Do you think you could do a sunak and give it up, save your pennies and suddenly have enough for a deposit on a house? "
My three cats…. Spoiled doesn’t begin to describe it (also, vet bills that exceed insurance suck) |
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By *odevilWoman
over a year ago
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Omg. Loads of things.
I have a clothes budget, makeup/beauty budget, velvet budget, books (unlimited budget, one should never feel guilty about or have to justify buying books),
...Aaaand a debauchery budget.
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Holidays. I love foreign holidays. 7 so far this year and maybe one more between Christmas and new year. I’ve spent thousands in the last 20 odd years on holidays and don’t plan to stop. |
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"Recently it's been sexy lingerie and dresses/outfits for clubs visits. I have so much that I haven't worn yet."
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