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Tea - living in a college campus and visiting home after 2-3 months i drink a lot of tea at least three times a day and its a lot of money if i think about it. 

Internet/ Calling services - I don't call much but text a lot so i usually do a monthly plan + internet package and have a Wifi dongle so a fare share of budget goes there even though i can use hostel internet but its has so many restrictions   

Bike/fuel - I don't own a bike but there are many who rent bikes in the campus so i do the rent and fuel myself occasionally i don't like using public transport or apps like Uber  

 

 

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40 minutes ago, Azeem said:

Tea - living in a college campus and visiting home after 2-3 months i drink a lot of tea at least three times a day and its a lot of money if i think about it. 

Internet/ Calling services - I don't call much but text a lot so i usually do a monthly plan + internet package and have a Wifi dongle so a fare share of budget goes there even though i can use hostel internet but its has so many restrictions   

Bike/fuel - I don't own a bike but there are many who rent bikes in the campus so i do the rent and fuel myself occasionally i don't like using public transport or apps like Uber  

 

 

You mean a motorcycle?

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Betting on football and horses used to be expensive but I've totally stopped now. Feel so much better for it. 

Eating lunch out and about for work is a bit of a habit for me which I try to cut down every now and then. 

Don't really have any other expensive habits. Occasionally treat myself with a reasonable expensive clothes-based purchase but even then I feel like I have to justify it and it's under some control as it is. 

Dont think fuel can be classed as a habit? More of a necessity surely? 

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Hmm...

I don't have a ton. I drink ever so rarely now, don't smoke, and I don't eat out all that often. No porn or betting, so I kind of think I'm in the clear...luckily.

My wife however is a totally different animal.

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I'm quite frugal in general. I don't smoke. My rent is cheap. I like good food and I usually eat out (5-6 times a week) but I don't eat much, usually just once a day, and it's not expensive here anyway. I only get new clothes and shoes when I need them. I tend to keep the amount of stuff I own limited due to moving quite often so I buy new things rarely. So technically, I don't really have significantly expensive habits.

But this is there whisky & photography come into play. When it comes to whisky, when I was still living in Europe I'd regularly get new bottles for my collection. Here it's a bit different due to various factors (limited availability, storing issues, moving places often etc.) so I keep it limited but I'll still gladly spend 100-200$ for a good bottle of single malt every once in a while. Photography is just a pretty expensive hobby in general and I'm a bit obsessed with it so I still get new gear regularly and it tends to cost quite a bit. But then again, due to being frugal in many other aspects of life it kind of balances out. 

Books used to eat a lot of my budget too but I replaced them with ebooks (even if I dislike it) while I'm here as I can't just transport hundreds or thousands of books every time I move. 

I travel much less now than I used to but whenever I do I prefer staying in good hotels these days so it's more expensive as well. 

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10 minutes ago, Eco said:

Hmm...

I don't have a ton. I drink ever so rarely now, don't smoke, and I don't eat out all that often. No porn or betting, so I kind of think I'm in the clear...luckily.

My wife however is a totally different animal.

Who pays for porn anyway? :ph34r:

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I dont know if Hockey qualifies but its expensive as fuck. per team I pay 800-900$ for a season and then summer hockey is usually another 400-500 then theres gear and sticks - sticks I usually break a couple a year and even with a wicked deal there still 120-150$ per stick. The only other thing I really spend alot on is MTG cards, I spend way too much on that shit, infact heroin might be cheaper.

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13 minutes ago, nudge said:

Books used to eat a lot of my budget too but I replaced them with ebooks (even if I dislike it) while I'm here as I can't just transport hundreds or thousands of books every time I move. 

I spend between $20-$50 a month on used books via thriftbooks.com. 

Absolutely fantastic website for cheap books. 

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I don't actually have any, besides being lazy enough during the school holidays to buy ready made sandwiches constantly from the shop instead of buying bread, butter and ham to make them myself, that's all I've got.

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Not much really, I don't eat out often, only game I play is FM, I don't often go and spend loads on booze, and I only buy second hand books, or loan them. 

I like to have coffees when I'm out and about, which is a bit of a waste when I can bring it from home. In a uni week I'd normally buy a few coffees a week which adds up to like £7 a week,  or about £30 a month, relatively pointlessly.

Even if I'm just out doing stuff on my own I like getting a nice coffee and maybe a pastry and just chilling for a while. 

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46 minutes ago, Eco said:

And I have a lot more habits that waste massive amounts of time, rather than massive amounts of money. 

This is true for me.

Football Manager probably the biggest one. 

This site as well xD 

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36 minutes ago, Stan said:

This is true for me.

Football Manager probably the biggest one. 

This site as well xD 

I don't play FM, but sports and this site consume a TON of my time. 

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I suppose alcohol. But I drink less than I used to. 

Nothing else would be a habit really, if you added up my Netflix, Xbox live, internet, phone, and a few other things it probably becomes quite expensive over the course of the year but I can comfortably afford those luxuries. 

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We go out for a family breakfast every Saturday morning at the same coffee shop. I also buy a coffee there every morning.

That would be a $100 a week habit overall but not one I'm willing to part with.

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Booze - I'm cutting down.
Coffee - I don't pay for.
Eating out - maybe too often.
Video games - only on sale and rarely as well.
Netflix/HBO/Cable - - I use someone's account.
NHL TV - I use someone's account.
Internet - I don't pay for right now.
Xbox Live/PSN - I refuse to pay for something that was free for years and for which most games are free to play with online capabilities on PC.
Clothes - only when something wears out.
Books - I look for free online versions so I don't have any useless paper taking up space.
Phone - $150 iPhone SE with $40 p/m prepaid plan, and the Mrs. contract is free right now.

Money spend I do not.
 

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10 hours ago, Stan said:

Betting on football and horses used to be expensive but I've totally stopped now. Feel so much better for it. 

Eating lunch out and about for work is a bit of a habit for me which I try to cut down every now and then. 

Don't really have any other expensive habits. Occasionally treat myself with a reasonable expensive clothes-based purchase but even then I feel like I have to justify it and it's under some control as it is. 

Dont think fuel can be classed as a habit? More of a necessity surely? 

I meant when i can use public transport and its a lot cheaper but still prefer to have my own ride

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6 hours ago, Spike said:

Booze - I'm cutting down.
Coffee - I don't pay for.
Eating out - maybe too often.
Video games - only on sale and rarely as well.
Netflix/HBO/Cable - - I use someone's account.
NHL TV - I use someone's account.
Internet - I don't pay for right now.
Xbox Live/PSN - I refuse to pay for something that was free for years and for which most games are free to play with online capabilities on PC.
Clothes - only when something wears out.
Books - I look for free online versions so I don't have any useless paper taking up space.
Phone - $150 iPhone SE with $40 p/m prepaid plan, and the Mrs. contract is free right now.

Money spend I do not.
 

 

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