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| Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Monterey, CA
Posts: 85
Reputation: | Being relatively young, I'm just getting out of my teenage "gotta-have-it" phase, and moving into my "gotta-save-it" phase. Although I occasionally succumb to the allure of a candy-bar or salty snacks, I generally average less than $20 a month on those sorts of impulses. |
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| | #12 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 104
Reputation: | Sounds like you have things under control. You must feel good about yourself. |
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| | #13 |
| Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Monterey, CA
Posts: 85
Reputation: | Not really, my gross income is relatively low, but since I don't need to buy anything it just goes a bit farther. I'm trying to save up all my money so I can retire early. |
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| | #14 |
| Member | The best way for me to control impulse spending is to not carry any money (or carry only a couple bucks in change at most). Which reminds me, I need to leave my debit card at the house...
__________________ [ ! ] The Sugarbuzz Project is not remotely funny. |
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| | #15 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 104
Reputation: | Debit cards are nice because it comes right out of your account, but with credit you can get 2-3% back on all purchases. By writing what you charge into your check book, you can instantly keep track, and not splurge spend with money you don't have. |
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| | #16 |
| Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 26
Reputation: | Oh, something I discovered while grocery shopping last week that I had to share! We all know that shopping hungry is bad. But sometimes it's unavoidable. And inevitably I spend more money when I shopt hungry. Last week, I spent $0.35 on a bottle of water from the vending machine and grabbed a small popcorn for $0.50 at the snack bar at the grocery store, before I even started shopping. I munched on the popcorn while shopping and this curbed the hunger induced impulse buys. I went to the grocery store hungry but left having only spent $0.85 more than what was on my list instead of $50 more. |
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