What is your favorite way to spend money?

Over my life, I've noticed that my expenses for living fall into one of three buckets:

  1. Exciting buys
  2. Wise purchases
  3. Necessary costs

But I'm mostly curious about that first one...

What is your favorite kind of exciting buy?

My exciting buy might be a new musical instrument even though I have plenty, a new video game, purchasing art, a vacation, a luxurious meal, etc.

And less on the fun side of things, my other categories would shake out like:

  • A wise buy might be investing in a house or business, putting money away for savings, or spending a premium on a BuyItForLife kind of purchase to avoid buying a new one every year.
  • A necessary buy is probably the same as most others: housing costs, utilities, clothing, household goods, food, transportation, etc.
ComradeMiao,

The last exciting purchases I have made have been some video games (I never buy any anymore), special food for my wife like Korean or her hometown food, bought my wife a bike, vacation stuff is fun like taking a sudden Saturday trip to the beach, buying a fun drink, buying a month of a vpn to torrent more.

I would like to think continuing to invest in 401ks and IRA is my most wise purchases.

mentosfreshmaker,

Nowadays it’s stationery, notebooks and house plants. Gotta green up my home 🏡 😌 And yes I have more notebooks and stickers than I know what to do with…

itchy_lizard,

Monero

Hikyuri,
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Seems silly now that I think about it but I guess I get most excited about buying sweets and snacks... Just can't beat the taste of some nice chocolate.

RichardBonham,
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By dollar amount this year, it would seem to be home repairs, medical care and entertaining.

SlovenianSocket,
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Thrifting. I’m always finding really cool stuff I can either use or resell for a profit

Upvotes_Kills_Birds,
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Steam Party Games, Cat and dog treats, house repairs, and weed baby. Just upgraded my electrical so I can power my new gaming PC w/ a dedicated circuit.

nevernevermore,

I bought a house 6 months ago and now I'm spending my money on little QoL changes to make it feel like its mine.

nett_hier,

Steam games

buycurious,

I’ve learned that I’m much more likely to splurge on food (like more expensive brands or new products) than on other things.

I’m not much of a spender overall but subscribe to the mantra of “if it separates you between the earth, it’s worth spending a little more (like shoes, tires, mattresses, etc.).

ShlorpianMafia,
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Lately clothes and shoes. But I do love a nice gadget or tool

jon,
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I tend to spend way too much on electronics. Constant PC upgrades, new disks for my NAS, better monitors, etc. I do at least allocate a monthly budget for this, but go over it sometimes…

Food delivery is another high category for me, and I’ve been trying to cut back, but it’s soooooo convenient.

MrComradeTaco,

I like to buy better weed everytime for resell and self-consume.

Venutianxspring,

My whims are as shifting as the winds, so whatever I'm obsessed with at the time. Mountain bikes? Hell yes! Photography equipment? Sign me up! New telescope? I'd love one! New fragr6indont need? Yup!

The list is never ending unfortunately

I buy lots of

kabukimeow,
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It used to be doujinshi (Japanese self-publication comics), now it's clothes and accessories. (Decided to change my style to a more goth/emo type and had to renew like half of my closet.)

smolgumball,
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Yooo nice. Speaking of which have you found any good fashion / fit sharing communities on lemmy/kbin/masto? Most of what I find is just "look at this celeb wearing Dior" and I am fr yawning

kabukimeow,
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I haven't, actually didn't even cross my mind something like that could exist :o

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