How much is the most you would pay?

What you pay is partly determined by income but not totally. I could afford to pay for some things but choose not to if I feel its not good value or morally wrong to spend so much when people are starving. eg a local deli charges £5 for a small tub of olives- about 20. no thank you! I'd prefer to put something in the food bank container.
I think £130 would be my limit for a coat but I usually try to buy in Debenhams sale after Christmas - usually many half price. Robell trousers I will gladly pay for. - Dresses usually Phase 8 or Precis £100 (but I dont buy often.) Everyday wear not more than £35-40 but usually find tops jeans for much less. I love a bargain. I got a sweater in Matalan sale for £6. Everyone admired it.
I will pay for nice food. Fresh tuna good steak free range etc. Don't really enjoy eating out or takeaways. Like to know what I'm eating. Bluebelle my daughter paid £8 + for fish and chips when she lived in Sevenoaks.
I paid £100 three times to see Leonard Cohen. Plus travel and hotels twice. After that I felt morally wrong in doing it again even though I wanted to. (I do love LC) .
Theatre tickets £60ish tops.

I think we're all very fortunate.

watermeadow I do appreciate how fortunate DH and I are. I have several friends who do not have the same levels of income and when we get together we are always mindful not to assume all of us can afford the same things. As a group we still have wonderful times and loads of fun. That does not need money!,

It's when you feel that you're being 'ripped off' that it is annoying.
For instance, sometimes we can get a good meal (as we did at lunch-time today at a garden centre) plus coffee for not much more than the cost of two over-priced drinks in some pubs or coffee and cake in other establishments.

I don't spend a lot on material things, especially if they are for myself. £2.80 for a coffee and if I am going in the car I take a flask. I love to go to the cricket but will not spend more than £50 per ticket which annoys my dh as he would spend £70. I like to find bargain clothes and buy a lot in BM even though I could afford expensive clothing. I think it is a waste of money. I quite enjoy looking around when there are sales. I do spend more on dgc and I like to be generous with gifts for my dc. My dd was annoyed when I chose a thrifty outfit to wear to her wedding but I liked it and it was smart and comfortable and I did not see the point of spending more. No Markle tendencies in my family.

I buy a lot of organic when buying good asI think it’s much better for you. I rarely buy coffee out if shopping on my own but will when Im with my friend, we then take it in turns to pay. I don’t spend a lot on clothes and try to buy things when on sale but will always pay more for DD’s and DGD’s . I like to buy books and CD’s. I don’t go to the theatre and only a few times a year to the cinema I think both are really expensive and I begrudge the money for that. I think it depends on what your priorities are, I like nice things in my home and often spend money on flowers just because I like them.

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I have spent a lot on new dining room curtains recently. They are thermally lined and a beautiful fabric. I hope we will have them for the next 30 years- should see us out! They are big windows- about 9 foot drop.

I've made plenty of extravagant mistakes in my life, usually impulse buy clothes, but luckily have also spent money on things I don't resent.
I love having coffee and lunches out. I realise it's an extravagance but it's so much more than the cost of the food.
I'm a sucker for wool shops and garden centres.

I nearly had a fit the other day at paying £2.70 for a small Americano. Mind you it was the best Americano I have ever had and I have raved about it ever since!
I think £35 is about right for a nice summer dress, and never more than £100 for a coat.
Mind you I am off on my first holiday since DH died (a year ago on Wednesday), at Easter and I have upgraded to Business on the flight....

I don't think I'd pay much more than £30-odd for concert tickets - though years ago we paid £33 to see the Eagles in Birmingham - and (gasp!) £12 for a programme.
I paid £30 for a new handbag a few months ago which I thought was very reasonable.
As for shoes I try to avoid buying them too often, maybe £50-ish.
Everything costs more now doesn't it? Decades ago at the Ideal Home show there was a lovely house for around £45k. We were scandalised - we were about to pay £8k for our first little house! Blimey, we said, we'll never pay that much for a house, never. Twenty years later we paid over a hell of a lot more.

I used to think we were not that badly off in retirement, but I could not afford the amounts quoted here on clothes or theatre tickets. Income goes on food and household expenses, for holidays we are running down the savings, but that is what we saved up for.

We have a lovely house in an attractive city, but fit into the house rich, income poor brigade, and dread expensive repairs. Consider ourselves very lucky, but the thought of spending over £100 on a dress would be out of the question, great if you still have the income to support it!

If I want something the price is not important. I paid in excess of a thousand pounds for my outfit for DS's wedding and that didn't include bag and shoes. On the other hand I will not spend on overpriced coffee that sounds better than it tastes.

I think we make choices mainly on the perceived pleasures of the purchase. I’m “happy” that, some years ago, we spent a bit extra to buy the kitchen tap I loved rather than a cheaper version with less satisfying proportions. Both would still be working I expect, but mine gives me a moment of joy every day.
Likewise, I have the most beautiful kettle! My children and husband think this is hilarious as I’ve had it for nearly a year and still comment on the design. I also have a charity shop mug (50p) which, I think is a stunner. It sits alongside an Emma Bridgewater mug (which was a gift) but which I’ve seen locally for £19.99 and (to me) is clearly daylight robbery!
Some things I pay whatever I can afford for - comfortable shoes, decent food, and comfortable and supportive bras. Some things I would not bother about - Large TVs, for example, and buying new when I have serviceable stuff such as linens, furniture, electronics etc.
I would never pay £100 for a show.

I don’t know which shows even in London are £100 plus - unless some opera or ballet seats?
I went to the ballet last autumn and think I paid about £35 a ticket?
My daughter (living in London) says there are some cheaper seats for both ballet and opera, depending on date etc.

The most I have ever paid for trousers is £35 but often it's under £20. Coats around £100 but often less. I buy plain tee shirts from M&S and my last ones were£6 each. Knickers are usually from Asda or Sainsburys. My only extravagance is the amount I have spent on handbags. Mulberry are not cheap but the ones I have will see me out!

I paid around £80 for a padded coat in the Joules sale about 4 years ago . It seemed an awful lot of money at the time but it has seen me through 3 winters so far and will
no doubt see me through another 3 yet . I buy NEXT jeans for between £25-£30.
I couldn’t pay £100’s on a dress or outfit .

I am with Chewbacca - my limits are about the same as hers, maybe lower.

£200 for a dress!!!!

Oh dear Paddyann what a shame you missed Barbra Streisand. We managed to get some of the £125 tickets to see her and she was fabulous. My extravagance is eating out at good restaurants where I will happily pay £80-£90 for a meal, which is an ‘experience’. We do not however do that too frequently, maybe 3-4 times a year and it’s the sort of food I couldn’t cook at home. I do resent it if I could cook it myself at home so never eat at pub chains etc.

I'm a keen bargainer and I use all the discount vouchers I can. However, I sometimes shock myself with splurges on larger items if I really fancy them. That's not often though.

I’m very comfortable financially, but would never pay high prices for anything. Am a Sale and bargain shopper when and if I need to replace anything, and I’ve stopped buying “stuff” like I used to even if I didn’t need it. I want what cash I do have to pay for my dream destinations on my bucket list ! Martin Lewis recommended a great website for bargains “everything5pound.com” 600 pages a day of all sorts, basic staples etc and I’ve bought some lovely bits, coats, jumpers, boots etc Have had so many compliments and friends are amazed that I’d only spent £5 !!

I am reluctant to spend any amount of money on anything. It isn't as though I haven't got it but I resent paying £3 for a cup of (invariably cold) coffee or £200 for a dress made of synthetics.

I eat out rarely and make my own bread and cakes. I buy top end food when it is yellow stickered and coffee and Champagne by the cartload when they are on offer only.

My DH was made redundant and we feared we would not be able to live within our means so we cut back fiercely and found we could cope easily with the new regime. Hunting bargains has become 'the game' for us.

We live a Rolls Royce life on Trabant means.

I agree about bought sandwiches, a complete rip off & I won't pay over the top prices for food in a "high end" supermarket when I can get the identical product much cheaper in one of the cheaper shops. I don't set a clothes limit, I buy what I like whatever it costs. I've recently discovered Dolly and Dotty where I bought 3 dresses in their sale for around £50 the lot. The quality is excellent, they fit perfectly & one is even fully lined! I've just ordered a dress from Bombshell's sale for £79 &, just before Christmas, I paid £170 for a very pretty dress I've already worn a lot. Shoes are the same - £6.99 to £125. As for London theatre tickets, we go once every 2 years or so and like to get good seats as it's a treat. Our local theatre's dearest tickets are around £70 for a professional company & £35 for an amateur company. I wanted to see the Eagles this year but frankly couldn't justify the very high ticket prices. It's all about one's priorities.

KatyK me too! I woke to rod Stewart tickets for Christmas amongst other lovely presents never seen him been life long fan think they were £100 each or round about that . I'm 59 and hubby and son said " do it". That's July excitement taken care of! Ironically a friend died younger than me and I thought yes I'm going. Think you'll agree I've done right thing. Im on a budget and usually say next year but it's this year!!!