How much is the most you would pay?

My spending limits are very low on some things-no more than one pound for a 6 pack of crisps or chocolate bars- I just don't buy them if they cost more that week and will flit around brands. I always wait till the sales to look for clothes but I will spend on holidays. The most I've spent is 2000 pounds (sorry, using American computer so only have dollars symbol) on a singles tour of Japan some years ago and I bid one hundred pounds on ebay for a 15 quid ticket to see David Tennant in Hamlet in Stratford - it was worth it. I only buy sandwiches in supermarkets when reduced to pennies at the end of the day and take them to work the next day for lunch. I rarely eat out unless it's someone else treating me ( Mothering Sunday etc.) and never buy hot drinks when out - don't drink coffee anyway. I go to many quizzes and often win free cinema tickets so only go to the see films then. I don't have SKY tv but watch films at my daughter's when babysitting and I don't smoke or drink so generally live frugally. I've just spent 50,000 pounds on an extension though to try and make my house 'old age' proof so everyone has different priorities!!

Took a job as a pa to a disabled couple once and was expected to go on a cruise with them. So I went on eBay and around the charity shops for clothes evening dresses shoes bags etc Spent around £200 for a large suitcase full. On return I sold most of it back on eBay keeping a few tops I liked and made about £130 so a very good way to do it.

I always had my feet measured when I was a child and 'good sensible shoes' but it made no difference, the problems are genetic.
I have never been able to wear cheap shoes.

I think it's all down to priorities. I'm a skinflint about some things but use the money I save to treat my self with other things. There are a few things I won't skimp on - comfy shoes being one of them. I rarely wear dresses as I have awful legs. I bought one for my DS's wedding a couple of years ago and was dreading spending a fortune on something I might never wear again. In the end I found something that was perfect for under £50 and then found 2 more occasions to wear it - another wedding and a reunion dinner at my old university so I reckon it's paid for itself. If it never gets another outing I won't think it was extravagant at all. As for the shoes I bought to go with it they were crippling my feet by the end of the service. I changed into comfy flats to drive to the reception intending to change back again when I got there but when I arrived thought 'what the heck' and stayed in my comfy ones. I just can't cope with heels these days! I need to try to sell them as they were only on my feet for 2 or 3 hours in total. I shouldn't have listened to my daughter who said I must have new matching shoes. My existing smart ones would have been fine!

As long as we have a certain amount of money in the bank at the end of the month, I’m happy to spend money on good quality things, whether it’s food, clothes, going out or things for the house. I’d rather not have something at all than have something I don’t really like, just because it’s cheap.
When I replaced the sitting room curtains (which had been there for 25 years) I wanted some expensive fabric and as the room has two large windows, it cost over £1K. So I made them myself instead of having them made.
But I’m also prepared to pay other people to do things I don’t want to do myself, like decorating.
We had many years of having to be careful with money and now I enjoy spending it and don’t feel guilty.

Knickers, the best ones I have had in years come from Matalan, £3.50 a pair or buy three pairs for the price of two. So comfortable you hardly notice you wearing them . Don't mind paying the earth for shoes, always maintained I have'nt got cheap feet. Over the years people have often complemented me on my "lovely straight feet".I always thank my mother for them,she would never buy us children cheap shoes.

5\Spaghetti I think I could be your twin

I went to see Rod Stewart with my friend 50p at Bournemouth Winter Gardens was in 1974 though LOL!!!

Charleygirl5 I looked up matinee tickets for All About Eve. They were £150 each! When did the theatre become so expensive!? Pink in concert at Wembley, all that’s left are £300 tickets. When did concerts become so expensive?!

When our family was young we had to watch every penny, robbing Peter to pay Paul, trying to keep the bailiffs at bay, and a roof over our heads. We shopped in the cheapest places possible through necessity. These days we can relax a little but we're still not big spenders and DH is far more careful about spending than I am.

We don't go to theatres, shows or the cinema. Just not interested.
We don't take holidays, and only eat out when the kids come to visit.
We don't drink in pubs unless we're eating there.
We buy fish and chips once a week, £8 for a large portion which we share, just the right amount for us. And we usually get a coffee and pastry somewhere while we're doing our weekly shopping.
I don't wear makeup or use skincare products apart from shower gel and deodorant.
Our clothes come from high street shops or supermarkets. DH buys very few clothes and I only buy what I can't (or don't want) to make.
When buying things for our home we always compare prices in stores and online.
But I have two extravagances - shoes and hair. I average £80-£100 for a pair of comfortable shoes, and I have my hair cut every 6 weeks at £45 a time plus three perms a year at £95 each. I cut DH's hair so that saving goes towards my hair bills.

But I have occasionally splashed out - £400 for an outfit for sons wedding plus £300 for handmade shoes to go with it. I was determined to be comfortable that day. But I later sold both at a profit so didn't feel too guilty.

We also don't count the pennies we spend on our hobbies and interests. I can't resist buying a nice fabric when I see it, with no idea what I'll do with it. And we both love browsing the garden centres and nurseries and invariably go home with a boot load of plants.

I don't think we're extravagant in our spending, though DH sometimes threatens to cut up my credit card!

We paid for a ‘once in a lifetime’ trip to see Barbra in Madison Square Garden. Then two more trips to Dublin and Berlin!
I’ve also paid a lot to see Rod Stewart, next one being £125.

I have no set limits for clothes etc, but it wouldn’t be very high, and I’m an ebay/ charity shop fan too.

I wouldn't pay £200 for a dress because I rarely wear dresses but I am happy to pay more than average for good comfortable shoes. In November I felt lucky that I was able to buy 4 pairs of Hotter ankle boots at 25% off. I said to my husband at the time "Because I have bought boots I bet we have a mild winter in Portugal". And yes we have had a very mild winter with lots of sunshine. It seems daft to be wearing boots when it's sunny.

I think that is pretty good value if calculating the price per wear.

PennyWhistle I do that if I've splashed out on something I normally wouldn't have. Makes me feel better

Greeting cards are my bugbear. I don't like going over £1 but will do if really necessary.
I have a mutter when I read some of the ridiculous prices around for a bit of card.

Don't believe the hype about London theatre ticket prices. They're steep, but not THAT steep. I see a lot of shows, and have never had to pay anything like £100. That includes 'Book of Mormon', Hamilton...

The prices at some stadium 'gigs' amaze me though.

Fascinating stuff I am prepared to pay for quality clothing and try to factor in potential price per wear when buying new things. For example my gorgeous red winter coat was about £300 but that was about 8 years ago. It is worn daily between autumn and spring. I think that is pretty good value if calculating the price per wear. I would not consider buying an evening gown or special occasion dress at full price though, as this price per wear would be far too high. I don't drink coffee so can't comment on the value of that .

DD once made me buy a pair of Gabor ankle boots. I baulked at the cost then (about 10 years ago). However, I've worn them so often as they are so comfortable and smart that they must have come down to a fraction of a pence per wearing. Money very well spent. But I wouldn't have spent it without being told to!

I do love a BLT sandwich and used to buy them at my nearby Waitrose but now I have discovered that Lidls does them for half the price.
Most of my clothes are bought in sales or charity shops, but when my children got married I splashed out on lovely clothes as I did not want to be Secondhand Rose on their big day. I wore them lots of times and always felt wonderful.

Just having a look a little while ago at Boden on line. Have a sale on. I wait for the sales when they come round can get a bargain.

Have always worked on the principle that if you can afford it and either need or like whatever it is buyit. Its no good saving everything for a rainy day, that day might never come. Everyone's situation is different therefore what you think is expensive others will think not.

My mum would always buy everything in the sales and often more than one of the same item - because it was sooo cheap. She would tat tat me for paying full price for a good pair of jeans when she got three pairs of trousers in the sales. She never accepted the fact that at the end of the year we had spent the same amount of money on clothes only she had three times more.
I rather own few clothes which I wear all the time than a wardrobe full of clothes that are hardly ever used.
I have a friend who buys reduced food items half of which end up in the bin because it goes off in the fridge. But it gives her great pleasure to show me all her bargains.

Everybody spends their money on things that are important to them. Some people spend huge amounts on holidays and others prefer to spend their money in their home. I would rather forego a holiday and do up a room at home instead

There is no point judging someone on how much they pay for something because it is all down to what we value the most.

A filter coffee with hot milk on the side is 99p at Pret. They also do single sandwich packs which is fine for me. I admit to being like some other posters, grudging very expensive coffees and sandwiches. It's ok on an odd occasion, but some weeks I might meet up with people a few times. If you add it up monthly . . . . .I'm a canny Scot I dare say.

I buy most of my clothes in the sales, after having seen them at full price. I never buy ‘special purchases’ which I think are actually made for the price they are being sold for.

However,I won’t economise on hair do’s (every 6-7 weeks), chiropody (every 8 weeks), or eyebrow waxing and tinting.

When DH and i were younger we didn't have spare money so had years when we rarely spent on ourselves. Got financially bit better as we got older and I went back to work full time. Able to help DS through university and spend bit on ourselves. But used to feel little guilty as had got out of the habit of buying just because I wanted rather than needed. But we both retired 3 years ago and were fortunate enough to inherit enough money to make us comfortable. Initially we found it very hard to spend any of it, but we have come to conclusion that life's too short and we can't take it with us. We now spend quite bit on concert tickets because I love my music. Going to see Gladys Knight in the summer. And the Motown story. And now if I want something, within reason, I will buy it. We have good holidays. I still draw the line at what I will pay, but it does depend on how much I want it. I know how lucky we are and I count my blessings.

I so agree about coffee. I do like Wetherspoons where you can buy and fill up again (How come Americans always do that?)
I love charity shops as well. And I have been known to buy in Primark.