How much is the most you would pay?

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!

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 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'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 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.

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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.

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.

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.

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!,

I think we're all very fortunate.

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.

We’ve been out in a bar in Urmston tonight. A large glass of white wine (me) a bottle of alcohol free lager (husband) and a teacup of nuts = £13.90

This is living in the past but 50 years ago when my home was in London we paid three shillings (15p) to stand on one side of the raked staircase in theatres. No one was bothered if you sat once the the house lights went down.

I belonged to Unity Theatre so like Charliegir15 was offered tickets for West End productions but usually for the same day. We would turn up and often sit in the front row of the stalls after hours
spent painting scenery, in our overalls splattered with paint. I often wondered what the people who had paid £8 thought.

Today I would not pay the prices that are asked for theatre and other events. I'd rather contribute to food banks (the hidden tax).

Nankate we saw Tina the musical in January, cried and laughed flipping fabulous! Christmas gift from AC, go for a matinee much easier for travel.

I can't imagine paying £200 for a dress. I got my entire outfit for my dd's wedding for a lot less than that. Admittedly, I was lucky that the items I'd been looking at went on sale just two days after I'd seen them in Debenhams!

I don't buy in charity shops, I hate the smell of them and I wore hand-me-downs as a child so don't wish to now.

Theatre ticket prices do make me gulp a bit so I am selective about what I see. I paid over £100 each to see Fleetwood Mac in 2013 but it was so worth the cost. I 'saved' money by not staying overnight even though it meant not getting home until about 2am. Paying out for Leonard Cohen was also worth it. Both were memorable occasions.

My mother is always complaining about the cost of tea/coffee and cake when we go out. It drives me round the bend because I always pay so it doesn't cost her a thing!!

Oh dear I love to spend but am much more discerning now than I was when I was young. I spend on books, my dogs and my weakness for Clarins skin care products. I keep to my budget more or less but I don't feel guilty about the occasional nice coffee and cake or a meal out. Like most people on here I've worked all my life, saved in a pension so I enjoy a treat.

We are fortunate to have 6 good charity shops in our town so I never pay more than £15.00 for any clothes. I do buy trousers new.

The only concert or tournament I would pay big time money for is to see Rafa Nadal play tennis or Stevie Wonder in concert (seen him 3 times). I would also like to see the Tina Turner Show, must work on DH to take me for an overnight stay in London to see that show. We only live about 25 miles from London but can’t face coming back on late night trains.

I wouldn’t be prepared to pay large amounts on meals in luxury restaurants. DH would be asking ‘where are the vegetables’ ?

I’ve never been to a show but do go to concerts now and again.
All my clothes and shoes come from charity shops.
Eating out is an occasional treat and I don’t drink alcohol.
I have a large family so have to set strict limits on the price of presents.
I only buy household goods when necessary.
Skinflint or just careful? My income is about a third of the national average.

Paddyann if you like Elemis have a look at Emma Hardie - only available online, I have just been converted by my sister.

I always wanted to see Barbra Sreisand but when she came to London a few years ago the cheapest tickets were over £500 add the travel cost and hotel etc and it would have been a very expensive concert so although my OH said he'd buy the tickets for me I refused.I wouldn't dream of paying that amount even for her.
I always say I spend my money on books .cd's and good wine .I buy wine by the case and even though I rarely drink at all I like my winerack full .Then I end up giving it to SIL when he visits and says he likes it...lol
.I wont buy cheap food as I think with food you get what you pay for and my mother never fed us rubbish so my family have always been well fed.
My main vice is skincare and I do spend money on that I buy Elemis products although I stockpile them when they are on special offer.I hate clothes shopping and OH has to drag me round the shops now and again though online shopping suits because I can try it and send it back .Aren't we all very different

I buy a lot of stuff from EverythingFivePounds.com. My current winter car coat is from Edinburgh Woollen Mill and has been much admired. Cost? Yes £5 (plus £3.99 p&P).

You don't know what make the items are, as the labels are snipped out, but the EWM label was in my coat.

I would never pay £200 for a dress even if I was wealthy. Yorkshire folk have always been thrifty and like a bargain and I am definitely of that persuasion.

We are happy to pay whatever it costs for theatre and concert tickets or eating out and buy good shoes and trousers but tops are more disposable so often cheaper apart from special occasion such.

We spend a lot of time at home so are happy to spend money on good house stuff and food and drink.

Oh I don’t feel half so bad now I m not the poor relation
And I love charity shops for great little buys I get more excitment out at a £5 barging than some would get for a £200 outfit