How much is the most you would pay?

It always makes me think of "where there's muck there's brass".

I'd forgotten that one Horatia

I haven't heard that one Horatia lol.

I'll only go into a cafe for a sandwich and cake if they look gorgeous, if they are just the usual I'll keep my money. Many a mickle makes a muckle.

Shizam - I expect the key to getting cheaper tickets to the theatre is booking well in advance. For example, All about Eve tickets apparently started at £17.50 but obviously they have all gone now.

GrannyGravy13 maybe you should start a seperate thread- HAA- Handbag Addicts Anonymous. or maybe SHAA- Shoe and Handbag AA. I'm sure we can help you.

Surely the biggest definer of spending limits is income and frequency also comes into it.

If you go to the theatre every week, you will generally have a lower ticket price limit than if you are going to the show of a lifetime and haven't been to the theatre for 5 years.

I am not aware of having any fixed spending limits, which doesn't mean, I will buy anything regardless, more that a price limit is defined by the item, the event.

Lat year was our Golden Wedding and we celebrated with a house party for 15 people and paid £000s to hire a magnificent house in the centre of Bath. This year we are having our annual holiday in March because the accommodation we want to hire, is expensive and we decided we wouldn't pay more than £500 a week. - so that meant going there in March.

At the other extreme, when DS married I wore an outfit I already had in my wardrobe because I couldn't find anything in the shops I really liked and refused to spend a penny on something I didn't like.

It would probably be plants for me.

I've just paid for 9 tickets to take the family to see the Lion King in Bristol - in November, instead of a panto in December. The total came to £359; luckily I was lying down at the time, it being the middle of the night here, otherwise I would have collapsed. I've never paid so much for entertainment in my life.
Occasionally, in a mad moment, I'll buy expensive shoes or clothes but mostly I shop in TKMaax, Asda, eBay or charity shops and spend little on hair or make up. I rarely eat out, not much fun on my own but enjoy treating the family occasionally. My only big luxury/expenditure is a business class flight to Oz once a year - 'because I deserve it' (and because I'd probably have to be taken out feet first if I had to sit bolt upright for 24 hours ).
I am aware that I am in a very fortunate position. Just wish I was still sharing it with DH . I've decided to make the most of it while I can and intend to start 'skiing' while I am able
On the subject of water bottles, DD gave me a Chilly water bottle for Christmas. It goes everywhere with me and has particularly been a godsend here in Oz. No need to buy plastic bottles. Everybody should have one! Just fill it up as you go along
www.chillysbottles.com

Just before Christmas my husband and I were in New York for a couple of days and were over the moon to see that Bruce Springsteen was appearing at one of the theatres.
Hubby said the tickets will be expensive could be £100 each, I just laughed because he's no idea just how much things are.
I got on the website and the tickets were from( can you believe)
1065US$ to 1350US$ per seat.

How can anyone afford to pay that sort of money for a show.

OK I am Grannygravy and I have a handbag problem, I was bought my first designer handbag 30 years ago, still have it and use it. I have acquired 12 I use them all, I go between 3 “day
bags” depending on season. Worth every penny, good quality, but the main thing is they give me pleasure. I also gave a shoe and boot obsession as they can make or break an outfit.

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I would not go to Weatherspoons for more than one reason..but really £16:50 is not OTT to celebrate a longstanding friend's birthday! Not much of a friend!

Gabriella
Millers Fish and Chips in Haxby, near York are the current holders of the Seafish, Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award. Their Cod and Chips retails at £6-70!
It's beautiful fish, the chips are crisp yet fluffy, and it's up north, where we know how to do great fish and chips!

harrigran. I know what you mean about the weight of those handbags! I think I have one similar which may not be your label but I was lucky as bought it for a good price on ebay. All leather, so beautifully made and gorgeous to look at and timeless. But heavy!
I bought another of soft leather that is less stiff and not so heavy but although it is fairly big it won't hold a book and a water bottle. That is my requirement for a bag!

Yes, I have to now. However it has made my life happier in one way. I could once have an annual treat and go to one of the international opera houses, staying in a hotel and having a couple of days away. Sometimes I might go more than once depending on prices and offers on Eurostar. I did it instead of going on holiday. Now painful disability and lack of money have kept me close to home and I have a wonderful time at my local theatre. In particular I have fallen in love with Opera North whose productions, singers and orchestra thrill me as much as any I have seen on the international circuit in the opera houses of capital cities of Europe. Their Ring Cycle was so incredible that I live on it still. I used to see La Traviata and Tosca at least once a year and now I can honestly say that Opera North's Traviata is the most moving and best production I have ever seen. Right here in my little provincial city's theatre, in my subsidised front row seat for under £40 sitting among the friendliest audience and most helpful staff you could wish for, a warm glow of happiness engulfs me that I never had in La Scala or any other world famous opera house.

I don’t think I have a limit for clothes- if I like something, I will buy it. Most of my summer dresses cost around £80-£100+, which does seem a lot for cotton dresses, but I like the cut and the material is always good quality. I don’t eat out much, except on holiday, and then I am happy to pay for excellent food and a beautiful setting. I don’t eat in Wetherspoons after a couple of awful meals, but will eat in a nice pub where they do freshly prepared dishes. I don’t have a massive income, just my teacher’s pension and state pension, but I go to classical concerts, the ballet and plays here in Birmingham, where prices are always reasonable, and to London and Stratford a few times a year, where prices are not so affordable. I think how much we spend on things is an entirely personal matter, and one person’s extravagance is another’s entirely justifiable expense.

trisher, I hardly ever use the handbags because they are very heavy even before I get all my clutter in. DH bought them as gifts, he had heard me mention the name and decided to treat me. At the end of the day they are just bags and are used as such.

I paid £100 for Hamilton and vowed that would be my absolute limit for the theatre, and I've stuck to that.

Concerts are another matter - I'm taking DGD to see Ariana Grande and they're £114 each. We are up in the gods at the 02 Arena and they were about the cheapest seats I could get.

I need a seat - too old for the mosh pit!

Further to my last post - I paid £71.90 for my hair (I had a loyalty voucher or it would have been more!)

DH and DS1 like it and I think I like it!

We've seen Rod Stewart a couple of times but when I looked at the price for a half decent seat, £125, I decided against it. Also just got in the Wimbledon draw seats for the ladies final but at £375, reluctantly decided against going even though I am a Wimbledon fanatic and have been lucky to go previously. Now, had it been the men's final, I would have gone!

£16.50 is a reasonable price, I think.
I wouldn't want to go over £20 though.

B9. What a miserable old skinflint your friend seems to be! He could have declined gracefully citing some spurious reason. I hate meanness. The good thing is you’re not married to him! Enjoy your special birthday ?

Wetherspoons is OK for the occasional lunch but not for a special occasion. I suspect he might somehow be accidentally removed from my address book

Forget the last three word!