How much would you spend on...

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Ok I give in... These are not normal everyday spending habits. There may have been times I have spent more and or less on these items but here goes just off of the top of my head things I can remember

1. Suit--for men 800 for one for my husband for his sisters wedding, 500 for my son one but gotta realize too he is a big man... thats about cheap for him!

2. Dress--for Women 300 for a dress a designer made especially for me to wear in my sisters wedding. It also was not your typical wedding maid of honor dress it was one that I wear very often still.. A beautiful long purple dress made by a wonderful UPC designer

3. Shoes--for both Ummmm 300 for hubby and well I got myself a nice pair of Jimmy Choo black heels a couple of years ago for 150 on sale and they are so awesome!!!

4. Dress Shirts--for both 80 for husband and 75 for mine, my daughter got her a beautiful 330 dollar Nordstrom blouse the other night for 98 dollars but money she well earned

5. Pants--for both Hubby 90 dollars the latest I can remember, Me 120 for a pair of personally made jeans a few yrs back, my oldest daughter had a pair of jeans made for her with one leg the american flag for 90 dollars when her dad went to London

6. Skirts--for both...lol 100 is the most I have ever spent on a skirt

7. Purse/Wallet--for both My husband does NOT carry a purse and I dont know on wallets as he is so sick about changing them.. it has to fall to shambles before he will let anyone get him a new one so no clue... a purse... well my sister and her husband and my ex all went to Paris and I sent her 700 dollars to get me some stuff.. she came home with a Louise Vuitton bag and carry on bag from the store there out of their clearance stuff... love em!!!! As for me I would have gotten tons of other stuff with that money but... for my own purchases... I bought a new coach last year about 300 on clearance

One year I did get really stupid... it was right after me and my ex divorced. He had just started working his civilian military job in Iraq and was making major bucks. He told me to take 2 checks and pay all his bills (which I was still in charge of at that time) and then the rest was mine as a "gift" for me taking time out of my life to continue his bills and upkeep of his home. It ended up totaling 20,000 dollars. Instead of being smart and investing it all I took about 9000 of it and spent it that weekend on my kids. Bought them all new game systems and all new wardrobes and 5 pairs of very expensive shoes each and new bedroom suits and rented us our own apartment. still had over 11000 left but looking back as small as the kids were half of those clothes they never even wore as they had so much and I could have so much better ways of spending that money. That was BC and I was definitely NOT a good steward of money then especially since I was spending with a vengance getting back at him!

Other major purchases I spent 1200 on a nice new I think 70 in plasma TV for fathers day this year... and a new xbox 360


Those are over a lifetime of things I can actually remember spending big on... Our kids actually hate it because even though he has a good job we pinch pennies as much as we can around here.. you have to when you have 4 kids but one thing I am very good at is finding a good deal...

Heading to IKEA in a few min to look at a wardrobe we found for our youngest daughters new room we just added... This same wardrobe was 1000 elsewhere and if it is indeed what it looks to be online... I can get it at IKEA for 199!