Spending habits

[Caliga]

It's like "no driving days"

To piss other people off.

Or perhaps rather to save funds to put them to better use later.

[The Brain]

I spend most days (with spending defined as in the OP).

[Caliga]

Well, not the method, as whether there's a day when you just don't do this at all.

I was going to get to that.

I was under the impression CC didn't understand the question, rather than he was questioning why it was being asked.

[MadImmortalMan]

Voted 4. That's probably pretty accurate.

[Martinus]

But the fact is, even given this proviso and the fact that all the electricty etc. you're consuming is paid for in advance, it's still incredibly difficult not to dip into your wallet/purse and just not spend "real time" as it were.

If the test is simply one of cash flow, then I would think it would be fairly routine not to use cash or a credit card on many weekend days? But martin is correct, the beer one pulls out of the fridge Saturday, one paid for on Friday. Thus, the "holiday" is a mirage.

Actually I use my credit card much more often on weekends.

I have a 5-meal diet delivered to me each day on weekday mornings, and they are paid for in advance, so it's not inconceivable for me to go a whole work day without spending anything (though I buy newspapers, and shit so it is not that frequent). However, on weekends it's at least 1) morning coffee and croissants at a local cafe, 2) The Economist, 3) groceries, 4) clothing store(s), 5) wine shop, 6) night out clubbing where I use my card.

[Martinus]

Of course it isn't. She is talking about discretionary and impulsive spending, not whether or not you use anything that costs you money.

Really, I don't understand the desire to not understand a pretty simple question.

I understand the question, I am merely waiting for someone to explain the utility of why this day even exists.  Is that possible for you to do?

Sure - it is an effort to get people to think a little more about their spending habits.

It may not be useful for everyone (I am very cognizant of my own, now), but plenty of people probably spend a lot more than they think on "minor" expenses.

Oh in that sense I guess it is useful. I'm OCD enough to use my iPhone app to record the amount and category of expense every time I use my credit card (I started doing it since my expenses kept ballooning) so I don't need it.

[Berkut]

I think I might be getting senile.

[Caliga]

Marti gets Meals on Wheels 

[Viking]

I live above a grocery store. I shop every day.

[MadBurgerMaker]

0.  I'd die without my daily enormous energy drink.  Caffeine, in relatively huge quantities, seems to be what I replaced my smokes with. 

[PDH]

Freedom isn't free, goddammit.  We must spend to keep away the commie menace.

[Agelastus]

Freedom isn't free, goddammit.  We must spend to keep away the commie menace.

How does buying Chinese goods and enriching China keep the Commies away?

[PDH]

Freedom isn't free, goddammit.  We must spend to keep away the commie menace.

How does buying Chinese goods and enriching China keep the Commies away?

You are a commie yourself, admit it.

[Agelastus]

Freedom isn't free, goddammit.  We must spend to keep away the commie menace.

How does buying Chinese goods and enriching China keep the Commies away?

You are a commie yourself, admit it.

I deny everything...I wasn't involved in importing container loads of Chinese lighting equipment, no sir, not me, you want the fellow who ran that away...

[Monoriu]

0.  I usually take the underground when I go out, and I have to pay for each trip.  So unless I stay home all day (which is rare), I'll spend money.