I thought I'd get some good insight and helpful tidbits from the article, but none of the items featured are things I pay for, at least not on any regular basis.
This article seems to be written for folks at the very beginning of the cutting back/saving money journey. Valet parking? Luxury travel? Clearly I am not the target demographic for this advice!
However, as I thought about convenience items in my own life, there are certainly things that I pay extra to get in a more convenient way.
Here are some examples:
- Dining out: We'll usually have one breakfast or lunch and one dinner "out" a week. That might be take-out or actually going out to eat. We could cut this out with better meal planning, shopping, and prepping ahead of time. But some nights, we just don't feel like cooking and cleaning up, and we haven't made any effort to cut out these trips.- Bread: We usually use store-bought bread, even though I know it would be easy (and cheaper) to make my own. I just haven't made the time to do it on a consistent basis.
- Carwash: When the cars are dirty, we're more likely to drive them through a local carwash stall (about $8) than to do it ourselves at home. Again, this is something easily within our ability to do, but we pay to have it done instead.
-Pedicures: This is my "luxury" item. Every 3-4 months, I'll treat myself to a pedicure for $30. I could definitely do that myself with cheap supplies at home.
-Baby Wipes: I've tried several times to make my own, but they always seem to get moldy. I couldn't figure out why, so I just went back to paying for store bought-wipes.
How about you? What are the items that you pay extra for, just for the sake of convenience?
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