Frugalista

Reading an article about Mr. Money Mustache and frugality made me want to catalogue my own spending habits.

Things I do differently from many of my friends that save me money:

• Don't get manicures or pedicures
• Don't get massages or facials
• Don't buy designer handbags, clothes, shoes, nail polish, jewelry
• Don't get blackout drunk on weekends
• Don't have meals that cost more than HK$400 per head except on select birthdays
• Don't stay at five-star hotels on holidays
• Only get haircuts once every 6+ months and never get other treatments
• Get haircuts at Mina Dev'wil
• Take a lot of mass transportation instead of taxis if alone
• Don't impulse buy makeup
• Try to keep lunch below HK$60
• Eat lots of Subway sandwiches, pizza and kebabs for dinner
• Drink lots of wine from 7-Eleven
• Drink beer
• Don't take classes
• Read a lot
• Hike a lot
• Don't ever lose cellphone
• Banned clubbing from life
• Banned from life any drink that comes in a plastic bottle, unless in hiking emergency

Things I do differently from many of my friends that cost me money:

• Leave air-conditioning on all day during summer months
• Have a cat
• Am only willing to fly on Cathay Pacific or Dragonair (if out of HKG)
• Live in Soho
• Don't live with parents
• Buy coffee from Starbucks almost every weekday
• Don't let guys pay for everything
• Buy high-end cosmetics
• Don't have insurance for doctors' visits
• Don't get corporate discounts

Things I should do:

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