How much to you spend per year on haircuts?

Most years, nothing. I rarely get my haircut, do my own trimming and coloring.
Maybe $40 every 3-5 years? Not an expense I worry about.

I just had a thought. Years ago, I remember a relative discussing buying a Flowbe, and then I saw someone using a Petbe. Always wondered how well they worked, LOL.

12 x $14 = $168

$0 - I invested maybe $30 in a pair of clippers about 15 years ago, haven't set foot in a barber shop since.

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Originally Posted by lessisbest

I can give you an even worse case scenario.... I have a friend who spends over $500/month on her many lavish and exotic pets, hundreds more each month on make-up, hair and nails, as well as clothing, collectables, and general "crap" she doesn't need, but can't keep up her car payment and got a visit from the repo man.

She's been a lifelong friend, and one day she asked me about making homemade laundry detergent with Borax, Washing Soda and soap bars so she could save a little money. After I quit laughing, I took her hands in mine, looked her strait in the eyes and told her the cost of laundry detergent wasn't her problem and helped her with a REAL budget. At the time, we were both 60-years old (now 62). She had been a career woman and had the total amount of $0 set aside for retirement. I, on the other hand, had been a stay-at-home mom. When they opened up IRA's for non-workers, I started an account and funded it to the maximum each year with my home-based business. She still can't stick to a budget, I'm sorry to say.

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Wow amazing story. It is a challenge to help people reach a point at which they realize they have been completely wrong and then get them to change course. Modeling by your own lifestyle and then explaining how you do it (a little bit at a time, you don't want them to go into shock) SOMETIMES is all it it takes to show people the way; but really patterns of lifelong habit are like addictions. Hard to break. And usually people need a lot of hands-on training to make this kind of transition.

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Originally Posted by jp1

$0. SO needed a new beard trimmer about 4 years ago but mistakenly bought a regular barber's hair trimmer. (not sure how he managed that one...) Since I've long had a basic buzz cut I asked him to start doing my haircuts and he has been ever since. Saves me $19 every 3 weeks. Savings of almost $1,300 so far, minus whatever SO paid for the trimmer.

And frankly it's much more convenient to do at home and spend 5 minutes vacuuming than it was to go to the place I used to go.

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Yup, exactly. Truly amazing how much time you can save as well as money by learning some basic frugality skills and habits. $1,300 wow. Way to go!

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$0 - I invested maybe $30 in a pair of clippers about 15 years ago, haven't set foot in a barber shop since.

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You are amazing. So tell us what you are able to splurge on with all the money you saved. Apple stock?

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Originally Posted by kib

I'm veering off topic, but I think this really does sum it up. Education is a big part of saving, investing, retirement and generally living within one's means, but it's not rocket science; I think for most people of reasonable means who still can't seem to manage their money, underneath it's a matter of conscious or unconscious unwillingness. The feeling that living without limits is a punishment, or a sense of entitlement that tells them they shouldn't have to be bothered with these things or with making choices, or perhaps a fear of material scarcity that overwhelms common sense. I have tried to help people in the past and come to the same lesson: there are those who really want to change and learn, and there are those who want a magical no limits, no work wand to wave.

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I have concluded that basically people are being educated by the entertainment industry how to live their lives, including their finances and their love lives. How well is that working for them?

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None, because I tend to neglect my appearance to some degree, especially hair cuts, of all the things to waste precious weekend time on, getting a haircut! I'm not actually unattractive though. But maybe I should resolve to get a haircut. I can do it! :laff: I could even resolve to do it at least once a year! Uh someday ...

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The solution is to multi-task. Find someone to give your hair a trim while you are___________. Suggestions: nab a random teenager girl who would like to try it for the fun of it, you can barter with her with some freebie you got.

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Originally Posted by Packratona!

You are amazing. So tell us what you are able to splurge on with all the money you saved. Apple stock?

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LOL, No. More like cigars and Mountain Dew.
For me, the payoff is in better use of life energy.