Went a drive to a small town yesterday, one I'd never been before, saw a little private run cafe, guess what, I sat outside and ordered a coffee £2.40, not only that, when she bought my change back, I gave her a sixty pence tip. I'm wondering now if I'm going off the rails and losing all sight of common sense.
I had to stop myself ordering a teacake with the coffee that would have been going a step to far. It really got to me when on the way back I popped into Sainsburys to get my coffee for my cafetiere, a 227g espresso fairtrade ground coffee for only £2.30 and that lasts me 2/3 weeks sometimes more. If I carry on spending like I did yesterday I think I will need to seek help.
At least Lady its nice to know there is some help on offer out there, I mean if I was on drugs or gambled there would be loads of help, my worry is this could start to get out of control.
£2.40 sounds very reasonable for a coffee in a cafe. Stay calm in the knowledge that you made the waitress very happy, giving her a tip. Perhaps you should make a habit of it!
I enjoy penny pinching, and the rewards it brings. At ten years old I still to this day remember my mother taking me to the post office to get a savings book, to stick saving stamps in, and her words were, look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves, and that will always be the case. A fool and their money are soon parted.