Maintenance Spending vs Fun Spending

[tammyfolk]

I was just thinking about spending money on this hobby, and how much is maintenance spending, on basics like albums, page protectors, adhesive, cardstock... Things that are difficult to scrap without.

They are almost not even enjoyable purchases.

Then there's fun spending. Pattern paper, embellishments, dies, stamps. All the things that give the hobby life.

Do you spend more on the basics or on fun stuff?

Thoughts about maintenance spending vs fun spending?

[Tamara]

Definitely more on the fun stuff! Especially when I am listening to a retreat that has a sale with all these fun things three and four times a day for three days. And I wrote down things that I’m interested in now tomorrow I have to sit down and write exactly what it is I really need.

And since all my scrapbooks are Creative Memories books that is something that I have to constantly be purchasing including pages and page protectors,

[Deanna13]

Definitely more money on the fun things! I just got several orders this week, mostly all patterned papers, kits, and some embellishments.

[Wendy]

I have no problem at all dropping big money of the fun stuff. But when it comes to albums, page protectors, adhesive - I cringe at the prices and I will put it off as long as I can..lol.
I have so much trouble justifying $$$ on maintenance stuff. And the packages of fun stuff just keep coming...

[Patti]

The fun of course but even that has pretty much stopped. I have tons of page protectors and empty albums to keep me going for a while. Adhesive seems to be the biggest purchase these days. Even TM has slowed down my dropping $ since they started packaging the products. I have so much stuff that I can scrap the rest of my life without having to buy fun stuff again. I am being much more selective on the fun stuff.

[sthom97093]

I definitely spend more on the fun stuff, but with essentials (albums, page protectors, adhesive), I try to get these items on sale at the Hobby Lobby (I use the 3 ring binder scrapbooks/page protectors) and those items are often on sale. Got a set of page protectors for $5 yesterday. Adhesive I get at Michael's and use any coupon they have on their app to get that. Also my teacher discount which is nice as well.

[Tracy F]

I definitely spend more on the fun stuff too. It kills me to pay the prices for the essentials but I also always wait for a sale or use coupons. Hobby Lobby has great sales on albums and page protectors. And I just got 12 roles of ATG adhesive for $17.00 including shipping from a friend so I'm set with that for a while now.

[Jan Mosier]

Hands down it's much more fun to spend money on the fun stuff than it is for the maintenance stuff. Although, I don't really spend a lot of money on fun stuff because I have so much of it already and I want to use what I have first.

Like Stephanie, I pick up most of the maintenance stuff (albums, adhesive and page protectors) from HL when they're on sale. My cardstock, I purchase from Amazon.

[sdwhru]

The fun stuff is where most of my money goes; I do like buying some albums, tho. They are not always maintenance items I’ve tried to slack off even on buying the fun items as I have so much stuff