The costs of looking good

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Riprorin

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: stev0
about $225 monthly for supplements and gym membership. counting the food? probably around $500.

Good food is a must,poultry producers have people who are into fitness by the shorthairs cause no matter how much chicken costs we're going to buy it.

It's amazing,I can easily remember the days when only poor people ate a lot of chicken,now many times it's more expensive than steak.

I don't do the shopping, but I believe that my wife pays about $5 - $6 for a whole rotisserie cooked chicken. We get a couple of meals out of that so it's pretty cheap.

I think she pays about $10/lb for a good cut of steak.
 

KokomoGST

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Hmm... I not sure if I would count the food.

Supplements, gym membership, haircuts, contact lenses, hmm... that's a big bill right there.

Then there's like occassional stuff like hair products (I use wax myself so it lasts around 6 months a shot), clothing, shoes, and mancessories like PDA, cell phone, MP3 player, and other assorted geek toys. I personally don't think they're neccessarily appearance related but there are people out there that buy items consistently to "look the part."
 

skim milk

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I spend almost ZERO dollars.

I cut my own hair, i don't really use any deodorant or cologne, i dont have a gym membership so i dont work out much, i only buy shirts or shoes from time to time (not too often)

the only thing i purchase to enhance my appearance is hair spray


but i don't really look good and can't get girls so it doesn't even matter! :eek:
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Riprorin
I'm married so I've given up caring about looking good. :D

A razor, shaving cream, a bar of soap, and some shampoo and I'm good to go.

I did have to buy a new wardrobe by I look at that as a cost of good health.

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Shower stuff, then after shower stuff (deoderant and hair gel)
Thats about it. I'm just naturally a hot hot dude.
 

fredtam

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Almost nothing. I shave my head and I'm usually in my work clothes so my going out clothes tend to last a while. I try not to buy anything trendy for this reason. Other than that just toothpaste and deodorant. Now the wife is another story with hair, nails, cosmetics, jewelry and clothes she can easily use around $300/month.
 

FuZoR

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$20 haircut...
clothing... i shop like 1x a year and spend around $300-400 so lets say $30/month
hygine products. $5/month ?

$55/month!
 

darkamulets

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$10 for my barber of 13 years and maybe 70 on clothing every 3 months so that breaks down to.....30ish?
 

Turkish

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Gym - $40
Cologne/aftershaves/etc - $150
Haircut - $60
Clothes - $200, maybe a lot more...
Food - $500 for just me.. it's a lot, but I eat healthy.
and many more...
 

flexy

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Was just sitting here calculating how much gets spent in keeping up the physical appearance each month.Granted I'm old but yikes! :Q

How much do you spend every month on personal upkeep?

me: 99 cent - my wife: 900 Mio dollars :) (899 million of it on shoes) :p