8 pointless New Year's Eve spending that could hit your wallet

1. Excess food

The traditional New Year's table is bursting with food. According to legend, there should be several salads, hot dishes, snacks, and also dessert and alcohol in the range. After all, as you meet the new year, you will spend it, and you want to do it in abundance.

But is it really necessary to have a feast? Each of the guests has only one stomach, which, although stretched, is not infinite. As a result, some of the dishes wind up, others turn sour - and all this flies into the trash. But even if they manage to eat the cooked, there is not much benefit from this. After all, overeating canThe Dangers of Overeating / Healthway Medical provoke various health problems.

It is better to know when to stop and not to buy too much. And the money will be more whole, and liver.

2. Party outfit for one day

New Year is a holiday when you can afford sparkling sequins, fluffy feathers, the most elaborate outfits. And of course, you definitely want to wear something new. Manufacturers play on this desire and release special collections - bright, expensive and not very good quality, because these are clothes for one day. And when the chimes strike, the same dress or the same jacket can be bought with a 70% discount.

If you really want a new thing, it is better to prepare these sledges, if not in the summer, then just in advance. Perhaps there will be a little less sequins on the outfit. But without the "New Year's collection" tag, the price will be much more pleasant.

In general, it is worth considering whether you need a disposable item. A sequin dress is a good investment for those who know how to wear these outfits every day. Otherwise, it makes sense to choose something more universal. This is useful for the wallet and for ecology.

3. Cosmetics for the holiday

This item continues the pursuit of sequins. It seems that if you wear all these glitters, fiercely shining highlighters, red (and green) lipsticks, false eyelashes wherever, then just for New Year's parties. Therefore, before the holiday, many people buy bright cosmetics, but this is a waste.

Catchy makeup transforms the face. You have to get used to it on yourself. And if you paint brightly once a year, you will hardly like the result. Not because the makeup is bad or because it doesn't suit a person. He will just look in the mirror and see not himself there, feel uncomfortable.

In addition, it is not so easy to apply unusual products. This requires some training and a well-positioned hand. People who draw in three seconds even arrows in the dark as ash from the oven, not wizards: it's just not the first and not the tenth line, but the thousandth. You also need to check how the makeup is holding so that the eyeshadow or lipstick doesn't slip in the middle of the party.

So, if you usually hardly or at all do not paint, do not aim at everything bright at once. For festive makeup, your usual, proven products will do. Just apply a little harder if needed. If the shopaholic itch is unstoppable, buy one and add it to your makeup bag.

4. Fireworks

In German, "fireworks" is the addition of the words feuer ("fire") and werk ("work"). On the rational - "money thrown to the wind."

We can say that fireworks are joy and entertainment. But now there is not that much sense in them. The average city dweller is spoiled with various fireworks. Fireworks are not even a status thing now. It used to be that the one who sets the fuse on fire was considered a rich man: he spent so much money on a toy. Now it is, though expensive, but already affordable entertainment. At the same time, fireworks are fire and grass hazardous, interfere with sleep children and the elderly, scare pets.

So you can easily give up this excess. Moreover, your neighbors will certainly not leave you without lights in the sky.

5. Goofy gifts

They say that it is not the gift that is precious, but the attention. But bought at random presentations there is no value or attention. Exchange of symbols of the year and fridge magnets, if a person does not collect something like that, just a cycle of garbage in nature, from which only the manufacturer benefits.

If you still want to give something, but waste money - no, choose useful things. For instance, good chocolate wins the key fob. And in most cases, you can completely refuse presents. Let everyone spend money on themselves and be happy.

6. Huge boxes of sweets

A large bag of sweets and chocolates is something with the flavor of childhood. You are on vacation, you are sitting under the tree and inspecting labels. It is "tasteless" in a common vase. The most attractive one will eat now. Well, the average will remain for later.

There is nothing wrong with large, sweet gifts in and of themselves. But ready-made kits may not be the best value for money. They do not necessarily contain sweets that you find delicious. Sometimes you can find a couple of really nice chocolates in the box, and the rest are caramels and cheap fudge with an indistinct composition.

So sweet gifts are the case when the proverbs “Better less is better” and “If you want to do something well, do it yourself” work.

7. Tickets for events for every day

The cult of productivity has spread to new year holidays. It seems that it is not good to lie in front of the TV and eat salads. It is imperative to constantly go somewhere in order to take everything from life. But by the New Year, everyone is usually so tired that you don't really want to take it all. If the money is spent, you have to go everywhere and have fun from under the stick. Although it is much wiser to afford and rest too.

8. Garlands and tinsel without checking old stocks

The variety of New Year's paraphernalia is very attractive. Balls, tinsel, garlands - the hand reaches out to put the holiday goods in the basket. But it’s better not to do this until you have disassembled the boxes of toys that you already have. It may turn out that there are not as many places for decoration in the house as there are all kinds of decor accumulated. Revision of stocks will save you from unnecessary expenses.

What kind of New Year's expenses do you consider senseless? Share in the comments.