The cost of your hobby $

[Rachelakld]

Thinking on the cost of my hobby, per month
Makeup $5
Brunchs $25
petrol $15
Clothing (1 item every 3 months) approx $10 per month

Total monthly cost of around USD $55
I would have consumed some brunchs and used petrol even in guy mode, so probably $25-$30 per month would be a better reflection of my dressing hobby.

Considering my daughter uses up about $60 on smokes each month, I think I've got a fairly good hobby

[UNDERDRESSER]

That's cheap. The $60 a month your daughter spends is only the beginning, the real cost comes later.

[Eryn]

Add in a couple of hours of electrolysis every week and suddenly that $60 seems trivial! :(

[noeleena]

Hi,

Outings with our groups morning tea's high tea's ,,trav, depends on the distance, some times 280 miles there & back. clothes get given lots, fabric get given so its time only on redoing & makeing new clothes, costs over all. per month avg 60 to 70 $ = a year around 800 $.

...noeleena...

[Maria in heels]

I wish that I could match your budget...I don't try but I end up buying at least 1 pair of shoes a month, and that is definitely over $80 a month easy...<sigh> Dresses and other clothing items are every 2-3 months and a few pieces at a time...$100

[Sonia_cd]

Funny you should start a thread with this topic. It's just the kind of math I dislike doing only because the numbers would not look good for my wallet ;) There are months where I get by on zero; but then there is the odd couple of weeks where all that belt-tightening goes out of the window.....lol!!! Bottom line is "I shudder to think"

[Erica Marie]

Thats a pretty good budget you have. I dont get to shop all too often but when I do it usually ends up about $50 for cloths, $40 for shoes, $40 for extras ( make up, cleaners, accesories ext..) and $40 for gas to run because I wont shop for cloths locally. Not a cheap hobby, especially when I am for the most part still in the closet. Soon I wanna splurge on a new set of forms and a better wig. That will be a pricey shopping adventure.

[jasmine57]

Good timing on this subject. I was just thinking about how much I've been spending lately and the numbers were shocking. If I could stay within your budget I'd be a happy camper.

[Sabrina133]

Good timing on this subject. I was just thinking about how much I've been spending lately and the numbers were shocking. If I could stay within your budget I'd be a happy camper.

I agree. I spend way too much on clothes and shoes. Not to mention what i spend at ULTA. sheeeshhh! There aught to be a law....

[~Joanne~]

I have no budget. My So and I know what we can spend freely and what we can't. While she tends to spend hers on entertainment, I usually spend mine on new clothes. I have never stopped to add everything up in a months time but I am sure that $60 is a very low number lol Maybe next month I will do just that to see what I spend in a months time :)

[Jaylyn]

I go thru spells where I spend zero a month to sometimes in the hundreds. I am an impulse buyer and have always been that way. We set aside each month enough for the bills . The rest we usually blow on doing what we enjoy. It also depends on the hobby that I am in at that moment. Usually when I'm in the guy mode I spend more on hobbies. If I am with my lovely wife, in a guy mode and we are shopping for the essentials and she hits the makeup aisle I get this funny feeling. I guess that fog starts moving in and she asks if I need any makeup... I melt and get something that I may or may not need. Funny how just a stimulation such as a certain poster or advertisement for lipstick or eyeshadow can get the juices flowing inside. Then I usually end up spending too much. Ball park figure though if averaged out maybe $100.00 per month on the hobby. Especially as of late.

[Angela Campbell]

The cost of my hobby is really big. I record music so I have a studio I have spent thousands upon thousands on.

Since I am trans it is not a hobby it is just life, but it is expensive. lesee.....50$ hr electrolysis, $80 hr ..therapist.....HRT?......SRS......name change.......gender change legal work......who knows. Clothes I have plenty of and only get something now when I need it or see something I really like. Makeup as I need it is not too expensive.

[Sianna]

I would guess that I spend about $100 a month.....Clothes, Makeup, Nails, new stockings.....it all adds up

[Beverley Sims]

My hobbies cost a mint.
Last round world plane ticket and skiing, about $5000.
My lifestyle about twenty bucks a week.

[Stephanie47]

Girl? You need some kind of training. Or conditioning. One clothing item every three months? $10 per month average? You definitely need shopping therapy! No doubt about it! There must be some shopping support group for the oppressed females of the world. Just kidding.

Yesterday I picked up a very lovely maxi summer sundress at Sears for $19.99. It's tagged at $50. So do I count the dress as a $20 purchase or a $50 purchase? I picked up five pairs of lovely new Vanity Fair panties for less than $15. Do I count that as $15 or the ticketed price of $8.50 per pair? And, a great Nancy King slip for $12? Or the new Merona dress for $9.00, including shipping?

Girl, you need some shopping therapy.

[Lorileah]

If it was a hobby I would have to quit.

Let's see last month
Makeup -60$
Dresses-150$
Jeans-40$
Tops-20$
Shoes-40$
Razor blades (OK but you know what I mean) 15$
Now when we get to the social part
Drinks- 150$
Gas to get drinks-50$


About 525$, I can't wait to start medical and surgical....

[Jaymees22]

I'm pretty cheap and always am looking for a bargain. Then I'll see something I have to have and all caution goes out the window. I think I spend about $100 a month on this hobby. I also own a Jaguar so the $100 a month seems like small change. I definitely get more bang for the buck crossdressing! Jaymee

[carolinewalker_2000]

I don't even dare budget!

[kimdl93]

I don't spend much more one make up, but I certainly average more than $10 per month on clothes. I probably spend at least $200 on clothes. But I'll admit, dressing has grown to be much more than a hobby for me.

[Danielle_cder]

this is a dangerous question....and im not going to answer it lol!

[Ciara Brianne]

I probably spend an average of about $35 a month on girly things. Not very much really. I do most of my shopping at thrift and consignment stores, so my limited budget goes pretty far. If I more expendable income, I'm sure I'd be spending more.lol

[I Am Paula]

I'm really high maintainance. Rarely a month goes by that I don't buy shoes $150-300, a purse $200-800, I only wear real jewellery, and high end jeans will be my downfall. That and collecting guitars...No wonder I drive a 2002 Grand Am.

[Jilly75]

I have only just started buying my own clothes, heels, dress and lingerie but am already looking for my next outfit. Maybe it's because I am new to owning my own but I think my girls wardrobe will take over my boys wardrobe.

[KateSpade83]

My hobbies: PC video games, crossdressing, and bicycles.

Video games - I buy whenever there's a big discount on a game. On recent HOT game releases I wait for it to hit $25 to $30 then I buy. Sometimes I regret buying early when I could have waited 6 to 12 months for the game to hit $10, and then I look and see that I rarely played that game I paid a premium for.

Crossdressing - ever since 2005 when I hit a size 4 a gigantic expanse of clothes were available to me on my size... From ebay to Dept stores... I estimate by now I have a $50,000 collection of women's clothes. I recently had the urge to God to quit crossdressing twice but the clothes don't magically disappear + I get compensated for getting rid of them. Then later I go back to crossdressing and buying women's clothes.

My other big hobby is $37,065.18 worth of 1 hybrid, 14 bmx, 1 mtn, and 10 road bikes! 26 bikes in all! I tell myself not to buy any road bikes anymore but I still have a need for two expensive [about $2000] bmx bikes. I also have a lot of gear to go with biking, like tools, 4 helmuts, clothing, a car bike rack, & etc. I have $480 worth of complete Park Tools used to build and true wheels, and trueing my own wheels I saved about $380 from having bike shops to true my wheels. Plus I can touch up my true anytime now.

[Cheryl Ann Owens]

Let's just put it this way: I like buying essentials like panties and bras online, and an occasional pair of jeans or a dress or tops. Then I cringe when the credit card statement comes in.

Cheryl

[Eryn]

I'm always careful to shop with my wonderful spouse and mix our purchases together. Then we can conveniently ignore the fact that I picked out seven items and she picked out two. :)

[Cheryl Ann Owens]

Eryn, she was probably happy enough to get two fine items where she completely overlooked your seven. LOL!

Cheryl

[Eryn]

Of course the other added cost is our wonderful new friends and the dinners, shows, and events we attend with them. CDing can really rev up your social life and we're going places that we never dreamed of going before I started going out.

[Cheryl T]

The cost of this is not nearly equal to the cost of other things I've done throughout the years.
Notice I didn't say other hobbies, because this is certainly not a hobby for me....it's so much more.

[k lynn]

I own 5 bras 2o pairs of panties I only buy a bra when one needs replaced panties I buy on sale for 7for $26.00 as needed sometimes my montly cost is $60.00 most months zero BUT I spend $200.00 a month on gas just to ride my motorcycle would rather ride my bike than drive a car

[Daryl]

I sort of have to budget mine since I'm on fixed income. Most of my spending is on replacements for my thigh highs, and flat heeled boots that I
wear everyday. I don't really have a monthly figure for spending, but I do watch for sales and plan for it.

[danielletorresani]

I definitely spent way more than average this month, but it was still way too much.

I got an awesome sailor girl pinup costume I've been wanting, some matching shoes, some new lingerie, a sexy black dress, some knee high black boots... All said and done, I spent somewhere between 300 to 400 bucks this month.

I'm way too irresponsible with this hobby!!!

[Nancie64]

Do we have to go there. Some months I spend $0 dollars and than I find a nice skirt on sale so off course, you need a top to go with. And don't forget the shoes. Usually check at DSW and sometimes can find a nice pair on sale. Really hit the jackpot on Thursday when this girl brought in these items to dispose of and after looking in her junk box. found this really nice purple shoulder bag in like new condition. Since purple is sort of my favorite color when MtoF, it matches a lot of my outfits.