MONEY
DRAIN

Topics: Finances; Frugality; Habits; Lifestyle; Money; Possessions; Prosperity; Riches; Self-control; Spending; Stewardship; Women

References: Proverbs 21:20; 31:10–31; Matthew 6:19; 1 Timothy 6:10; Hebrews 13:5

What spending habits are the most difficult to break? A Harris Interactive poll of 1,202 women discovered these habits are toughest to control:

•     eating out or getting takeout: 49 percent

•     shopping for clothes: 28 percent

•     daily coffee fix: 17 percent

•     personal beauty products: 14 percent

—Mary Cadden and Julie Snider, “Money Matters,” USA Today “Snapshots” (February 6, 2006)