I'm just about ending 10 days in KL. It's been a long trip and I've been spending quite a bit on food. There are a couple of days when we spent S$40 for dinner, which is considered a lot in Malaysian terms.
As I spend more on food for these 10 days. I keep thinking to myself. Why do I save on $10-$20 for meals. When I can save so much more if I just don't follow my wife to Paris? That would straight-out save $1300 at least.
It's like skimping on the small stuff but making poor decisions on the big stuff.
Then after that, I continue to think. If I continue to work or take up part-time work, what's another few dollars here and there?
The train of thought is neverending. Save a few cents at supermarkets vs save a few dollars at restaurants, vs save a few hundreds, vs save a...