does anyone feel like they've spent too much money?

Absolutely...I do have moments every now and then when I realize how much I've spent and just need a minute to sit down and breathe.
But then again, for every doll I have or had, I have saved up, sometimes for months, sold off other hobbies etc so I don't feel too guilty about it.
They make me really happy and being prone to depression, they're a great way to invest money in my health (also, shopping for them...best thing too fight emo moods)
I did go overboard lately since I came back to bjds after a long hiatus, and it's like I'm catching up for not getting any for 4 years...so I have now 5 incoming @_@ and 2 more planned until next June...but then I'll be done! Wishlist fullfilled and all...so this also keeps me relatively calm about buying so many now.

 

I was feeling bad soon after I bought my 2nd doll because it was the time when I was looking for a job, I was sure I would get it soon, but I struggled for a long time and this left me in a bad situation. I still had money then - I always have some for "emergencies" - but I don't think it is a good idea spending so much for a hobby when you do not have a proper monthly income.

 

Ah, that's my favourite topic. Yes, I think I've spent way too much than I should have. However I don't feel guilt or sad about it.
When I found that hobby (accidentaly in fact) it was as if I found something I've been missing for a long time.
So... Wooohoo! I'm crazy about the dolls!
I stop buying them sometimes, take a brake, stop looking for new faces, but I allways return to that hobby no matter what ^__^
It feels like doing something right)))

 

The generation I'm from has always been frugle, mostly because our parents had to save and scrimp to raise us. (boomers) Now that I'm into retirement I'm finding that I do deserve to have fun and enjoy my life. I sew many things but once in awhile I go on spurts of buying. It's a high to get little shoes and wigs and dolly related things. I do have limits and find the price of the dolls is the hardest to swallow but seems to me they hold their value quite well. As long as your buying habits don't get out of control, once in awhile I think it's so worth the joy it brings.

 

I do...
I have these intervals when it comes to spending money on this hobby... About once every year I suddenly feel the need to start buying things like crazy. I want everything, I need to make lists, and plans, and have every possible thing... And then I feel like "I have enough, I have so many things now, and oh, I spent so much money on this, too much actually...". That's when I can "settle" with what I have for a while and be happy.

Until I can't anymore.
And then it starts all over again D:

 

Oddly, I don't feel like I spent too much on the doll hobby. It's not that they're not expensive to me, because they are. But one mid-priced kimono costs about as much as a doll and THAT is the hobby that eats all my money. If I didn't have the other hobby, I would have everything I want for my two guys by now.

 

I have not told my family exactly how much dolls cost and I do not think I should.

 

I spent all my savings on the dolls. My family thinks I should stop buying dolls and save my money for the future....but I'm not exactly in a happy mode right now. In order for me to live long enough to enjoy my savings...I kind of have to get there first. So...

 

yes. My collection is getting to be a bit too much. I have three more dolls I'd like to have left. But then I think I will be stopping for good, and only getting event parts through splits or something...I'd love to help others get dolls they want...So in the future I might offer to help someone pay for a doll during an event to get the event parts. Or something. haha

 

Yeah I feel like that all the time
I love shopping for my boys but when I look at the prices I do sometimes feel sick.......................it's not only that the hobby itself just can be so expensive, I do not mind spending money on my dolls but more like every single person around me would flip and have me committed if I told them the doll shoes I bought were 25-40 dollars and so on. I try to never ever mention prices or everyone would guilt trip me into insanity lol.

Also, I was gonna get just one doll back when I first fell in love with them. Then I settled on two. Now my plans have spanned on like 4............getting them all dressed and all that will be pricy.

 

All the time. But then, if it wasn't worth it - to me, at least - I wouldn't be spending the money.

 

I do, when I buy too many things within too short a time. The last time I spent close to five hundred on hobbies alone and that was when the alarm bells rang. I try to be careful with the doll hobby especially, when a single head can cost more than a hundred. Promising myself to get only what I really want, stick to my wishlist and my budget and never to browse MP when I'm already spending on something else sometimes works. Then again, sometimes it's the odd surprise, the impulse buy, that turns out more wonderful than expected.

 

When I don't play with my dolls, I think that I've spent too much all the time. But I don't feel guilty too much because I love my dolls. Now, I spent way more on clothes for my dolls than myself so that really makes me feel like I've spent too much money. >.<

 

Always feel like I had spent too much on dolls! But I cant stop getting new things for my girls TwT

 

I feel I have spent too much on dolls when I think about telling others how much it has cost. :P When I told my dad about buying Maya, I took a hundred off what I paid and he was still like 'whaaaaatttt'. I don't live with them anymore, but still like to share my hobbies. And they do understand why I like dolls and dressing and painting them, but they would never understand just how much it costs me. So when I told them I bought another doll head, I said it was for sale and didn't mention I need to buy a body still.

So yes, when I talk to others outside the hobby I feel I spent too much. When I see my dolls, they totally worth it anyway.

 

Sometimes I do get feelings of regret.. And I only just started this hobby!
I held off starting this hobby because of how quick it's costs can add up.. I know I work hard for my money and it's mine to choose how to spend, but I think about other things I could or even should be spending my money on.

This also is a thought through my other hobbies as well.. I do tend to just continue the hobby anyway.. But the thoughts of how much has been spent still crosses my mind.

 

I really do think I spend way too much money in this hobby (and so does my family and friends haha), and that is one of the reasons to why I sell the ones I'm least interested in/the ones that I feel have to go. I've bought a lot of dolls on impulse, and if I feel I don't connect with them I sell them and buy a doll that I really want instead.

 

I always feel like I spend too much. But that's with everything I buy. I buy a lot of things on impulse, while I don't regret buying them later, I do think I could've gotten that or this.
But then it's not like I won't stop buying my awesome impulse buys!

 

I often felt as if I was overspending when I first got into this hobby during my college years. I went on a hiatus after a few years of getting really into it, but am thinking of getting back into it soon as I feel the all-too-familiar pull of these resin friends again. I've only dealt with msd sizes, but hope to bring home a little yo-sd in the coming months as I acquire a steady income.

 

I was shaking when I calculate my spending during Augest... I always feel like I spent too much