7 things I wish I'd never spent money on.

You know the feeling. You're broke, dreaming about that burrito you're going to shout yourself on pay day, and you just can't stop thinking about all the crap you've bought in the past and now wish you hadn't.

Like, if I hadn't bought six scented candles last week, would I have been able to eat today?

So if you've ever found yourself reminiscing about all the dollar dollar bills you've casually thrown away, you probably regret spending money on a few of these things:

• Clothes that don't fit (but I hope will one day) 

If it doesn't fit you in the shop, it ain't EVER going to fit you. I once bought the teeniest, tiniest pair of jeans really believing that they were going to fit me one day. My current jeans could eat those jeans for breakfast and ask for seconds.

• Uncomfortable/impractical shoes 

I used to love buying heels. I'd bring them home, walk around the house in them, put them in my wardrobe and leave them there for three years until I finally admitted that I was never going to wear them and gave them away.

My new motto for shoes: If I can't outrun a serial killer in them, I ain't buying them.

• Magazines

Seriously, I spend $8 on a magazine, read it for 20 minutes and then spend the next 6 years thinking about what else I could have bought with that $8. The buyer's remorse is real, guys.

• Anything from eBay 

eBay is the devil.  There I said it. Yes, you might find a Country Road cardigan listed for a third of the price but when it turns up it's just as likely to be some old lady's merkin that she's sewn buttons onto. Don't risk it.

• Hair/make up products that I never use 

I have so many discarded hair and beauty products that I can't be arsed using, but I won't throw out because they cost me $25 in 2007. Does anyone need 2000 half empty bottles of Dove Summer Glow? 

• Expensive drinks 

All of those cocktails and vodka and cranberries I downed on nights outs when I didn't actually want to be there. What a waste! I could have been drinking cheap wine on the couch at home.

• Pay day splurges 

You know that feeling when your pay hits your account and you think that you've finally made it and you should treat yoself to whatever you want? Yeah, that. Five magazines, six scented candles and the entire junk food aisle later and I'm wondering where all my money has gone. Again. 

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