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Top 10 Money Drains

By Damien Fahy
1 min read Published: 15 Dec 2010

Today's 'Top 10' brings you the top drains on your finances. So if at the end of each month you find yourself wondering where all your money has gone, then the answer is likely to be below.

Top 10 Money Drains

  1. Coffee
  2. Cigarettes
  3. Alcohol
  4. Bottled Water
  5. Beauty treatments
  6. Car Washes
  7. Weekday Lunches out
  8. Vending machine snacks
  9. Credit card interest
  10. Unused memberships

The Moral

The moral of this research is cut out your morning coffee on the way to work as well as those cigarette breaks and lunchtime pints and you'll save yourself a fortune!

(Image: Chris Sharp / FreeDigitalPhotos.net,
research source: Bankrate.com)

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