No related to the overspending on clothes of the orig. post.
But things have changed since I retired at 51 in 2013.
Things that have gone way up in price. Doubled in price,
or more than doubled in price. In my neck of the woods anyway.
SoCal coast.
Calif. DMV tags. For an old motorcycle was $60.00 per yr. Now the min is $132.00 (It's a hobby, have (11) 5 registered a yr. for street)
Same with cheap cars, min 1 yr tags is $132.00
Elect. was $60-70, now $120-150 per month.
Gas. up about $1.00 a gallon. Cheapest place in town for prem. is now $4.50
A lot of food is up an easy 50% at the store. "Good" Carne Asada burritos' are right at $9.00-$10.00 rather than $5.00
Nat. gas, about doubled. Was ave/mo around $30.00 now $60.
Water/ sewage / curb & gutter, Clean ocean fee's $60-$70 now $115-$150 mo. (Have rocks, stepping stones and a bit of fake grass)
Cable & internet was $90.00 now $182.00
But, luckily we have had 2% inflation over the years. And interest rates are still at all time low's.
Am doing fine. No real worries. But if you are not aware what's been happening. You have not been paying attention.