I do have some hobbies thought of as expensive, but I calculate cost in one of my sidebrains automatically,
using one of the others to formulate cost cutting strategies if I want to get into that area more often...
Not letting salespeople/current opinion set your buying choices but finding your own standard helps immensly.

Andy and I love golf and that can get pretty expensive. But there is a really nice course right across the street from our housing development that has really low senior rates so we play there a lot.

Unless you ring my door very early saturday morning, announce yourself as Jehova's witness
and then visit the other tenants first after getting me to open the house door, you are quite safe ;-)

ROF,L!!!!