Nina Ellis

Nina Ellis

Nina writes about the money decisions people make every day. She covers budgeting, spending habits, relationships, financial confidence, and consumer behaviour, alongside wellness, shopping, travel, and culture.

The Real Cost Of Keeping Up With Your Friends

Photo by Vitaly Gariev

Birthday dinners, group trips, concert tickets, weddings. None of them feel huge on their own, but together they can quietly take over your budget. Financial peer pressure rarely looks like someone pushing you to spend. It usually looks like not wanting to be the one who says no, and it’s often amplified by what we