I use beer, though it's a variable commodity, and I've paid more than £20/pint. Thought that mostly distill down to something looking like several expensive nights out that started at lunchtime. Someone asked me what I earn the other day, and it turned out that I don't know. I have, in US parlance, a ballpark figure.
I don't do things, I'm experiential. I'd rather spend money doing something, going somewhere, eating good food, drinking something nice. These are ephemeral and more than the sum of what they cost but then so is life itself. We're snowballs of experiences.
I get no thrill out of owning things. I have a couple of bikes, but nothing that cost more than £450, a fifteen-year-old car, and a fairly modest house (for Surrey, though we're tentatively thinking of upgrading, though I like having next to no mortgage). When it comes to stuff, I'm functional. As a result, I spend very little money, our biggest expenditure was holidays and for some reason their have not been many of those recently. Which leaves me where I came in: beer.