A few years ago, I spent about $200-300 a couple years in a row. This paled in comparison to the $700-$1000 that some other people spent who went to the July 4th party I attended each year. Then I started trying to cut my spending and decided that it didn't make sense for me to be wasting all of that money to create a show for the dozens of other people attending the party who didn't contribute anything. The last two years I just went to the party without any fireworks and watched others blow their money up, and this year I stayed home and watched the city show. So, I'm at three years in a row of $0 on fireworks.