Buy Nothing Day!

Liney_2

Now that's money saving!

http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/

Great idea.

moonbeam682

I agree great idea

I think that this would be too easy for all MSEers

How about a buynothingweek, now that would be a challenge!

Caterina

Did you ppl see the buynothingchristmas website? I WISH I COULD DO THAT - my kids would hate me if I did not give them something.

I wish I had the courage.

Caterina

brokenwings

moonbeam

i had a buy nothing week last week
did a grocery shop last tuesday and bought NOTHING at all after that until today when i did another grocery shop

am hoping i can keep this up : )

mah_jong

I already do it consistantly, once a week anyway, .... Sundays.

And then once or twice a week as well ...... but then its just me. I dont do the big shop you all do. I lile to buy milk, fruit and veg as when I want, hence the small regular buys.

Yorkielass

I had no transactions from my current account between last Monday and today - so a whole week :T - took £20 out last Monday and still have about £8 of that left - so spent about £12 in a whole week :j

Spent no cash today either so that's a bonus - going to try and make the remaining £8 last until the weekend at least - and no cheating using my card either

Debt_Free_Chick

Live in a village with no shop, work from home and be too lazy to go to the next village - I spend nothing most days

Now then .... I used to live & work and "in town" and could easily leach £5-£10 a day on "stuff", but I really don't miss it.

Then again, I am of course a Grumpy Old Woman shunning the evils of the post-consumerist society - and that helps

moonbeam682

Caterina wrote:

Did you ppl see the buynothingchristmas website? I WISH I COULD DO THAT - my kids would hate me if I did not give them something.

I wish I had the courage.

Caterina

wouldn't it be wonderful though, its so stressful trying to remember everything. I never hear the end of it if I forget the orange & lemon slices/cheese footballs etc. And all the money we would save! (I'm not really a scrooge - honest!)

broken wings, mah_jong, yorkielass & debt-free-chick I really admire you all. maybe a buynothingmonth would be in order!

seriously though I am glad that Liney posted this as I am really considering having a buynothingweek every month probably 2nd week of each month. As I spend £40 a week on groceries & delivery if I did this then I'd have over £500 in the bank by next Christmas. I'm thinking that if I cooked double meals the week before & bulked them out with veggies etc, put in freezer then I'd have all the meals for the week. This would be a big challenge for me don't think I have ever gone a week without buying anything.

:wave:

Pooky

Debt_Free_Chick wrote:

Live in a village with no shop, work from home and be too lazy to go to the next village - I spend nothing most days

Now then .... I used to live & work and "in town" and could easily leach £5-£10 a day on "stuff", but I really don't miss it.

Then again, I am of course a Grumpy Old Woman shunning the evils of the post-consumerist society - and that helps

:rotfl:

I don't spend anything from one weekend to another normally - being stuck in a village 7 miles from the nearest cash point doesn't help....or does it? And I refuse to pay £4 for a return bus ticket...daylight robbery!

Working from home does have that advantage of not having a lunch hour to wander the shops looking at all those "must haves". I remember buying things during my lunch hour (pre kids) sticking them in my locker, then being surprise at home time that I'd managed to spend so much!

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moonbeam682 wrote:

wouldn't it be wonderful though, its so stressful trying to remember everything. I never hear the end of it if I forget the orange & lemon slices/cheese footballs etc. And all the money we would save! (I'm not really a scrooge - honest!)

broken wings, mah_jong, yorkielass & debt-free-chick I really admire you all. maybe a buynothingmonth would be in order!

seriously though I am glad that Liney posted this as I am really considering having a buynothingweek every month probably 2nd week of each month. As I spend £40 a week on groceries & delivery if I did this then I'd have over £500 in the bank by next Christmas. I'm thinking that if I cooked double meals the week before & bulked them out with veggies etc, put in freezer then I'd have all the meals for the week. This would be a big challenge for me don't think I have ever gone a week without buying anything.

:wave:

Why on earth would anyone buy cheese footballs?????

1sttimer_2

Not a bad idea at all Liney, thanks for sharing it with us and Moonbeam for the idea of buynothingweek!

I find that if I write out a shopping list (and TRY to stick to it) around planned meals and go to the supermarket/shops just on one day a week, I can easily make the rest of the week go buy without spending.

Having said that, I don't always do it but I think I will give it another go it coming up to christas and all that jazz!