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With prices like this is it any wonder some folk are skint?

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  • Gorgeous_George
    Gorgeous_George Posts: 7,964 Forumite
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    You should always buy quality shoes and quality beds. You spend a third of your life in one or the other.

    GG
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  • bunny999
    bunny999 Posts: 970 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Now you're 'avin a larf.

    I've never spent that much in my entire life on one pair of shoes.

    Most I ever spent was £26 on some soft leather Italian court shoes from a small specialist shop in Torquay, when they had the big sale on.

    I usually spend £5-10 for leather shoes.



    Where do you get your shoes from ?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Ian_Griffiths_Halifax wrote: »
    Every 2 weeks? :rotfl:
    My current pair (charity shop, brand new, leather, £4) have lasted me 18 months. They look like they need reheeling soon, but once that's done they'll last me another 18 months. And they're my interview shoes.

    I've got another brilliant/posh pair (charity shop, brand new, soft leather, £5) that are really posh, not worn those once yet. They're really posh/nice, planning on wearing those to a wedding or similar.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    luvpump wrote: »
    Was once told i could wear a brown paper bag & i would look great
    People have often requested that I do.
  • Ian_Griffiths_Halifax
    Ian_Griffiths_Halifax Posts: 1,690 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    My current pair (charity shop, brand new, leather, £4) have lasted me 18 months. They look like they need reheeling soon, but once that's done they'll last me another 18 months. And they're my interview shoes.

    I've got another brilliant/posh pair (charity shop, brand new, soft leather, £5) that are really posh, not worn those once yet. They're really posh/nice, planning on wearing those to a wedding or similar.

    I can beat that. I have a brush I've had 20 years. I've only had to replace the head 4 times and the handle 5.
    I am a Mortgage Consultant and don't like to be told what I can and can't put in a signature so long as it's legal and truthful.
  • SingleSue
    SingleSue Posts: 11,718 Forumite
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    I got my son a pair of gloves last night....97p and these were from a shop and not second hand.

    The wool hat was £1.49
    We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
    Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    SingleSue wrote: »
    I got my son a pair of gloves last night....97p and these were from a shop and not second hand.

    The wool hat was £1.49
    See, that's where it's all gone wrong .. out and out spoiling the kid!
  • moggylover
    moggylover Posts: 13,324 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    My current pair (charity shop, brand new, leather, £4) have lasted me 18 months. They look like they need reheeling soon, but once that's done they'll last me another 18 months. And they're my interview shoes.

    I've got another brilliant/posh pair (charity shop, brand new, soft leather, £5) that are really posh, not worn those once yet. They're really posh/nice, planning on wearing those to a wedding or similar.


    Be prepared to pay more than that just to get new heals on them PN! I was horrified last time I had a pair of mine heeled, and new stick on soles - £20! TBF they were very nice shoes that I bought in a sale locally some years ago - but I nearly died at the repair price:eek:
    "there are some persons in this World who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them"
    (Herman Melville)
  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    Tassotti wrote: »
    One of my clients (a nice old dear) knitted scarves for Christmas presents. Word got around and she had a nice little business. Did very well. They were so good I even bought a couple myself.
    Do you mean the one you had given a doorstep loan to with a apr 0f 200% +
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
  • cheap_charlie
    cheap_charlie Posts: 767 Forumite
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    You'd only be skint if you were daft enough to pay that for a pair of kids' gloves. ;)
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