Handbags & Gladrags – Confessions of a Recovering Spendaholic

Swinstie73

Sorry about this being so long, makes me realise where my money has went! No more visits to Boots for me!

Toiletries
Body
Dior Addict Body Moisturiser - 50ml
SJP Lovely Body Moisturiser - 75ml
Clinique Happy Body Moisturiser - 40ml
Neutrogena Body Oil - 250ml x 2 (One almost finished)
Nivea Body Moisturiser - 250ml
Bio Oil - 125ml
Skin-So-Soft Moisturiser - 150ml
Aloe Vera Gel - 200ml
The Spa Moisturiser - 125ml
Dove Summer Glow Moisturiser - 250ml
Olay Everyday Sunshine Moisturiser - 200ml (Almost finished)
Skin-So-Soft Moisturising Spray - 150ml x 2
Skin-So-Soft Smart Moisture - 250ml
Body Butter - 50ml
Brown Sugar Body Scrub - 150ml
Botanics Body Masque - 450ml
Olay Bath Foam - 500ml
Chocolate Bath Crystal - 490ml
Radox Herbal Bath Foam - 500ml x 2
Chocolate Body Scrub - 270ml
No. 7 Contouring Balm - 200ml
Clarins Body Lift Contour Control - 10ml
Radox Shower Gel - 250ml x 2 (One almost finished)
Olay Body Wash - 200ml
Planet Spa Body Mask - 200ml
Spiced Guava Soap - 113g
Bath Crystals - 300g
Bath Milk - 280ml
Hair Mask - 140ml
Body Cream - 140ml
Bath Crystals - 50g
Strawberry Swirl Soap - 75g
The Sanctuary Body Lotion - 250ml
[STRIKE]The Sanctuary Body Scrub - 200ml - Using[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]The Spa Bath Soak - 125ml (Almost finished)[/STRIKE]
Baby Oil - 200ml
No. 7 Cleansing Body Polish - 25ml
Body Lotion - 60ml
Dove Body Lotion - 50ml
Insolence Body Lotion - 75ml
Soap - 50g
Face
Complexion Care Lift-Off Mask - 100ml
Nivea Q10 Eye Cream - 15ml x 2 (One almost finished)
Simply Natural Tinted Moisturiser - 70ml
Simply Natural Glyco Cream - 70ml x 2
Simply Natural Mycellium - 70ml x 2
Simply Natural Blemish Formula - 70ml
Simply Natural Facial Scrub - 70ml
No. 7 Eye Make-Up Remover - 100ml x 3 (One almost finished)
No. 7 Eye Make-Up Remover - 30ml
Body Shop Eye Make-Up Remover - 60ml
Eye Gel - 15ml x 2 (One almost finished)
Simple Eye Cream x 15ml
Protect & Perfect Serum x 30ml
Protect & Perfect Serum x 7ml
Protect & Perfect Serum x 5ml
Refine & Rewind Serum - 5ml
No. 7 Moisture Day Cream - 15ml
No. 7 Moisture Night Cream - 15ml
Body Shop Moisture - 15ml
Clinique Facial Soap - 50g
Q10 Day Cream - 50ml
Q10 Night Cream - 50ml
No. 7 Skin Spritz - 30ml
Witch Hazel - 200ml (Half finished)
Eye Cream - 20ml
Garnier Pure A Night Treatment - 40ml
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm - 30ml
Clinique Scrub Cream - 30ml
Mud Mask - 200g (Almost finished)
Time Delay Cleansing Lotion - 150ml
Neutrogena Visibly Clear Wash/Mask - 150ml (Almost finished)
No. 7 Tinted Moisturiser - 10ml
[STRIKE]Olay Multi-Radiance - 40ml (Almost finished)[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Olay Everyday Sunshine - 50ml (Almost finished)[/STRIKE]
Neutrogena Visibly Clear Spot Gel - 15ml (Almost finished)
Clinique Visible Skin Renewer - 15ml
T-Zone Spot Zapping Stick - 10ml (Almost finished)
Elemis Rejuvenating Mask - 20ml
Elemis Absolute Day Cream - 50ml
Elemis Facial Wash - 200ml
Elemis Enzyme Peel - 50ml
Elemis Night Cream - 20ml
Nails
Maybelline Nail Polishes x 9
No. 17 Nailpolish x 1
No. 7 Nailpolishes x 4
Rimmel Nailpolishes x 2
No. 7 Basecoat x 1
Nail Polish Remover - 250ml
Nail Polish Remover Pads - 20 off
Polish Corrector Pen
Teeth
Pearl Drops - 50ml x 2
Colgate Toothpaste - 100ml x 5 (Using one)
Dentyl Mouthwash - 500ml
Toothbrushes x 4 (3off new ones, one using)
Dental Floss x 3
Feet
Botanics Foot Soak - 150g
Peppermint Foot Lotion - 250ml
Hemp Foot Protector - 100ml
Intense Moisture Balm for Feet - 80ml
Peppermint Foot Gel - 100ml
Make-Up
No. 7 Illuminating Lotion - 30ml
Maybelline Mousse Foundation/Blush/Eye Shadow - 10ml sachet
L'Oreal Nutrisummer Face - 4.5ml sachet
No. 7 Highlights Illuminating Powder - 9g
Lancome Palette Mix - 3 x 1.4g
Clinique Superbalanced Make-up - 30ml
No. 7 Intelligent Colour Foundation - 10ml
No. 7 Intelligent Colour Foundation - 15ml
No. 7 Instant Radiance Concealer - 2.5ml x 4 (1 Almost finished)
Prescriptive Camouflage Cream - 15ml
No. 17 Stardust - 15g
Black & White Eye Pencil
Eye Shadows - Various - 7 off
Mascara - 3 off
Eye Pencil - Brown - 2 off
Eye Liner - Green
Lip Liner - 4 off
Lipsticks - Various - 12 off
Lipglosses - Various - 4 off
No. 7 Translucent Face Powder - 30g x 2
Concealer - 19g
Blusher x 1
No. 7 Make-Up Palette
Clinique Eyeshadow Palette
No. 7 Eyeshadow Trio
No. 17 Eyeshadow Trio
Cornsilk Foundation - 30ml
Hair
Tresamme Shampoo/Conditioner - 8ml sachets
Hair Treatment - 25ml sachet
VO5 Conditioner - 10ml sachet
Sunsilk Shampoo - 10ml sachet
Sunsilk Volumising Cream - 10ml sachet
VO5 Shampoo - 8ml sachet
VO5 Conditioner - 8ml sachet
Hair Wax - 75ml
Gel Spray - 150ml
Moulding Clay - 125ml
Liquid Gel - 150ml (Almost finished)
Styling Mousse - 500ml
Hairspray - 400ml
VO5 Funky Shaper - 75ml
Control & Shine Cream - 25ml
Gloss Creme - 50ml
Shampoo - 4 litres (5 Litre container)
Conditioner - 4 litres (5 Litre container)
Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner - 200ml x 2
Misc
Always Ultra - 3pks of 16 (Plus 11 from open pk)
Tampax - Pk of 20 (15 left)
Liners - Pk of 34 (24 left)
Baby Powder - 200g
Creme Bleach
Bikini Kit - 50ml + 50ml
Veet In-Shower Hair Removal Cream - 150ml
Veet Hair Lightening Cream - 50ml + 50ml
Louis Marcel Hair Removal Cream - 75ml
Deodorant - 20ml Handbag size(One almost finished)
Deodorant - 100ml (Almost finished)
Sanex Deodorant - 50ml
Fcuk Body Spray - 45ml
Shaving Gel - 200ml
Venus Razor Blades x 4
Baylis & Harding Handcream - 500ml x 2
Baylis & Harding Handwash - 500ml
Neutrogena Hand Cream - 50ml
Sunshimmer Instant Tan - 125ml
No. 7 Hand Cream - 25ml
Vaseline Handcream - 200ml
Cotton Wool Balls - 3 bags (1 Almost finished)
Cotton Buds - 2 pks
Vaseline - 300ml

Swinstie73

Ok, so I have owned up to my immense stash of toiletries and perfumes, now onto working my way through them! I have done the sniff test and nothing is off so looks like could be using them for a while. I vow not to buy anything unless I totally run out of it and can't wait to happily score off everything I have used up.

P.S. You don't need to read through everything, you could be asleep by the end of it, ha!

Swinstie73

Have joined the Flylady thread today but OH came down tonight so didn't get much done, actually didn't get anything done, ha! Will try and blitz it all tomorrow though. Nite all, anyone.... Come back, honestly I'm not some scary toiletry buying fiend, well I was but I'm all better now x

Swinstie73

Ok, think I scared everyone off with the lists! Well will just have to talk to myself I guess!

Got the gym tonight but planning on blitzing housework beforehand as want to have a nice bath tonight. Working tomorrow night so need to get stuff organised. Haven't even asked what the pay is, I will be highly disappointed if come away with a tenner, LOL.

Anyway hope everyone (anyone) is having a nice day!

Sun_Addict

Don't worry Swinstie here's a reply from someone who is also talking to herself at the moment! I was worried at first until I saw that people are still reading it - just not posting on it. I think if you're not doing anything drastic it doesn't attract as many posts. I tend to attract a few posts when I update at the end of the month. What you've got to keep in mind is that your'e doing it for yourself at the end of the day and if it's keeping you on track then so what if no one posts on it. I used to just read people's post on this site and never dream of replying but enjoyed reading them anyway. Hope you feel better now!

I'm off to update my own diary now - not much to report but I'm doing it to keep me on track - it's working so far!

savingholmes

Hi Swinstie -glad you liked the cash idea. I bought little plastic tubs from Asda smart price food savers 24p when I was living on cash...

Well done for owning up to all that perforume and toiletries. Try and sell what you can on ebay! Commit to not buying more - and try and use some of it for pressies to others! Perhaps create hampers (see finished baskets thread on the special occasions board for ideas)!

With regard to replies.... I've been busy moping.... Also like you there have been less replies on my thread in the last couple of days.... It seems to get at least 100 reads a day tho...

Anyway well done for facing up to the problem - now try and get some money back on some of it!

Swinstie73

Hi Sun Addict & SH,

Guess when nothing much to update it isn't that interesting! I prefer reading other diaries than updating my own, but hopefully will have more to report. Getting together some jars to store my money in, Mum is already raiding her recycling bin, ha! Will clear a space in my wardrobe to keep them and see how it goes. Hope everyone not too bored when forum down, might actually do something constructive!

Swinstie73

Well cancelled the gym tonight as have a dicky tummy since leaving work, must have been the thought of no forum for an hour, ha!

Also don't think my fellow Body Balancers would appreciate me bending over with me being a bit gaseous! I will spare them and myself the embarrassment!

Anyway updating on here for a wee while, call OH then put dinner on, will need to be something light. Might even get caught up on some tv and housework.

Later all x

urg123

That is one heck of a list Swinstie! It probably looks a lot worse on 'paper' than it does in your drawer.

I think you are on the 100 day challenge too and I have signed up to no more toiletries. I have found that I walk around Boots and know what I have so can't really justify spending anything so now I don't even bother going in most of the time. I did go in today to get something I needed and did get a BOGOF on something else:rolleyes: but I have been wanting to try it for ages!

Hope your tummy gets better soon.

urg x x

Kerfuffle

Hi Swinstie,

Just to let you know I've found your diary, I haven't read it yet, but I've subscribed so will check back later. I feel like I'm stalking you now, lol. I'm not a scary person really, I think I'm quite nice.