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  • Swinstie73
    Swinstie73 Posts: 2,897 Forumite
    Morning everyone,

    Whilst we are confessing, I spent £4.75 on three tubes of toothpaste and a shaving gel - so nice breath and non-hairy legs for me - yeah!

    Free magazine from OH's newspaper on Sunday, had it read it five mins though. OH bought me a top for our anniversary and I bought a denim skirt which I am taking back as I have an identical one at home - why didn't I check?! Also bought a necklace and bangles but they don't count as they aren't clothes (or do they)!

    Well done everyone else, but only 5/100 for me!
  • ancientmum
    ancientmum Posts: 594 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi everyone, and wel done. Today would have been nsd but forgot to buy teabags in weekly shop and could not manage without morning cuppa.

    (Sainsbury cheapest are 28p and are VGT (very good teabags)!

    Took 3 pairs of curtains to Johnsons to be cleaned for £20 a pair. Bargain!l
    Grocery challenge 2025: £650/1500 annual budget
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    Day 3 over and I bought nothing.....not a sausage :grin:
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • Another NSD here, so nothing bought from the 'banned' list :D
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Nothing bought off the banned list for me either today and survived the QVC Essence of 'get everyone to spend all their money here at QVC' Beauty Day
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • Yay! Me too :D
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    And me :grin:
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • urg123
    urg123 Posts: 1,997 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Update on challenges:

    No Chocolate:
    Well the no buying chocolate is going really well! OH bought some of my favourite chocolate from Ikea at the weekend and my colleagues brought chocolate in to work today! I'm definately not missing out on the chocolate!!!:D

    No toiletries:
    I also managed to find another 2 packs of face wipes stashed away in a carrier bag that hasn't been opened in months. I cut my wipes into quarters so I have nearly a year's supply! :rolleyes: Oh well - at least I don't have to buy any more for a very long time. The sad thing is that I have over 3 bottles of face wash too!

    Well done on all the achievements so far.

    urg x x
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Another successful day and I went into Boots - bought the medication I needed and spent just under £5 and didn't buy something random to make it up to £5 to get the current voucher as you can't get anything free with it and I don't want/need anything so I just bought my medication and put the £12 I've made selling stuff onto a giftcard and walked out quick :T:T

    Sold another thing - a set of make up that came free with a magazine but was the wrong colours for me - mag cost £2 so sold set for £2 and added it the £10 I made last week when I went to Boots. So when I run out of something I want to replace I have £12 to spend (and about £38 of boots points too :rolleyes:)
    Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
    Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
    Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
    Overpayments to date - £79.62
    Current Mortgage free date - January 2058
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    I was *considering* buying some new summer clothes yesterday,:o but I found a dress I forgot I had, that didnt fit.

    It does now:j:j:j:j:j

    so that satisfied my craving:T


    and today should be another day of no spending:grin:
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
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