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  • Swinstie73
    Swinstie73 Posts: 2,897 Forumite
    Go back and get them immediately! Are they on sale? Going to Tescos tonight - damnation I'm giving up buying clothes - argh!
  • Swinstie73 wrote: »
    Go back and get them immediately! Are they on sale? Going to Tescos tonight - damnation I'm giving up buying clothes - argh!

    Yes - they are on sale! I love Tesco's clothing, they are a generous fit and so a short leg too. I don't know if I can face another trek to Tesco today....ah dammit, I've already got two pairs of slouchy jeans, why do I need another?

    <did I really just say that ^^>
    Start Date: 27/11/2010
    Padding: Day 42
    Target £8000
    Amount: £562.23
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Did you watch Gok's fashion fix this week Intergalactic Floozie? He pegged every item of clothing someone had on a big washing line on the beach and she went through and said which bits didn't fit/were unsuitable (most of it was and most of it was very similar i.e. lots of almost identical jeans) and then he developed a new capsule wardrobe for her - from the preview next week it's going to be a woman with a wardrobe full of cheap/reduced things with the tags still on. I'm always going to rember that washing line on the beach when I'm working out what clothes I need in future.
    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
  • Hello great idea can I sign up?

    I'm going to aim not to buy lunch or junk food or drink at work
    i'm a newbie, need to save money and lose a bit of weight - hopefully this would help with both
    :D

    thanks wb x
  • magni
    magni Posts: 651 Forumite
    edited 17 April 2009 at 3:45PM
    I'm adding no credit card spends to my challenge. I need an incentive to stop using them. My debt is going down but it would go down quicker if I didn't keep adding to it:rotfl: I'm allowing myself to use my cc for pre budgeted and saved for things (for these I use Egg Money to get the cash back). I'm also going to stick to my cash budget every week. It's too easy to talk myself into anything I want. Now I have declared this on here I'll have to stick to it:D Although I can't count today as I have used my cc today:o Here's to tomorrow and the next 94 days:beer:

    Welcome welshiebee. You are now officially added.
    100 Day Pot £13
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  • urg123
    urg123 Posts: 1,997 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Had my first major challenge today - went to the shop, stood in the queue right next to the choccies and did I pick one up? Nope!!! I didn't - I walked right past. Ok it was only 10am and I don't usually have my chocolate cravings until lunch time ;). An achievement none the less!

    Magni - can you add no toiletries to my challenge. Need to keep in going to use up a whole load of stuff. Will only buy things as they run out. Thanks :D

    Have a great day

    urg x x
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm all excited because I've managed to sell a bit of my stash today :j We have a online small ads service through work and I popped some bits on last night and had a taker for some of it. Quite a few nice hotel mini soaps, a couple of free sample mini bottles of shower gel and some No7 Gift with purchase bits where the make up colour is wrong for me. Then a pot of moisturiser from a gift set that I really don't like the smell of.

    Anyway managed to get £6 for it all, not bad as I didn't pay for any of it and most was a gift.

    Got a couple more potential sales lined up but won't count my chickens yet...

    I've decided to take the £6 to Boots and put it on a gift card, then when I do run out of something I want to replace I will have some money to spend on it - I'm pleased with the logic anyway. Have something I bought recently that I want to return to Boots anyway and have found the receipt so will try and do both tomorrow and go to Boots and not be tempted :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
  • Ninno820
    Ninno820 Posts: 765 Forumite
    Not only have I resisted temptaion today but I have also got round to listing some of the toiletries stash on e-bay. Whislt listing I researched some prices fro Clarins (my favourite) and it was very tempting - I could easily have lingered and been seduced but - we have all said - I have made a committment and so must stick to it.

    And yes - I watched Gok as well - was inspired to take a good hard look at my wardrobe - ebay will see some items over the next few months. And yes - many of them still had labels on!!!!:eek:

    At least I am admitting to it!

    Have a good evening everyone

    Ninno
    44 day challenge


    1. Pay £650 off overdraft (£ 288/ £650)
    2. Lose 12 lbs (4.5/ 12)
    3. Use YNAB everyday (6/44)
  • Another good day for me today :)
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • puss14
    puss14 Posts: 310 Forumite
    I am in again. This challenge is great it has saved me heaps of money:D

    I am not going to buy-
    cosmetics, haircare, skincare(although I am almost out of a moisturiser with spf so will be replacing this), washing powder, cleaning products (except dishwashing liquid), magazines.
    Thailand 3010/15000 2015
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