What won't you compromise on in your bid to become debtfree?

westie666

Petrol for the car... damn government!

lottieuk75

I am short on my monthly bills by £50 a month despite giving up smoking coz i could'nt afford it. When I really need to cut back I take my usually food shop from £50 a week to £30 a week using all smartprice stuff (we are a family of four).

My worst spending habits are beauty products, Partner says I'm a marketers dream. Also if our friends are out for the night I have to go and will find the money from somewhere.

Lottie

sillylornie

When it comes to food shopping, I'm pretty much a value/own brand shopper. Cant think of anything that i buy thats branded....... will keep thinking.

Cant give up on broadband - since giving up television, my puter is all i have left to keep me sane.

Need petrol to get to the place where i earn the pennies.

Unfortunately, still smoke, but roll my own so costs about £15 per month.

I have probably overlooked something but i think thats about it.

Lornie xx

blt

Argh! I'll tell you what I won't compromise on- hair straighteners. My hair is thick and unruly and today my GHD's have packed in- flipping heck

crazyscientist

blt wrote:

Argh! I'll tell you what I won't compromise on- hair straighteners. My hair is thick and unruly and today my GHD's have packed in- flipping heck

yep i agree with that one! luckliy my GHDs have been going strong for 3 years but i know if they ever broke they would HAVE to be replaced.

i also treat myself to a litre of innocent smoothie every other week (almost £3)

blt

Oh my god! I do the innocent smoothie thing too!

Bestthingsinlifearefree

My virginity.

DAME_3

I will only buy:
- Ecover cleaning products
- Pantene, but only buy it when it's on sale
- butter - will not use margarine
- Hellmans
- Grossmans pasta sauce - all the others have too much sugar and taste sweet - but again, only buy it when it's on sale
- olive oil - but buy it at Aldi / Lidl for a good price
- real parmesan - again from Aldi and only on special dishes - the rest of the time I use 'grated hard Italian cheese' from Makro
- branded toilet paper - when it's on special, it's usually cheaper if you compare it PER SHEET, not only per roll
- bottled spring water - though from Lidl it's only 18p per bottle!

I will not give up broadband or cable tv - where we live we get NO channels without it. But it's actually cheaper to have broadband, cable, and phone from NTL as a package than we were paying for broadband and phone alone!

My OH now drinks Aldi diet 'coke' after trying all the other options. He puts some lemon juice in it and it's drinkable - not the same as Diet Coke, but ok.

I use the laundry balls now, got them at the home show 2 years ago and wouldn't bother going back to lugging laundry soap home!

roversbabe

Kelloggs cereals and heinz tomato soup. I've tried others and they're just not as good.

firstyearisthehardest

I have to buy Glamour magazine every month - £2:p
Trevor Sorbie Hair products and Olay moisturiser.:A
I love the limited edition diet coke with cherry - Ive spent about £5 per week on it this month!:o
I have to have Gold Blend Coffee as well!:rolleyes:
Blossom Hill Rose on a friday night:beer:

For food shopping - I always buy free range or local meat.
Hienz Tomato sauce and HP sauce
Birdseye burgers
Im sure there is loads more that I dont even realise. I do tend to automatically go for the brand products but im getting better!:o