Whats the biggest sacrifice you've made in your debt free journey?!

hattiefats

Just interested to know what people gave up to push them along on their debt free journey........personally I gave up smoking (which turned out to be one of the best things ever!!!) but I didn't have my hair cut or coloured for a year and a half which was hard!!!! I did all the other stuff too ie:changing utility suppliers, reducing bills, snowballing debts, not going out, walking instead of driving but the haircuts I really felt was a sacrifice!!
I looked like a wild woman! But a slightly less debt ridden one! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
BTW I appreciate that people have lost their homes and relationships due to debt I'm not trying to be insensitive...just interested in what people found really hard to give up even though they knew they needed to!

ald65

omg so many!!!! holidays, car,haircuts, dishwasher replacement, nights out,luxury food,takeaways etc,etc
however sad to say that my biggest sacrifice was clothes. . .

catmiaow

I would say clothes, holidays, meals out, home repairs, moving house, new car so many too mention...

katsu

We gave up borrowing to buy cars. My husband drives over 30 miles a day to work and back in a car I purchased for £500 about two years ago. The car is very old, very basic, somewhat rusty, but we paid for it in cash. We put off getting him a new car until our debts were cleared and now we are saving up so we can buy one in cash.

milliemonster

Hubby gave up his beloved sports car but this instantly cut our debt by £15k and we have saved an additional £10k since he sold it which would have been spent on running it and instead has gone off the debt

hypno06

Its not so much about making sacrifices.....but about prioritising, and reassessing what you actually need

MsRed1

Probably sounds really shallow but I'm not buying any more Body Shop £12.50 body butters. Bought a £6.00 litre bottle of Sweet Almond Oil instead. Should last a couple of months.

savingmummy

My Mobile phone went in 2006, have not had my hair done since dec 2005:eek:
My wardrobe comprises of 5 black trousers, 2 jumpers and 4 summer tops all of which i did not buy my mother did lol!
I halve my main meal, have soups for lunch, Tap water for drinks. No meals out, no buying for `me` ie new cd, no makeup, perfume etc
I`m living with it none were hard tbh, i had no choice but to stop it!
Until i get myself sorted then i`m not entitled to luxurys imo.

I have found many on here still WANT but unless you STOP you will not get there!!:p x

nekosuki

I moved from a 1 bed flat to a shared house. It's saving me £100+ per month but I loathe living with strangers, goodness I'm so anti-social!!

Locke

There wasn't a smoking ban the last time I had a night out in the pub.:o

Aputsiaq

MsRed1 wrote: »

Probably sounds really shallow but I'm not buying any more Body Shop £12.50 body butters. Bought a £6.00 litre bottle of Sweet Almond Oil instead. Should last a couple of months.

You could make your own at a fraction of the cost and sell the surplus to friends and family