No buying toiletries in February challenge!

thevicster

rosemary - good luck! Hope you resist temptation

lostinrates - me=jealous!

mrs moneypenny - thanks for that, I was quite tired last night so don't think I read the post properly, am going to see if I can get the book out of my pile without all the others falling on top of me!

rosemary54

well I was good and bad!Good in that I went in to Boots (now have £28.50 in points too :j)and came out with Clarins freebies and no spend:jand didn't even go into Lush and BS:T:T:T

not really bad as I did say a while ago I was going to Debs:rotfl:I "bought" clinique concealer and moisture surge for £30 and got a goody bag(not looked at it yet)and just used vouchers/gift card to pay,I even got £4.20 back as cash from the transaction which was a surprise as I thought they would give it on the card.Also it costs £30 but when i looked at the website it cost £35 so that was good:j

I also got the Clarins freebies from JL as well as Boots:j:j:jboth assistants said I was dehydrated and gave me the same stuff,so good I bought moisture surge as well:o

off to confess my clothes buys now:p

mineallmine

Well done on the good, lines for the bad! Could you sell the goody bag (give as a gift) to offset things?

tara747

What clothes did you buy rosemary?

Only 20 lines for you

HappyLottie

Ok,

I have fallen off the wagon big time- I was doing very well. Since (re) starting to challenge I have bought toothpaste, a small S and G body butter (in the 1/3 off) and cotton wool.

For each item I use up from my stash I have been putting money into a pot- had £50 saved since Christmas! However, ended up spending this on buying GHDs which are currently on offer for £99. I will also put the rest of the money I save from no toilettries into paying for this.
I was doing so well before this, decided that my GHDs can be my treat at the end of this (only have bought them half way though instead) Lol

Lottie x

Babafette

That seems perfectly sensible to me Lottie. I wouldn't say that you have fallen off the wagon at all.

fixx

Mags30 wrote: »

Is there anybody on this the "no buying toiletries thread" thread who has managed to not buy anything?

Not me. Though I haven't bought loads... I don't think

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

took my polish off last night nad nails are starting to look a bit discoloured after 4 weeks of constant painting so ive decided once the polish chips it comes off and they get the rest of the week nude with just cuticle cream etc on

I'm using up some french manicure polishes as base coat to help stop my nails staining. I got a set from my cousin, but never do frnech manicures - the nude colours are nice and pale though, so thought they'd work well as base coats, and if i run out of time to do an actual colour, I can just leave my nails a nude colour in the meantime. No staining yet!

tara747 wrote: »

Yes I did, previous page I have moved money from my toiletry savings pot back to my current a/c to 'pay' for it, that was painful!

Used up a Botanics Soothing Body Wash, will add £2.50 to the pot as it was part of a gift set in last year's sale. WIBA: yes, it was lovely.

I have definitely spent less than I normally would whilst on the challenge, and am also only buying things that I love, so that's good. AND I haven't spent any skinnies/snowies, whereas before I would have been spending in lots of £5 just to get them and then using up every last one!!! :rotfl:I've also been off chocolate for over a week, so am saving £££s there (and maybe the splurge yesterday filled a gap?). Anyway, just rambling.

No guilt ladies, let's move onwards and upwards!!! :j

Tara, the Body shop seems to be your downfall, but you get such awesome bargains!

I've also definitely spent less since starting this challenge, and have used up way more than I've bought. So I am decluttering, and saving money, which were my two main goals. And as an extra bonus my skin is so much softer and lovely. This is a great challenge!:j:T:j No guilt from me

rosemary54

tara747 wrote: »

What clothes did you buy rosemary?

Only 20 lines for you

well as I am on the £100 a year challenge I had to be very careful:(

I bought an East green devore velvet skirt down from £89 to £10(at that price I had to have it:rotfl:) and a yellow top from Marks for the summer(if we ever get 1)and as I had a gift card I only paid £10 towards it so a total of £20 leaving me with £65 for the rest of the year:eek:

rosemary54

mineallmine wrote: »

Well done on the good, lines for the bad! Could you sell the goody bag (give as a gift) to offset things?

maybe,have never tried to sell make up on ebay and feel a bit odd giving freebie as a pressie(I have afriend who often give sme pressies of freebies,trouble is they are usually things that don't suit me),may just keep as spares in a handbag(not even looked at it yet(too busy confesssing on here:rotfl:)

rosemary54

rosemary54 wrote: »

well I was good and bad!Good in that I went in to Boots (now have £28.50 in points too :j)and came out with Clarins freebies and no spend:jand didn't even go into Lush and BS:T:T:T

not really bad as I did say a while ago I was going to Debs:rotfl:I "bought" clinique concealer and moisture surge for £30 and got a goody bag(not looked at it yet)and just used vouchers/gift card to pay,I even got £4.20 back as cash from the transaction which was a surprise as I thought they would give it on the card.Also it costs £30 but when i looked at the website it cost £35 so that was good:j

I also got the Clarins freebies from JL as well as Boots:j:j:jboth assistants said I was dehydrated and gave me the same stuff,so good I bought moisture surge as well:o

off to confess my clothes buys now:p

OMG I knew when I looked up prices online there was a 5 at the end ,just rechecked and the sales girl had only charged me for the moisture surge @£30 and not the concealer,another £15:eek::eek::eek:should have been £45 in all,feel a bit bad about it but Debs can afford it and It was not my mistake and would have pointed it out but did not realise with paying by assorted coupons/gift cards.think she was a bit stressed,I stood at the counter(after spending a couple of mins finding what I wanted)and 3 other women behind the counter just ignored me:mad::mad: