No buying toiletries in February challenge!

mrs-moneypenny

really thick question coming up please dont all laugh at once:o
could someone tell me how to subscribe to a thread please?

im a hoarder
we have 100's of dvds ~(as well as 100s of videos DH wont get rid of the videos but we have most of the fillms again of dvd - they have been moved outside to huge boxes in the shed) im as bad as well as my toiletery stash there my book stash, my wool stash, my embroidery and needlework stash.:o
we have tons and tons of board games so usually spend so long deciding what to watch or play that we run out of time to do either
my DD did say to me last weekend whe we were going through piles of colouring pencils and feltpens "why do we need so many ones of the same colour?":o ive adopted a 2 sharpens and you are out rule with the pencil crayons ie if that break stright after sharpening they get another chance and if the same happens out they go. i threw a carrier bag of felt pans away last week just because theyd dried up through lack of use.

thanks to this thread and the declutter thread im hoping to get on top of it.

poppy_f1

so finished/chucked out a urban decay big fatty mascara - was getting all clumpy and had it a while so out it went, will be buying this again at some point i love this mascara but have loads of other No7/clinique etc to use up first

I hate how all the time you get a clinique bonus time or a No7 gift there is always a mini mascara in them (oh and in no7 case a mini handcream)

welshangel

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

could someone tell me how to subscribe to a thread please?

Go up to the thread tools button, and it is in there, Click subscribe, then you can see your subs from the CP page x

Not a daft question at all!

Kaz2904

tara747 wrote: »

Is this me or Queen of NO MATTER WHAT? I'm not sportybabe in any case... :rotfl: keep guessing!

Haha, no I've not rumbled you yet! I reckon its QoNMW. We'll find out later lol!

tara747

moggylover wrote: »

My DS1 got a bottle of Diesel for Life for Christmas and I absolutely hate it! I can taste it all day! It seems to kill my sense of smell for anything else completely and I shall be heartily glad when he has finished it! He has been using it for school so that it gets gone:D

He loves really nice smellies: and has absolutely NO trouble using them up (again need rollyeyes) but this one is a definite no for the future. His favourites are Davidoff Cool Water and Armani He and I love both of those so I can't wait for him to finish the Diesel and move onto those:j

What age is your DS1? None of the boys at my school ever used aftershave!!! :eek: Or am I getting old, do all the kids wear it nowadays?

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Haha, no I've not rumbled you yet! I reckon its QoNMW. We'll find out later lol!

Ooh, *intrigued*.

moggylover

tara747 wrote: »

What age is your DS1? None of the boys at my school ever used aftershave!!! :eek: Or am I getting old, do all the kids wear it nowadays?




Ooh, *intrigued*.

DS1 is 14:o He has been into these sort of smellies for a couple of years now and so are most of his friends so it must be the wind of change:D.

Actually, I rather like it. I was expecting a war about getting them to wash, clean hair, etc., in their teens but both of mine are very fond of a wallow in the bath and love really nice smells:o

Bronnie

tara747 wrote: »

I can't sleep

So I came downstairs to browse for 10 mins to tire myself out... and am soooo tempted to buy myself a new bracelet and earrings. Must resist... :rotfl:

Bronnie, you still up? Or do I win the 'latest post' award for tonight? Although it is early morning really...

LOL, no I retired at 3.10, you won that one!! Actually it was a forced retirement as my laptop started to overheat:rotfl:
See my panic-striken thread in the Techie forum at 1.00am:rotfl:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=29715201&highlight=#post29715201

A bit of a timely reminder actually to those using laptops on their laps for prolonged periods whilst wearing a fluffy dressing gown...ie ME!!!
This can block all the ventilation holes on the laptop and cause overheating, it should be used on a tray or similar hard surface apparantly. Am I the only daft bat who didn't think of that??

Becky_2

I am having a day off today to study for an assessment next week so I am staying in all day. I am having a small sample of Liz Earle's smoothing line serum which I am wearing as a moisturiser today (it says you can do this on the tube) and it's ok but I cannot wait until this has been used up. Line serum to me seems a waste of money.

topbargainhunter

My mum was a massive hoarder and our house was packed to the rafters with what I would call junk. My parents had nothing, and my mum cleaned in a shopping centre so she used to bring home what the shops chucked out. Now I'm the complete opposite, I'm always giving stuff to charity shops to keep the clutter down.

I do have too many clothes (cos my weight is always up and down) and too many toiletries, just because I love them, and that's it. The reason I love toiletries is the smells, I love gorgeous smells, and have to buy them.

Like a lot of other people on here, I've realised now just having them is daft if I don't use them, they'll just go off. One thing I do use constantly is perfume, and I love it on other people too, unless it's the really strong overpowering stuff. But we all have different tastes and even that's better than someone's BO isn't it?

lostinrates

Bronnie wrote: »

LOL, no I retired at 3.10, you won that one!! Actually it was a forced retirement as my laptop started to overheat:rotfl:
See my panic-striken thread in the Technie forum at 1.00am:rotfl:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=29715201&highlight=#post29715201

A bit of a timely reminder actually to those using laptops on their laps for prolonged periods whilst wearing a fluffy dressing gown...i.e. ME!!!
This can block all the ventilation holes on the laptop and cause overheating, it should be used on a tray or similar hard surface apparently. Am I the only daft bat who didn't think of that??

No. Cats do the same as dressing gowns, apparently, when they sit by lap tops. Mine know that my laptop is warm on the right side and DH's is warm on the left.