No buying toiletries in February challenge!

Mags30

moggylover wrote: »

Can you try to find something you really enjoy doing at home and train yourself not to think of it as "sitting home alone".

For instance, I am disabled and a parent: I am VERY seldom alone and so for me the idea of BEING at home alone actually sounds like quite a treat:o Indeed...........the idea of moving to some remote Scottish island with only the birds for company and no kids to be a pain.....................you get my drift;)

When I lived alone I actually liked it a lot:o Make yourself up a special seat, with a little table next to it for your tea, wine, fag, book and situated just perfectly for your favourite music to sound just spot on on the stereo...............NOT sitting home alone: enjoying some "me" time, and you can even sit there with a face pack on if you want without some berk having to keep making smart @rsed comments:rotfl:

That's such a lovely post, thank you:) I didn't mean to sound like I don't like living alone because I do. I seem to be more productive in the evenings. If I have free time in the mornings I tend to go to the shops and for a coffee. I probably spend less time shopping than people who spend every Saturday afternoon in town but I think it would be good to stop the almost daily trips. Tesco and the post office are in my local shopping centre so any trip can easily become a visit to Boots.

I never impulse buy because I know I can easily come back tomorrow if I really want the item.

Mags30

mineallmine wrote: »

Talking of avoiding shops, I had to get myself away from the shops this lunchtime (yesterday!). I went to see my sis instead. So I think a lot of this is habbit. My splurge in Waitrose was a lot less than a trip in town! Keep the faith.

Definitely a habit and a really difficult one to change. I like shopping more than other things I could be doing. Anyway I'm off to bed. Looking forward to catching up with this thread tomorrow:)

rosemary54

> > For several years, a man was having an affair with an Italian woman. One
> > night, she told him that she was with child. Not wanting to ruin his
> > reputation or his marriage, he gave her a large sum of money to go to
> > Italy and secretly have the child. If she agreed to stay in Italy and
> > raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child
&g t; > turned 18. She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was
> > born. To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a post card,
> > and write 'Spaghetti' on the back. He would then know when to start
> > sending the support payments. About 9 months later, he came home to his
> > confused wife who said, 'Honey, you received the strangest post card
> > today.' 'Oh, just give it to me' he said. The wife watched as he read
> > the card, turned pale as a ghost, and fainted. On the card was written:
> > Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti Three with
> > meatballs, two without. Send extra sauce

debidoodle

Rosemary that did make me laugh

joesaunt

To add to having an ear infection, I now have an eye infection :cool:. Just wondering if anyone can help me work out a way of taking my mascara off without making it worse???!

With your eye infection if you put some baby oil or eye makeup remover onto the back of your hand and roll a cotton bud in to it, then gently roll the cotton bud over your eyelashes, once you have "rolled" a couple of times, throw the cotton bud away and use a new one till the mascara has gone. Use a seperate one for each eye or the infection will spread!

I hope it soon goes. x

joesaunt

It's hard reading what products you all like, it just makes me want to try them and I'm desperatley resisting the urge to spend. I do need a whole set of new makeup brushes because the ones I have are ancient. I've looked on ebay but the good ones are way out of my price range. I'm nearly tempted to buy a cheap set, which has to be a million times better than what I'm using atm :mad:

There is a great website http://www.crownbrush.co.uk/ for makeup brushes. I know they are perhaps a bit expensive, but they last such a long time and makeup goes on much better with a good brush.

I have had some for over 5 years now and they are still like new. You won't need to buy lots, perhaps a foundation one, a big powder one, a blusher one and a couple of eyeshadow ones. Depends on what make up you use. I have the above and also a contour brush, which puts eyeshadow on really well in the crease of your eye and a brush for blending in eyeshadow They are great. Maybe worth saving up for. HTH

debidoodle

Morning ladies

Nothing used up today, update on my mascara which caused a reaction; I phoned Boots CS and they have refunded £11.50 worth of points onto my Boots card.

I do need a mascara as I only have a GWP small one, I am going to Boots today as DD has said she would like the Dove deodrants which will be free as I have vouchers and also look at what mascara's are on offer.

I am also going to buy Soap & Glory face cloths I have had them before and will use them when hubby and I go to Glastonbury.

I never had decent make up brushes and then I invested in the Smashbox ones and I find they are fab, I purchase mine from sellers in America on Ebay, I think you really notice the difference when you have decent brushes and as joesaunt advised you only need a few that you know you will use. I love my foundation brush as you can get into all the nooks and cranny's and application looks flawless.

lostinrates

joesaunt wrote: »

There is a great website http://www.crownbrush.co.uk/ for makeup brushes. I know they are perhaps a bit expensive, but they last such a long time and makeup goes on much better with a good brush.

I have had some for over 5 years now and they are still like new. You won't need to buy lots, perhaps a foundation one, a big powder one, a blusher one and a couple of eyeshadow ones. Depends on what make up you use. I have the above and also a contour brush, which puts eyeshadow on really well in the crease of your eye and a brush for blending in eyeshadow They are great. Maybe worth saving up for. HTH

conversley I have a mixture of cheap and v. expensive bushes, and for some things prefer cheap brushes! My foundation, and mineral foundation, brushes are expensive, as i my powder eyeliner brush, certainly the very soft and good foundation brushes are without doubt worth it to me. I have a couple of dear eyeshadow brushes, but most often use cheapies. I used to by sets on sale after every christmas. That way I can have some for pale matt/dark matt/pale glittery/dark glittery all on the go without mixing or washing to often (I find brushes take an age to dry and its a chore I put off..

tara747

moggylover wrote: »

Can you try to find something you really enjoy doing at home and train yourself not to think of it as "sitting home alone".

For instance, I am disabled and a parent: I am VERY seldom alone and so for me the idea of BEING at home alone actually sounds like quite a treat:o Indeed...........the idea of moving to some remote Scottish island with only the birds for company and no kids to be a pain.....................you get my drift;)

When I lived alone I actually liked it a lot:o Make yourself up a special seat, with a little table next to it for your tea, wine, fag, book and situated just perfectly for your favourite music to sound just spot on on the stereo...............NOT sitting home alone: enjoying some "me" time, and you can even sit there with a face pack on if you want without some berk having to keep making smart @rsed comments:rotfl:

Excellent post!!!!!!! I too love having time to myself, and having the house to myself for an evening/weekend is a particular treat. Wish OH would go out more without me (who are these women who don't let their OHs out of their sight, how claustrophic that must be!).

Mags30, you don't know how lucky you are :rotfl:

Mags30 wrote: »

I never impulse buy because I know I can easily come back tomorrow if I really want the item.

I'm the opposite! I don't always assume that it'll be there tomorrow if it's in Primark/TK Maxx/a sale, as it never is! I have learned this from bitter experience lol. So I'll buy it, then return it if I don't want it. Primark have recently brought back their £5 cardis, and I bought 6 the day I saw them, as I knew there'd be none left the next day. Sure enough...

rosemary54 wrote: »

> > For several years, a man was having an affair with an Italian woman. One
> > night, she told him that she was with child. Not wanting to ruin his
> > reputation or his marriage, he gave her a large sum of money to go to
> > Italy and secretly have the child. If she agreed to stay in Italy and
> > raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child
&g t; > turned 18. She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was
> > born. To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a post card,
> > and write 'Spaghetti' on the back. He would then know when to start
> > sending the support payments. About 9 months later, he came home to his
> > confused wife who said, 'Honey, you received the strangest post card
> > today.' 'Oh, just give it to me' he said. The wife watched as he read
> > the card, turned pale as a ghost, and fainted. On the card was written:
> > Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti Three with
> > meatballs, two without. Send extra sauce

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

tara747

debidoodle wrote: »

Morning ladies

Nothing used up today, update on my mascara which caused a reaction; I phoned Boots CS and they have refunded £11.50 worth of points onto my Boots card.

Well done you! You inspired me to ring up Tesco CS and ask them to apply 120 points to my CC from two receipts as the unhelpful CS person in my local store told me that they were 4 weeks old and could not be added! He also added an extra 200 points as an apology, yippee! So thank you for the reminder.

Have you thought about trying one of the 'sensitive' mascaras next time? Or do you reckon this was just a one-off reaction? Hope you get a good bargain anyway xo