Reformed shopaholic? please can you give me the benefit of your advice

Anglea

Hi everyone :j

NGlady -

Today went to Chesterfield. Brought a next hoodie and 3 dorothy perkins t-shirts for a tenner

Didn't you bet me few days earlier you had stopped buying this week?

You know we all want a minute by minute account of tomorrow don't you. Including food and hotels (if you stay).

Hi debtfreeforever lots of useful advice in your post.

VNMS - that's a good idea to save your returns money. I wonder if you'll be dipping into it?

Completelylost - did you get the decaff tea?

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Today I spent £1.98 but have been wondering where on earth did my 30 odd pounds go on yesterday in Lidl. I only bought some chicken breasts, 2 tins tuna, no other meat , the rest was fresh fruit, veg, and few other jars. Oh, and a bottle of Amaretto, half price compared to Co-op where I live. I remember when Lidl used to be dirt cheap..

Paid gas bill over £200 today. I dread to think how much I spent this week, and that's mainly necessities.

NGlady

Oh no deffinatly wont be stopping tomorrow Will be home for Casulty lol. And yes I shall provide full blow by blow details for alll

And yes I lost my bet - you seem to know me too well Angela lol.

CompletelyLost

Anglea wrote: »

Completelylost - did you get the decaff tea?

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Today I spent £1.98 but have been wondering where on earth did my 30 odd pounds go on yesterday in Lidl. I only bought some chicken breasts, 2 tins tuna, no other meat , the rest was fresh fruit, veg, and few other jars. Oh, and a bottle of Amaretto, half price compared to Co-op where I live. I remember when Lidl used to be dirt cheap..

Paid gas bill over £200 today. I dread to think how much I spent this week, and that's mainly necessities.

Almost forgot to put my tea into my spreadsheet, so thanks for the reminder! My mum got it for me as I didn't go out. So, £1.83 spent. Tea is one thing I don't feel guilty about, as it stops me snacking on other stuff Plus I have been without tea for three days now :eek:

Hmm, we shop at Lidl for most things as find them cheaper that the other supermarkets here (Asda, Iceland & Aldi). I guess it all depends on what foods, etc, you buy? Though we buy all our fruit & veg from the local market as it's cheaper/better quality. I get my tea from Lidl, hehe. £1.83 for 80 bags... in Asda it's £1.38 for 40 bags *fountain of useless tea knowledge*.

Anyway, looking forward to hearing about your day NGlady How nosey are we all?!

Oh, and welcome debtfreeforever. I read your post earlier, lots of good advice. #10 especially applies to me.

NGlady

Just packed my bag for tomorrow. So flipping heavy I dont thin kthe idea of straightening my hair on the train is going to work, damn damn fiddlesticks!

debtfreeforever_2

CompletelyLost wrote: »

Oh, and welcome debtfreeforever. I read your post earlier, lots of good advice. #10 especially applies to me.

Thanks!!

Anglea

NGlady wrote: »

Just packed my bag for tomorrow. So flipping heavy I dont thin kthe idea of straightening my hair on the train is going to work, damn damn fiddlesticks!

Are you returning any clothes while you're there? Probably need a suitcase then LOL

NGlady

Angela, your cheeky! No im not returning anything, anybody would think I like returning things by what you just suggested

tlb2408

Hi everyone well spending is so far:

Thursday -
£2.99 for Mcdonalds breakfast we met there and everyone else was having one!!! Although was a waste of money really!!
£11.75 to get into the park didn't have to pay for my baby thankfully
£2.00 on ice cream and chocolate at park

Friday
£47.27 - Food shopping at Aldi gutted it came to that much!
£68.75 - this was on a couple of outfits for my daughter and sun hats and two new bra sets for me (although until this morning realised I did need some new sized ones so pleased with them now) oh and BBQ this was the actual reason I went in there!!!!

The magazine I subscribed to was papercraft inspirations the free gift is stampin up stamps!!! Sorry I know someone asked but can't remember who.

Haven't had time to read all the posts and got to go and sort my DD out now so hope everyone is doing better than me.

Hoping for a NSD today.
T

Anglea

NGlady wrote: »

Angela, your cheeky! No im not returning anything, anybody would think I like returning things by what you just suggested

Have a wonderful time NGlady, hope you get your handbag.

Have a good Saturday everyone

tlb - it was me asking about the magazine, I'm always nosy LOL

I mentioned yesterday I was stunned at the Lidl prices and now I see that you paid a lot in Aldi, a similar type of shop.

Mags30

debtfreeforever wrote: »

Here's what I've learnt from my experience (you've probably heard it all before but I'll list it anyway in case it helps even one person!):

Hi and welcome, so glad you joined in:) I'm going to print that 1-10 advice post later. Thank you.