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

Souk08

Congrats Lisa! Anglea had a mad busy week....but got a date tomorrow with a guy I saw months ago. Bit geeky but we'll see XXX

ThinkingOfLinking

Hi all,
Been mad busy...waiting to hear if I got into uni, and have found a great room in student halls with other mature students so nice and quiet...please send me positive vibes!!

My plan now is to spend the next few weeks sorting my things out as I don't want to take so much over to the new place if I end up moving there as the room is half the size of the one I have now which is already bursting at the seams!!

If anyone wants a copy of In The Red, I am selling my old copy via Greenmetropolis as well as loads of other books...need to try and offload as many as possible before moving again!!

littlekitty2010

I have a terrible habit of when i like something i buy 2 of it so i end up with dupicate items its silly but i tell mmyself i love the particular item so much that ill get 2 of it in case i dont see anything like it again:(. Or ill see a jumper and cant pick a colour and have to buy all 3 colours:o

When im in a shop my adrenaline starts pumping it is like a fix but as soon as i leave the shop i know the clothes 90% of the time wont be worn but wont take it back cos theres this nagging voice at the back of my head that says what if i need 3 different colours of the same cardigan. Madness:(
So ive taken some advice of here and had a bit of a clear out.
Listed loads on ebay and will hopefully have a few quid to pay of the old CC balance:D

CompletelyLost

^Ooooh, I am a just like that! Especially buying two of the same item if I really love it :S I have so many duplicates it's ridiculous... It's a safety thing for me, in case I ruin one (to be fair I do drop stuff on my clothes all the time, like curry, which doesn't wash out).

Anyway! I've had a look through my spending spreadsheet for April, and worked out that I have had 13 NSDs in April :jAnd my total spends were £57.85 on non-necessities :j:j Though it seems that my biggest problem is spending on junk food - £20 of that was on junk/takeaways :S

I hope to stick below £100 for May too.

Today wasn't a NSD. I bought a lovely top, which will match a pair of shoes that I've been stashing away for a while because I had nothing that would match them. So spent £8 today. Not bad, right?

How are the rest of you doing??? It's awfully quiet here.

NGlady

Hi all
My what a week!
When the site did its update last week, it logged me out - and I didn't know my password. Couldn't get into the Email account which its registered to and only this morning had chance to re-set password on Email accnt and get back onto here
I shall be back with a account of my last week - and if as anybody who reads my daily posts knows, this is going to be very long, so get lots of packets of crisps to the ready!

Anglea

Hi all,

Completely lost, you are doing well so far, what colour was the top?

Flickering Ember - well I learn something everyday. I had no idea that older students could be residential. Sending you lots of good wishes.

Souk - what was the geeky date like?

Buying 2 of everything - now that is something that I wish I did more often, because of the times I've worn something and found it comfortable and it really suited me, then it got ruined and I couldn't get a replacement - clothing as well as shoes.

NGlady - I'm really glad that you are back, beginning to think you were too busy for us. So I'll get a 6 pack of Teddy crisps and bag of yoghurt banana chips and a 2 pint mug of coffee ready for your post :rotfl:

Souk08

Morning, geek was good. Saw him ages ago and he's fun. Got loads planned for this month but will see if I can fit him in somewhere!

NGlady

Hi all here goes Angela gimmie some pommies please?

Nope not too busy for my MSE ladies

Regarding buying two of things, I agree with Angela, I really wish at times that I did do this. There was one REALLY comfortable pair of shoes which stand out a couple of years ago, I literally lived in them as they was so comfortable yet so lovely to look at wear and tear and I couldn't replace them with something as comfortable cos they was discontinued, was well disappointed lol.

Souk - Glad you enjoyed your date!!

Completelylost - I need some of your magic potion you seem to have taken recently. Isn't it nice, when you don't buy much for ages and you go shopping and you see something and you buy it without guilt - well, I wouldn't really know about that myself sadly as im still failing to give up spending.

Also welcome to the new girlies on board Hope you've all got your spending diaries started The sooner you get these started the better


Total spends

Ok - so shall hopefully not confuse you with the following stuff lol.

Total spends for the week between Sat 17th and Fri 23rd is a wopping £173.62 - SHOCKING. However, this has covered all of my work purchases which was essentials. There wasn't really anything brought that I didn't need, so it isnt too bad!

Total spends Sat 24th-Fri 30th - £80.05 - this included work purchasing - shall discuss/moan about this below lol. Did buy a £19 bus ticket, which lasts 6 days, so effectively one free day next week, which I shall have to make a NSD as per below!!


Love life!

I have got to conclude that T is the most gentlemanly man I have met in god knows how long - he is such a sweet hearted fella. Last week I went to Manchester and we got stuck in Traffic for over an hour and a half, as we forgot the Manchester United match was on and we went to the trafford centre. When we got back into the city, I had a banging headache, he was such a lovely guy to me. Ended up missing my train by literally a few seconds, even though he was going out that night and it was going to make him massively late, he waited round an hour with me I was really disappointed that I took a clutch bag back when buying work shoes as a contribution to the cost, I wanted it back cos ive been thinking about it LOTS so clearly its a must havem couldn't find it so after I went home last night he trapised around Manchester to get it for me He is sending it me through the post as I can't go next weekend. What a lovely guy?!

I am now officially a taken lady It was so sweet how he asked me :$

He is really making an effort with how he dresses now - I mentioned last week, how much better he looked when he has got a shirt on, even if the shirt is open with a tee underneith and he is trying to keep doing it

He did have his pharmasist head on yesterday when we was discussing something. But you tell him he is clever, he completely denys it and tells me it was just hard work and nothing ever just came to him easily. He is sooo down to earth.

Yesterday, we was "car dancing" on the way to Oldham - i.e we moved our arms around whilst driving in completely unco-ordination ways!! lol. Was hillerious

My new job!!

Well, I started work last monday - and it did take a couple of days to get back into it to be honest. The training was that I would take a week just to listen to calls and get into it - before next three weeks being more hands on But I am back into it now I am genuinely enjoying the job, and the people on my team are fantastic. I really hope to continue making friends with them, they are really my sort of people.

I did notice however, how much money I was spending on being at work :O Examples of which are on Monday I spent £5 at work :O and on Tuesday another £5 :O On wednesday I spent £2 on pop but took my own dinner. So went shopping on Weds night and brought 12 cans of pop for £2 from Morrisons. I am getting VERY mse, because in my old job, that really wouldn't have bothered me I am going to allow myself a £5 limit for food at work each week, as its always nice to be able to have something with a colleague if we go to lunch together etc. But - theres 33 weeks until xmas, and it was going to come in at £20 a week for food at work, so if I manage every day I don't spend anything at work to tranx £3 into another bank account, by xmas thats a wopping £495!!! That will almost pay for either an holiday next year or most of my car insurance. Crazy really. Going to open a bank account with Halifax as they have an account where U just have a book for and not a card so wont be able to access it


Buses will cost me £67pm

SKINT,SKINT,SKINT
Isn't it crazy, when you come off benefits and you have to try and last on the money you have saved in your bank account. If I had of left it another month without a job, I don't think I could have afforded to go to work (lol) I have £8 per day to last me not including bus fares but this has to include my train fares to manchester and everything! It's daft, because admittedly I am not going to be minted on payday, but I am going to have a very good wage come in, be good if I could have got paid half way through the month. But I shall cope

So lots of NSDs to be had!

Also, my sisters birthday on Thursday. My other two sisters, I managed to get very good birthday pressies with from website glitches in the bargain section of the website. I have left it far too late for Amazon etc so going to have to ave a good luck later at what I can get for her Shall have to give myself a £10 budget though Which means NSD x 2 really.


Oh well!!

OK here endeth the essay!

littlekitty2010

Anglea wrote: »

Hi all,

Completely lost, you are doing well so far, what colour was the top?

Flickering Ember - well I learn something everyday. I had no idea that older students could be residential. Sending you lots of good wishes.

Souk - what was the geeky date like?

Buying 2 of everything - now that is something that I wish I did more often, because of the times I've worn something and found it comfortable and it really suited me, then it got ruined and I couldn't get a replacement - clothing as well as shoes.

NGlady - I'm really glad that you are back, beginning to think you were too busy for us. So I'll get a 6 pack of Teddy crisps and bag of yoghurt banana chips and a 2 pint mug of coffee ready for your post :rotfl:

i must admit when i buy something and love it i am sooo glad i bought two of it but for that one purchase there is maybe 10 that never gets wore more than 2 or 3 times so it doesnt often pay i should really start to keep the reciepts as you have 28days refund anyway if item is unsuitable to at least return the duplicate item but again that nagging voice saying but what if:( also think id be a bit embaressed returning that item and the cashier seeing i had bought two of the same item she would probably think im a nut job!!

ThinkingOfLinking

Anglea wrote: »

Flickering Ember - well I learn something everyday. I had no idea that older students could be residential. Sending you lots of good wishes.

Depending on what happens in my personal life and if I get in or not, I may make that room my home for up to 5 years!!

Thanks...REALLY want and need this more than ever....

Selling at least one of my guitars this week; massive declutter and downsize in operation and needing money plus the guitars are too big for me; going to try and get a half size which is hard when you're left handed. But I never play my instruments cos they're too bulky and I get sprains in my hands and wrists trying....

Need to be really stingy with money as I have so many potential costs to meet.