When was it acceptable to spent £6 on ...

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

shampoo:eek:

I'm running out of a number of items which I had bought before my DFW days such as shampoo, conditioner, shower gel et al. I was looking at Boots.com last night for some offers and just couldn't believe I had been spending £6 on shampoo. What on earth has been happening? Why did I think before my DFW days that £6 was a great price for shampoo?

Sorry this is a bit of a moan this morning, if I had been more careful with my money and not been spending £6 on shampoo and other cr1p I wouldn't be in this position :mad:

Looking on the positive side I did go through my wardrobe last night and am listing two pair of shoes and two tops on ebay this morning still with tags - oh dear what a total waste of money

black-saturn

Boots do a big bottle of basic shampoo for 23p and the conditioner is 34p. Quite good too.

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

Thanks for this black-saturn, I knew you would have advice for me:D . I've some mystery shops to do at Boots this month so will buy these with the money I make.

bobbadog

I know it's not the *cheapest around*, but I reckon you can't beat Tresemme - it's about £1.99 a bottle, the bottles are LARGE and they are near enough always on BOGOF in Superdrug... one bottle lasts me about 4/5 months! I swear by their colour protect shampoo!

Broken_hearted

Herbal essences is BOGOF in boots at the moment. Have also heard that the boots basic shampoo is very good.

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

Are there any other items you can't believe you paid over the odds for before your DFW days?

Imelda

hello!
Do you use pigsback? I usually get one £10 boots voucher per month and then use it to buy the expensive shampoo and conditioner I like (on 3 for 2 and triple points weekends only though!). I use this only when I am going out at weekends (I love the smell!) as a treat, afterall the only people who see me during the week are work colleagues and they don't matter. Same with make up, I only use cheap and freebie stuff during the week (if at all) and then save my decent stuff for weekends. I must admit though when I started going out with my OH I used to put out all my expensive cosmetics on show, a couple of months later he asked me if I would stay at his flat, when I got there he had bought all the cosmetics I had out so that I wouldn't have to carry them between my place and his (hee hee, how little he knew!).

Imelda

wanna-be-mortgage-free wrote:

Are there any other items you can't believe you paid over the odds for before your DFW days?

Oh yes! £29 on one suntan lotion, I still got burnt.....

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

Imelda wrote:

hello!
Do you use pigsback? I usually get one £10 boots voucher per month and then use it to buy the expensive shampoo and conditioner I like (on 3 for 2 and triple points weekends only though!). I use this only when I am going out at weekends (I love the smell!) as a treat, afterall the only people who see me during the week are work colleagues and they don't matter. Same with make up, I only use cheap and freebie stuff during the week (if at all) and then save my decent stuff for weekends. I must admit though when I started going out with my OH I used to put out all my expensive cosmetics on show, a couple of months later he asked me if I would stay at his flat, when I got there he had bought all the cosmetics I had out so that I wouldn't have to carry them between my place and his (hee hee, how little he knew!).

I've just started using pigsback This is a great idea so am going to buy the 24p stuff for during week hey who am I kidding I've nowhere to go at weekends so might as well use the cheaper stuff then too :rotfl:

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

Imelda wrote:

Oh yes! £29 on one suntan lotion, I still got burnt.....

Ouch! :rotfl:

MoaningMyrtle

I've got enough make-up to last me years, all expensive too. Maybe I'll get a trowel to put it on with. I've been selling cosmetics and toiletries at boot sales, some new, some used once, all for £1.00.