No Buying Toiletries in April Challenge!

BekahC

Hello.....

My name is Bekah and I am a beautyproductaholic

From a quick mental add up i have:

4 shampoos (not toooo bad)
7 conditioners
10 facemasks
4 face scrubs
4 moisturisers
3 huge body lotions
3 half filled shower gels
10 lip balms
2 hand creams
2 eye creams
4 deodorants
3 perfumes


and far too much make up to even list :S


I am aiming to not spend ANYTHING until this is pretty much all gone...including make up (huge thing for me as normally buy 3-5 new things a month!)


Only things i need to buy are pore strips and dry shampoo

BekahC

but im not too sure if i'm ready to count it all up :eek:

Bronnie

AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

That's better!

After pontificating over the most MSE way of restocking my P&P, DD and I trotted off to Boots today, with me clutching my £25 gift card, Advantage Card and extra points vouchers in my hot little hand, to buy the P&P set for £31.

This was going to be a very MS purchase as Kaz has offered to help out, thus off-setting the cost of the serum which I don't use. What potentially could have been a £40 outlay for me, was actually going to be a money-neutral spend :T
with lots of extra points thrown in for good measure!

Went to the ACM first and DD and I both checked the offers, although no further P&P deals thrown up. Headed off to the counter. Quelle disastre! The £31 set was completely sold-out.

Oh! I didn't see that one coming. :mad:

Now what? Watch this space Kaz!

trudij

Pah - call that a stash?? !!!!

welcome !!!

Im doing really well with using things up lately - must be all the baths Im having and various body butters/lotions almost halfway through a load of others, only thing that seems to be never ending at the moment is that bloody botanics stuff STILL !!!!

given up on that bloke - hes taking far too long, he cant be terribly interested in me at all - last conversation we had was to ask me about a problem with his horse, and did I know a saddle fitter - to which my answer was something along the lines of "am I the yellow pages now??" told him what he wanted to know and ended with "Nice to know I have a use"... and got back "Im not using you,Im not like that" - yeah right..... lol !!!! !!!! be interesting to see if he asks Natalie about me tomorrow when she goes out to see his pony... bet he doesnt !!!

well done everyone - there WILL be space in our bathrooms !!!!

BekahC

lol thats just whats in the bathroom - there is a box in DH wardrobe and my step kids got the rest

tara747

I can't sleep

Bronnie wrote: »

AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

That's better!

After pontificating over the most MSE way of restocking my P&P, DD and I trotted off to Boots today, with me clutching my £25 gift card, Advantage Card and extra points vouchers in my hot little hand, to buy the P&P set for £31.

This was going to be a very MS purchase as Kaz has offered to help out, thus off-setting the cost of the serum which I don't use. What potentially could have been a £40 outlay for me, was actually going to be a money-neutral spend :T
with lots of extra points thrown in for good measure!

Went to the ACM first and DD and I both checked the offers, although no further P&P deals thrown up. Headed off to the counter. Quelle disastre! The £31 set was completely sold-out.

Oh! I didn't see that one coming. :mad:

Now what? Watch this space Kaz!

I feel your pain Bronnie, what a disappointment.

But I have the perfect solution. You can buy it online and get 3.5% from Topcashback!!! Simples

trudij wrote: »

Im doing really well with using things up lately - must be all the baths Im having and various body butters/lotions almost halfway through a load of others, only thing that seems to be never ending at the moment is that bloody botanics stuff STILL !!!!

given up on that bloke - hes taking far too long, he cant be terribly interested in me at all - last conversation we had was to ask me about a problem with his horse, and did I know a saddle fitter - to which my answer was something along the lines of "am I the yellow pages now??" told him what he wanted to know and ended with "Nice to know I have a use"... and got back "Im not using you,Im not like that" - yeah right..... lol !!!! !!!! be interesting to see if he asks Natalie about me tomorrow when she goes out to see his pony... bet he doesnt !!!

OMG, is that the Botanics body butter???? Is it still going??? :eek:

Shame about the guy, he doesn't sound worthy of you though. Life's too short to be wasting time worrying about it, you have the right attitude trudi!!! :T:T

p.s. welcome Bekah!!!

Bronnie

can you use the gift card and vouchers online though?

tara747

Bronnie wrote: »

can you use the gift card and vouchers online though?

I *think* you can redeem a Boots GC online but am not 100% sure. If not, you can order it online for store collection and, when you collect it, ask them to refund it and buy it again with your vouchers (they will allow this, I've done it).

Bronnie

Think I'll try another Boots on my way to work tomorrow!

I've also got a £5 No 7 voucher as well now! Don't know what's compatable with what!! Yelp! Such a faff!

tara747

Good luck Bronnie! Ah, the joy of not having to worry about maximising value in Boots any more... still, it's good mental exercise :rotfl: