What won't you scrimp on?

Foggster

British "happy" meat. The thought of danish bacon/pork leaves me cold.

Free range eggs

Cat food (not for me)

Beauty treatments - not many but I look forward to pedicure/manicure every few weeks.

Orpheo

Cake........

Sepa74

Happy meat and eggs from the farmers market
Fairtrade chocolate, tea and coffee
Flights that leave and arrive at a decent hour of the day
I refuse to fly Ryanair!

jamsandwhich

Empty_pockets wrote: »

Tyres

Real ale

Proper pork pies

Hi-Fi

Oh my soul - real ale and proper pork pies, forgot about those.

The tyres are obviously important too - just not as much as the above and the Hi-fi, that has to wait until the poor old dear next door has a day out . . . .:rotfl:

fillyfop

Thank you for this ... it's quite an interesting read!

For me:

Food generally. I don't buy alot, but what I do buy, I always go for better quality items and I'm very fussy with my teabags. I have to get the same brand everytime but I do experiment with different types (assam, lady grey, darjeeling etc...)

Sky. I couldn't live without it!

Annual trip to Amsterdam. I go for Queens day every year and will spend whatever necessary. It's very expensive every year because it's a public holiday there so pricey accom and bank holidays here so pricey flights!!

Friday: Fry up at work, Fish and chips for dinner

Everything else is fair game for me I think ... never pay full price for cinema/restaurant/days out etc. Generally try to do these on myster shops! I've also cut back on how often I go out etc

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Hmmm what couldnt I live without/give up?
realise I am in a lucky position to have the choice about any of this!

*decent meat and decent fruit and veg
*decent tea bags (tho we did cut down to value ones whilst I was out of work but Id struggle to do it now!)
*tv and internet (tho dont have sky)
*Holiday/weekend away at least once a year- even if its in this country just for a change of scene and perspective
*car- but only as I need it for work

thats about it really- nothing else I can think of that really springs to mind

AvidSaver

Family membership of local leisure centre - money well spent as between hubby and I and 3 teenagers we all make really good use of it.

Our 6 pet rabbits - even they get their dried food in bulk when on offer and "goody bags" of carrot tops and green leaves from kind neighbours. Occasional litter of babies adds to teenagers pocket money.

Family holiday

Hubby and teenagers won't go without sky (I have sneakily trimmed package down!!)

usa1

Clarks shoes and education/School fees (for the kids.)
Tony and Guy hair cuts (for me)
A holiday in the sunshine (usually The Sun holidays)
Free range eggs,

LittleMissAspie

All of my non-negotiables revolve around animals and the environment.

I'm trying to switch to organic dairy products as animal welfare is more important than money to me. Getting some resistance from the boyfriend and am appalled at the lack of choice in organic cheese. Would never buy battery eggs either.

Wouldn't scrimp on our cat's food, she gets the highest quality.

I also strictly buy cleaning products and toiletries that are eco and animal friendly even if they cost more. I use a lot of Astonish cleaning products which you can get in pound shops but our laundry stuff is from the Co-op... to be honest I have no idea how the price of that compares to mainstream brands as I don't consider mainstream brands to be an option. I like the Co-op because they state whether their products contain animal ingredients or not.

Same for toiletries, used to buy only Lush who are quite expensive. Trying to have a cheaper year this year, I'm trying out the Faith in Nature range which are very reasonable in price. One pure luxury I have is buying toiletries from a company in Australia called Perfumatory who I love. The shipping is eyewatering and the products themselves are pretty expensive too.

katsu

* loo roll (has to be soft and recycled)
* fairtrade versions of foods - basically when getting shopping, if you can get it fairtrade or recycled then we feel we should put our money where our principles are!
* UK call centres (so car insurance, home insurance, CC etc) - I believe in keeping jobs in the UK even if the cost is a bit higher
* beautician visits for hair removal
* haircuts with the hairdresser I know and trust (I go every six weeks too!)
* branded shampoo & conditioner recommended by my hairdresser (but now purchased cheaper from ebay!)