What everyday goods do you now consider a treat?

Uniscots97

I noticed my local Poundland have started selling bread, crumpets. But the bread is of similar you can get in Aldi's for 69p and the crumpets (6 pk) were buy 2 get 1 free, I immediately thought oh 3 for a pound I'll have those till I read it again and realised it was a pound a pack! No way, even sainsbobs isn't that much for them. I know for some people depending on what's near them that might be cheaper but it just shows that even in pound shops you can't assume it will always be cheaper.

uropachild

I used to love my vapouress in the iron, but no way now!!! I just use water from the dehumidifier or plain old council pop.

We used to buy good steak pretty often, but haven't had that in months, maybe years.

Fresh cod! We used to buy that a lot, but now we use the frozen pieces that are only £3 for 6 or something.

Flash wipes.

patentgirl

Another one here for Petrol being way too expensive we too used to enjoy a drive out at weekends with a picnic now its a walk to the allotment! try now to incorporate any shopping or visits to parents after or before work when I have car, drive very carefully now to try and get best fuel consumption wouldnt have thought of that before.
Try not to use tumble drier at all now
Takeaways and magazines limited to one a month each

spike7451

Petrol at my local garage is 139p per litre & 146p per litre diesel.JackieO,have you tried Spars basics cola (35p) or the CoOp's yellow brand cola (29p)..It's just as good as Tesco's,especially in a mixer.
Speaking of which,I like a beer or whisky now & again,I used to drink brands like WM Grants but that is now nearly £17 a bottle,so I see what is on offer or buy Tesco's own brand where I can get a litre of theirs for the same price as a 70cl of Grants.I get my beer,Grafenwalder German Pils,from Lidl at 69p a can (500Ml) so I can get 10 of that beir for £6.90 or buy a case of a premium brand like Stella & pay a tenner for ten 330ml bottles.

Uniscots97

patentgirl wrote: »

Try not to use tumble drier at all now
and magazines limited to one a month each

For drying our clothes (if its dismal outside) I hang stuff up on hangers in the airing cupboard.

As for magazines i used to be terrible for this, I now get some free by getting the supermarket ones and the Boots one (they need to scan your Advantage card but its free), the supermarket ones have the usual food stuff and a bit of fashion in it, Boots have good articles on health, beauty, diet, a little celeb gossip and offers and dicount vouchers

Bambywamby

It is incredibly worrying because there doesn't seem to be an end in sight to the rocketing prices of literally everything. People are losing their jobs or losing overtime and are not getting pay rises so everybody is getting poorer and poorer by the day.

Petrol is obscenely priced, car insurance has gone up for no apparent reason, all the utilities (gas and electric prices make me run cold), it's so ridiculous that heating is fast becoming a luxury. A lot of fresh produce is priced out of a lot of people's budgets now (and I bet the poor farmers aren't feeling the increases in their pockets), even junk food is doubling in price. Whoever thought it would be so expensive to give yourself a heart attack?
Not to mention Education (Uni fast becoming off limits for the working class), NHS cutbacks, obscene transport costs, police/fire/ambulance resources cut, libraries closing, bin collections becoming fortnightly but strangely council taxes keep going up and up.

I understand that the government has to get back the money that Labour have frittered but imo they are doing too much too soon - it doesn't seem to be metered out over the next four years, it is all - "cutbacks now, sod those on low incomes and the normal working man, let them eat cake" and by the time the next election rolls around they can say "look how much we have saved, aren't we good, aren't we worth another four years?"

I think national strikes and riots are fast approaching unless the goverment reassesses their slash and crash mentality.
Or maybe I am just having a bad day.:mad:

crayola

Love this post!

Since buying my flat I've really changed my attitude to a lot of things I used to consider absolutely the norm when I had more disposable. The main one would be take-away lunches of any sort - I rarely made my own sandwiches until now, but now I hardly ever go into Pret or M&S for an overpriced sarnie.

Ditto dining out really: as renters we used to eat in restaurants 2-3 nights a week. Now it's more like once or twice a fortnight, and then it tends to be pizza express with discount cards!

Another change I've made is no longer treating clothes shopping as a 'hobby'. I now go more or less only when I need something.

The only one I really can't kick (and I know it's one of the worst) is take-away coffee. There's just something about stopping off for a freshly-brewed coffee on the way into work. Nothing I've made myself has ever even come close - I've got it down to twice a week rather than every day but I love cappuccino so much I can easily see me slipping back and spending £10 a week on it again.

bluebag

unixgirluk wrote: »

For drying our clothes (if its dismal outside) I hang stuff up on hangers in the airing cupboard.

As for magazines i used to be terrible for this, I now get some free by getting the supermarket ones and the Boots one (they need to scan your Advantage card but its free), the supermarket ones have the usual food stuff and a bit of fashion in it, Boots have good articles on health, beauty, diet, a little celeb gossip and offers and dicount vouchers

At mt local market, the bookstall does 'recycled' womens's magazines at 30p each. It might be worth a look if you have one.

Sometimes charity shops have them too.

If you collect Mr T's clubcard points, it's treble the value for a magazine subscription.

Just a few thoughts to help us all keep a few treats.

threemuttleys

I just popped up the road to post a few letters, and thought id treat myself to a packet of Walkers Prawn Cocktail....came back without, I am NOT paying 85p! Madness

Broomstick

I didn't realise it until now but I think that going shopping without a list would be a luxury. Actually, the more I pull back on buying, the more I realise that shopping as entertainment, or buying things just because I fancy them, no longer fits into my way of wanting to live my life. Simplicity is something I'm looking for anyway and acquiring unnecessary stuff just doesn't fit with simplicity.