What everyday goods do you now consider a treat?

spike7451

Recently I've changed a few things.I was paying £44 a month for car insurance thru a broker,I had been using them since I started driving again in 1998 (I'd been without a car for a couple years before) but by shopping around,I'm now insured directly with the insurer,Axa, for £27 a month with all the same stuff I was paying £44 for..
I've also so left BT,I was paying them on average £25 a month but by switching to Primus,my bill is now around £10 inc calls.
So by these two things,I'm saving myself £17 on the car insurance & around £15 on my phone bill!!!...That's an extra £30 a month I'm saving....yeppers!

marmiterulesok

Broomstick wrote: »

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.

My sentiments exactly!

I no longer will stop off in town to have a coffee or a snack.

I don't go shopping without a shopping list and meal plan as well.Having a weekly budget also helps me to be reasonable/sensible with what I spend.I still have the urge sometimes to impulse buy,but usually manage to talk myself out of it.

I have never made it a habit to get takeaways,so that's not a problem.

I certainly don't go shopping just to spend money,which is what I used to do.:o

I bought some new bras this year,but apart from that,haven't bought any new clothes since 2008.

I appreciate more what I have and realise that I don't actually need much else.

marmiterulesok

rosalie-lavender wrote: »

I make my clothes as well and that saves me a lot of money too.

I learnt how to make the money go round from quite a young age watching my Mum struggling to keep 5 on very little money. No matter how hard up we were though, we have never been as poor as my grandfather was when he was growing up in the 1920's. He shared a pair of boots with his brother and his mum. The boys took it in turn to go to school, one going one day and the other the next. When child and boots got home from school, their mum wore the boots to go shopping.

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Your grandfather's childhood experiences certainly make any money worries that I have pale by comparision.Thanks for sharing.

I have been thinking about making my own clothes,though I'm absolutely clueless.Mind you,you have to start somewhere.My Mum is a wonderful seamstress/knitter,but it's never really interested me.

goodgirl80

threemuttleys wrote: »

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

Are they really 85p :eek::eek:

CH27

I stuck got at the hospital for 2 1/2hrs on tuesday with my in laws.

It cost me £2.10 for a small coffee:eek:

Between petrol, parking & coffee I had no change from £10.

threemuttleys

goodgirl80 wrote: »

Are they really 85p :eek::eek:

Yup..was gutted.

they used to be 4 packets for £1 (not very MSE way, but they are the only flavour I like, but I dont eat crisps very often)

Having said that...I do wonder how much further people are going to be able to cut their spends. Will there be a point where we go shopping with a blank list?

CH27

threemuttleys wrote: »

Yup..was gutted.

they used to be 4 packets for £1 (not very MSE way, but they are the only flavour I like, but I dont eat crisps very often)

Having said that...I do wonder how much further people are going to be able to cut their spends. Will there be a point where we go shopping with a blank list?

Can I ask you? Did you refuse to buy them because they were expensive & not worth it or beacuse you couldn't afford it?

There is quite a lot of stuff I can afford to buy refuse to pay the prices.
Also I genuinely cannot afford lots of stuff.

bluebag

CH27 wrote: »

I stuck got at the hospital for 2 1/2hrs on tuesday with my in laws.

It cost me £2.10 for a small coffee:eek:

Between petrol, parking & coffee I had no change from £10.

For a hospital, that's truly scandalous, it's not as if you have a lot of choice is it?

goodgirl80

CH27 wrote: »

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There is quite a lot of stuff I can afford to buy refuse to pay the prices.
Also I genuinely cannot afford lots of stuff.

There's a lot of stuff I can't afford but wouldn't buy even if I could because the prices of stuff takes the !!!!!!

spike7451

The sidelight bulb on my car blew,Looking in Tesco,they were wanting nearly £5 for two of them,same price as my local garage so I went to a car parts store (not Halfords,one of the back street ones) & got two for £1.50.