What's Just Not Worth Scrimping On?

Mrs_Ryan

Oh I forgot shoes! My work shoes cost me 50 quid but with the battering they get its worth it. My last pair cost 50 and I wore them till they literally fell off my feet but they lasted 2 and a half years. I've just bought another pair and they were 50 quid as well.. hopefully they will last as long. My mate who says everything I buy is a waste of money moaned that was too much to pay for work shoes and I should just get a cheap pair from a value shoe shop until I pointed out that doing that would probably mean I would need a new pair every week! Yes ok my shoes are Kickers and yes i probably am partly paying for the name but they are well made and comfortable so I don't mind paying out every few years.

Marziepants

Toothpaste. Stock up when it's on offer, and use an electric toothbrush so you only need a pea-sized blob, but has to be branded. These teeth have another 70 years in them and need to last it!

Emzilla

Great thread. I think everyone has their own items that they would never scrimp on. For me, it has to be fish fingers (must be Birdseye) and Pepsi (has to be from a can - bottled doesn't taste the same). Oh, and razor blades, as I found out the other week (I still have scabs on my ankle and heel where I clipped them with the cheap ones I got).

Emz xx

GraciesGran

Because I won't compromise on meat, fish and eggs 50% of our meals are veggie. OH drinks one cup of coffee a day and that is 'Alto Rica', everything else has been 'branded down' to the cheapest we find acceptable. Beloved Staffie has delicate stomach so has a particular dried food - 4 sacks bought on holiday at bargain price.

nancmat

I won't scrimp on meat, always get butchers, and nappies have to be pampers

keepersgirl

if i buy cheap and nasty meat no one eats it it goes in the bin its a waste of time and money a bit of good beef = smiles all round!

alixandrea

Toiletries that haven't been tested on animals.
Bread - can't stand the value stuff.
Peanut butter. Whole Earth stuff only for me ta!

As for cheap washing powder, I use soap nuts instead. Non-bio, completely natural, cheap, gentle on your clothes and a bag lasts for absolutely AGES! :money:

Alixandrea

kefalos10

Sorry to sound thick but what are these soapnuts i keep reading about? I'm intrigued!

needingaccountability

kefalos10 wrote: »

Sorry to sound thick but what are these soapnuts i keep reading about? I'm intrigued!

http://www.soapnuts.co.uk/

nickyhutch

Heinz ketchup and salad cream. I don't like their beans, though.

Hellman's mayonnaise.

Felix or Whiskas.

Smirnoff or Russian Standard vodka is the cheapest I will go.

Good hair conditioner/treatment.

Catsan cat litter.

Coffee - morrison's own is disgusting.

Tea - has to be earl grey and I've found some loose leaf in a little shop in Hebden Bridge which is lush.