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No to buying unnececcary toiletries in October!!!

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  • Just to report my new INs for October before moving to November:

    The Body Shop Carrot Moisture Cream, Watermelon Body Lotion, Olive Conditioner (mini) and Spiced Vanilla Body Butter (mini). All in the sale...
    Sealed Pot Challenge Number 1225
    £365 in £365 Days 2013
    No Buying Toiletries 2013
  • Here to report yesterdays bday INS through I suspect there may be more at the weekend when I see my friends lol...quite a few

    BS Moringa gift set - http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/_en/_gb/catalog/product.aspx?ParentCatCode=C_Gifts&CatCode=C_Gifts_25andunderGifts&prdcode=89139m

    Simple and Olay moisturisers

    Boots natural collection set
    http://www.boots.com/en/Natural-Collection-Pamper-Basket_1221367/

    A massive cracker full of bath treats from Bomb Cosmetics
    http://www.bombcosmetics.co.uk/crackerjack-gift-cracker.ir?cName=christmas-gift-sets

    Cant wait to get some of these in use:)
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
  • sawan82
    sawan82 Posts: 856 Forumite
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    Those are some wonderful gifts SeasideDreamer :)

    Declaring for October:
    No buying toiletries in October: Unnecessary spend £3.70
    No buying makeup in October: Unnecessary spend £0.00
    INs: 8
    UUs/OUTs/GAs: 9

    That was a close call ;)
    No buying unnecessary toiletries/makeup in May: Unnecessary spend £17.60
    May
    INs: 14 UUs/OUTs/GAs: 11
    2012 INs: 77 UUs/OUTs/GAs: 91
    Savings from UUs: £60.50

  • lynseydee
    lynseydee Posts: 1,810 Forumite
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    I actually managed to hand my Avon catalogue back without an order this time :j although since I had just bought the Liz Earle TSV from QVC it wasn't that much of an achievement :rotfl:

    One UU for today (well last night) Avon Liiv Botanicals night cream, I WBA but Avon have stopped selling it, it was a nice light cream that was always on offer in the Avon book!
    Now trying to decide between digging in the stash for a moisturiser or going straight for the shiny new Liz Earle Superskin!!

    I am off work this week so aiming for some major pamper time to help UU all those toiletries!

    Have a nice evening all

    I'm a bit behind not having been on here for a couple of weeks but I'm using the Liiv night cream and have to say I'm not that impressed with it, maybe because it's more of a gel than a cream, and think it makes my face feel sticky, whereas I really liked the day cream and was a bit cross that Avon didn't sell these creams for very long. I originally bought them I think it was when they were half price and would certainly have paid £3.50 for the day cream again.
    Did owe £9,951.96

    Now helping hubby pay off loan. Finally paid off :j

    Owe Virgin [STRIKE]£5,950.00 [/STRIKE]at 0% til June 2009 £3,427.89. Owe HSBC [STRIKE]£5,460.78 [/STRIKE]2.9% til May 2010 £3,703.07. Owe Post Office £1,676.62 at 0% til September 2010
  • Parisian
    Parisian Posts: 410 Forumite
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    Hello lovelies!

    So nice to come back to 8 pages to catch up on :) Hugs to everyone x
    Welcome to lucyloo! That's awful Mingle - what happened?! Loving the nail designs Sawan x

    IN:
    Jergens Cocoa Butter Body Lotion - it is SO nice to not have a stash of something, and go buy it because I need it! Feeling very motivated to work towards having only one of each product on the go!

    That saying, I will be going to Paris next weekend, so I will defo be adding to my stash with some beloved Bioderma and Embryoliss products. Any tips for not going OTT? I can stop myself buying things in the UK, but my stash tends to multiply exponentially whenever I go to Paris or the States!
    Any advice/a motivational speech would be very much appreciated! :)

    Xxx
  • noelphobic
    noelphobic Posts: 2,297 Forumite
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    Parisian wrote: »
    Hello lovelies!

    So nice to come back to 8 pages to catch up on :) Hugs to everyone x
    Welcome to lucyloo! That's awful Mingle - what happened?! Loving the nail designs Sawan x

    IN:
    Jergens Cocoa Butter Body Lotion - it is SO nice to not have a stash of something, and go buy it because I need it! Feeling very motivated to work towards having only one of each product on the go!

    That saying, I will be going to Paris next weekend, so I will defo be adding to my stash with some beloved Bioderma and Embryoliss products. Any tips for not going OTT? I can stop myself buying things in the UK, but my stash tends to multiply exponentially whenever I go to Paris or the States!
    Any advice/a motivational speech would be very much appreciated! :)

    Xxx

    You seem to have found/resurrected the October thread from last year! Confused the hell out of me when I saw 2 threads with nearly identical titles!

    Try this link for the current thread

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4205719
    3 stone down, 3 more to go
  • Parisian
    Parisian Posts: 410 Forumite
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    LOL .... Hilarious! I was wondering why I wasn't understanding some of the convo for the 8 pages I read!!! Hahaaaaaa :)
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