Meet the frugal's, 365 day challenge of buying nothing.

Bunnyinthelights

I wish you the Best of British-Please keep this up to date...I'd love to know how you are getting on and really admire you-seems like my idea of hell! lol
Bunny x x x

lauren_1

damn i forgot about petrol, loo roll and toothpaste
well so much for a good start! lol

Tustastic

lauren_1 wrote:

damn i forgot about petrol, loo roll and toothpaste
well so much for a good start! lol

Don't know about the petrol and the toothpaste, but people really did use to cut newspaper into squares, thread string through and hang it up in the loo.
HTH :eek:

girlsmum

Tustastic wrote:

Don't know about the petrol and the toothpaste, but people really did use to cut newspaper into squares, thread string through and hang it up in the loo.
HTH :eek:

yes but that will mean buying a newspaper every now and then, i doubt her mums reading can keep up with the famillies toilet requirements

we use Tesco value one 40p for 4 rolls, its quite good actually, one of my DD uses so much at a time i refuse to buy good stuff, (yes i have spoken to her about it loads of times)

heather38

have a look on the boots grabbit for cheap toothpaste their own brand smile toothpaste is on a really cheap offer at the mo 3 tubes for less than a quid

Emma's_Mum

There's a book in the Tesco top 50 - sorry I can't remember what it's called - where someone has done this in America and written a 365 day diary about it. I haven't brought it (coz I'm saving money) but have read bits of it in my lunch hour !!

Good luck.

carolbee

good luck with this, are you going to keep us posted?

have you read the book by the american woman who tried to live without buying anything for a year? sorry dont know title, she may have been called Judith ??

post below added whilst I was writing!!

lauren_1

Already got 12 tubes of smile!, went on to boots online last week and got a load of clearance items like lynx gift sets for £1.22 not bad for the deodorant, shower gel, aftershave and little bag. I will miss my bootsing trips but i have more wraps, bags, free makeup and 19p shaving foam than boots probably do! lol
My mum has also given me her boots card with £80 worth of points on there so that will cover some toiletries, toys and urgent baby clothes for a while

Spendaholic_Chick

Blimey! That's some challenge - good luck!

Can I just ask, how old are your kids? Can just see my 9 year old understanding that....NOT! lol

lauren_1

I got the idea from one of my mums magazines 2 weeks ago, i didnt know a book existed:rolleyes: must find a copy sharpish.