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

themaccas

Good luck Lauren, I love the idea but I couldn't do it!

Crown

Good Luck with this.

I would love to Join in on this but I think my family would revolt and i'd soon be hung, drawn and quarted lol. I seem to have became addiceted to finding money saving ways.

I'll reading with interest

alyth

Lauren, I think your post is amazing, and you have totally inspired me - I've been thinking about it all afternoon! I need to get about £3K before August for a big trip I'm planning, and if you can do it I can! So, no more impulse buying, in fact I went to Boots today and stocked up on tons of toilettries and threw away the Boots card, did the same in Smiths, no more using the car to go and get newspapers, although as a new junkie I will limit it to 2 a day now, go for it Lauren, and please let us know how you get on, and if you want a buddy I'm in with you! I have a partner but I'm making this a personal challenge, as partner pays for everything and I just buy food, poor lad's away in the far east on business and won't know what hits him when he comes back at the weekend!

slowlyfading

Wow. this is amazing! You must have guts, all I can say good luck to you, and please keep us updated. Oh, and the toilet roll thing, I'm a student and my housemate always takes packs from the toilets on campus - saves us a few pennies!
nicola x

LookingAhead

This thread is really exciting!

It wil be good to see what people can post on here as "alternatives" when they needed to buy something, maybe?

We can all take note! Well I will anyway......;)

Wiggly_Worm

:T Wow, go you! :T Best of luck with it, I am so impressed you're even contemplating this - wonder if I could attempt to cut back this much...? (Can't wait until all my allotment seeds become FOOOOOD! lol - just hope the local teenagers don't burn them first :mad: )

Yes please keep us posted

halloweenqueen_2

I might join you in a few months!! Thanks for posting this, even if some of us can't get as extreme its an inspiring thead and may keep our impulses squashed!

scrimperjan

Great thread! I get Boots vouchers from Pigsback, there's a thread on the 'freebies' board if you haven't come across Pigsback yet - I reckon on getting over a pound's worth of points every week in about ten minutes; just by clicking and answering the weekly questions (and the answers are given on the freebies post - I just love this site!) then when you have ten quid's worth you can claim a £10 Boots voucher or other goodies. That should keep you in toothpaste and other toiletry essentials! (Do Boots sell toilet paper?) I get a voucher every couple of months.

scrimperjan

Great thread! I get Boots vouchers from Pigsback, there's a thread on the 'freebies' board if you haven't come across Pigsback yet - I reckon on getting over a pound's worth of points every week in about ten minutes; just by clicking and answering the weekly questions (and the answers are given on the freebies post - I just love this site!) then when you have ten quid's worth you can claim a £10 Boots voucher or other goodies. That should keep you in toothpaste and other toiletry essentials! (Do Boots sell toilet paper?) I get a voucher every couple of months.

Monteil

Well done, but if you can find a recipe for soap which is not thoroughly smelly and messy, please let us know! I remember well the days during the war, when my Mum had to make soap and the smell was vile, including, as it did, animal fat got from the slaughter house, some awful stuff which, if I remember well was some sort of acid etc... The house stank for days and we also had to dry them after they were cut into squares. BUT it did work when it came to washing...