What's your non OS guilty secret?

v8monkeyboy

Can I join in, please?

My non-OS guilty secrets are:

I like to shop at Waitrose occasionally - I find the fruit and veg so much better quality

I always buy my meat from the local butcher and the fish from the travelling fishmonger as it's fresh off the trawlers that morning

I only buy organic chicken from a certain supplier at a farmers' market

I always use the tumble drier - we're on the main flight path for all the local ducks so it would cost more if I hung the washing out

The heating is always on in my bathroom - partly for comfort and partly due to the fact it smells funny if we don't heat it

I've made homemade wine, but far prefer the shop bought stuff
I go through Yankee Candles like they're going out of fashion

In my defence of all of this frivolity, I've stopped buying bed linen rom John Lewis and now buy it from Ikea - 100% cotton and a fraction of JLs price. All of my washing powders, tablets, liquids are always bought on special offer. My wine is always the expensice stuff reduced to half price or better. All of my food is made from scratch every day ad I bake my own bread, cakes and biscuits.

T xx

Callie22

v8monkeyboy wrote: »

I go through Yankee Candles like they're going out of fashion

Me too I live very close to a Yankee outlet store and I very often take advantage of their special offers ... In my defence, the house smells wonderful, but I am a little addicted. I also live close to a Le Creuset outlet centre and I seem to be acquiring quite a collection of that too

cooking-mama

Ive loads to learn yet..But ive made some radical changes,I havent bought any new kitchen gadgets since last year,Ive cut back from buying celebrity cook books,ive downsized to store brand tins and packets,.i meal plan,cook mostly from scratch,ive stopped buying BOGOF 'S that i dont need,i compost veg peelings etc,i grow veg,Ive loads of other changes still to implement,
but i will Never give up the following,
kitchen roll..-tried cloths steeped in bleach etc,but my lot just left them lying around getting damp and smelly,so its disposable kitchen roll with dettol(store brand equivelant)spray all the way(I do buy Costco kitchen roll and 1/2 the sheets tho)
Value toiletries/cleaning products,sorry but i find these false economy,Fairy realy does last longer.;)
Mobile phone-Not on contract,but PAYG,and only spent £4 odds this month,
Wont buy cheap eggs or meat,cant stand the thought of eating eggs/chicken from caged birds who have suffered all their short miserable lives,same with imported meat from countries with even worse animal welfare standards than UK.Quality rathen than quantity here.

celyn90

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Oh Celyn, I love marimekko prints too, I bought a shower curtain from JL which was almost £40 and had to pretend to my OH is was £15, I was so ashamed - he would probably have :rotfl: though.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I feel better now

I found a marimekko fabric shop when we were in Finland last month :eek: Not good... not good at all... They had a remnant bin as well *hangs head in shame*

Any

v8monkeyboy wrote: »

In my defence of all of this frivolity, I've stopped buying bed linen rom John Lewis and now buy it from Ikea - 100% cotton and a fraction of JLs price. x

Try TK Maxx... 100% egyptian cotton bedding set for £18.99 for king size bed... the softest feeling ever!!

Better then my M&S £45 ones, I tell you...

4nnabella

cooking-mama wrote: »

Value toiletries/cleaning products,sorry but i find these false economy,Fairy realy does last longer.;)
Wont buy cheap eggs or meat,cant stand the thought of eating eggs/chicken from caged birds who have suffered all their short miserable lives,same with imported meat from countries with even worse animal welfare standards than UK.Quality rathen than quantity here.

Totally agree with both of these. My OH bought cheap washing up liquid from our corner shop the other week, it literally lasts two mins before you're doing the washing up in a bowl of murky greasy water, so it's Fairy all the way for me. I stock up when it's on offer.

And I refuse to buy eggs from caged hens.

charlies-aunt

:A:A I do make pastry, buy Basics, don't drink -or-smoke -or- buy new clothes or expensive cosmetics etc, etc :A :A




:cool::cool: My non-OS guilty secret is my pets - I have a horse and two very old ponies . . . . . plus cats and a dog. :cool::cool:


Free range eggs and RSPCA approved meat here too

laddujaddu

Lillibet wrote: »

Have realised I should prehaps have included haircutting in this, but it isn't a luxury to me as I HATE having it done & it only costs £8 every 3 motnhs or so (longer if I can put it off for the slightest reason!) and I colour it myself at home. I even tint my own eye-lashes now too!

Can you please tell how you tint your eye-lashes, I'd love to tint mine myself as well.

lovebargainshatewaste

I feel like a saint after reading this thread (it actually means I'm boring and more of a stingy cow than I thought )

I do have a car, as where I live, there are two buses per day and I work shifts 9 miles away. I do sometimes by frozen roasting potatoes. Oh, and I do buy a fair bit of wine, although it's usually £2.99/bottle or cheaper from abroad.

I hate buying clothes, I've got enough of them, shoes and handbags. I don't have a DW (would love one as hate doing dishes) or a TD. Don't buy crisps, biscuits or ready meals - even yellow stickered stuff. Use whatever shampoo/conditioner/shower gel that's on offer and smells ok. Only wash my hair 2-3 times a week, so a bottle lasts for ages. Rarely wear make-up, and the best (for me) mascara I found was in aldi for £2.50 - no clumps, flaking etc.

Two other non OS: Bottled water 99p for 8L (sparkling) this is to keep me off the fizzy pop and spices/herbs. The collection is out of control!

Laddu, you can buy eyelash tint kits in boots/superdrug etc. Easy to use, you mix the bits in the kit, apply like mascara and then wash off after a set time. Lasts approx a month, depending on how often your lashes change.

VJsmum

lovebargainshatewaste wrote: »

I feel like a saint after reading this thread (it actually means I'm boring and more of a stingy cow than I thought )

I do have a car, as where I live, there are two buses per day and I work shifts 9 miles away. I do sometimes by frozen roasting potatoes. Oh, and I do buy a fair bit of wine, although it's usually £2.99/bottle or cheaper from abroad.

I hate buying clothes, I've got enough of them, shoes and handbags. I don't have a DW (would love one as hate doing dishes) or a TD. Don't buy crisps, biscuits or ready meals - even yellow stickered stuff. Use whatever shampoo/conditioner/shower gel that's on offer and smells ok. Only wash my hair 2-3 times a week, so a bottle lasts for ages. Rarely wear make-up, and the best (for me) mascara I found was in aldi for £2.50 - no clumps, flaking etc.

Two other non OS: Bottled water 99p for 8L (sparkling) this is to keep me off the fizzy pop and spices/herbs. The collection is out of control!

Laddu, you can buy eyelash tint kits in boots/superdrug etc. Easy to use, you mix the bits in the kit, apply like mascara and then wash off after a set time. Lasts approx a month, depending on how often your lashes change.

I made a vow last year to not buy supermarket clothes (although i do buy trousers for my son, cos he goes through the Knees like billy - O (whoever he is )) It is too easy to just shove the odd top or trousers in your trolley, but they never fit me properly and i do have enough clothes. when I do buy, I am buying from decent shops and paying a bit more but i have bought far less items overall and think i have saved quite an amount.

Strangely the Aldi mascara "falls off" very quickly and by the end of the day I can look rather panda-y. Haven't chucked it though, just wear it on days when I'm not really doing anything or can take it all off early evening (yes i do wear make-up even if i'm not leaving the house as I hate to see myself in mirrors without )