What's your non OS guilty secret?

mmmsnow

For those of you who buy contact lenses off the internet, just make sure you still go to your optician for a contact lens check now and again. I'm all for saving money but you need to look after your eyes (granted, daily disposables shouldn't do too much damage)!

rubytuesday

Ooh also M and S milk chocolate Florentines but I have cut down from weekly to about monthly - infact I had all but forgotten about them until this thread!:rotfl:

My four cats too of course!

Ben84

There's quite a few things, like good shoes and well made clothes, but then I think about it and I believe they last well enough to save money in the end. Good shoes are also important for your feet anyway.

So, it's not a luxury if paying more gets you more, particularly not if it saves money in the end. For example, I buy fairly expensive Philips halogen light bulbs because I like the light, but then again they last twice as long and save about 1/3rd of the energy so eventually they save a few pound by the time they break. I also buy the persil liquid tabs for washing clothes, which aren't cheap, but my clothes last so well with them and are always cleaned really well too, so the actual value is pretty good. Good toothpaste too (arm and hammer), but then again I can't remember the last time I needed a filling so I'm not eager to change what I'm doing as it clearly is working well. I like the Guardian on Saturdays too, but the paper is used again later for lots of things around the house and in the kitchen like cleaning windows, draining fried food and painting things.

I do however like real butter and can't present any way that pays for itself, plus danish pastries on Saturday evenings. Oh, and the occasional dunhill cigarette.

Happytobehere_2

Just remembered real butter,wont ever ever be able to give it up

Chickenopolis

My Audi ....

seehar

couldnt give up:

the internet! I love it, would be lost without it.
my phone...cant really remember a time without mobiles....
going to gigs - at least one a month keeps me sane

rubytuesday

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Just remembered another- sheepskin slippers. Cost about £20 per pair but keep my feet warm

Where do you get yours from please?

I really want some!

rubytuesday

snowleopard61 wrote: »

This is off topic so hope I don't get into trouble. On the subject of scaring neighbours - when my children were small, I was on the PTA and was responsible for hiring a gorilla suit from the local amdram company for a school event. The kids hadn't seen it so when I got them up in the morning I put it on to amuse them. My (then) husband was just going off to work and it was v early so I didn't expect anyone to be around, so stood at the door with the two girls waving him off, still in the gorilla suit - and my elderly neighbour across the road came out to her car.:rotfl:I meant to explain next time I bumped into her but it happened to be so long afterwards that I didn't feel I could bring the subject up and (perhaps more disturbingly) she didn't mention it so obviously felt it was quite usual for our family ...:D

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: That really made me laugh - thanks!

zippychick

As this has dropped down the OS board, ive merged it with an older thread discussing the same thing

Zip

FarmersWife_2

My high speed broadband.. well as high as it can be living in a valley surrounded be trees and being on the end of the exchange!!

My racing cars :j I have 2 hill climb/sprint cars a class 3A and a class 3C if that means anything to anybody... But OH is a ex rally mechanic so I dont pay for spanners

C x