What's your non OS guilty secret?

Clara2141

Sadly I have loads - but I do try to save money else where to make up for it...

Car - Rationalisation to Self, we only have the one, it is small and means we have independence. I also work shifts and there is no public transport at night.

Ready Meals - RTS, as I say both myself and my partner work shifts meaning there are a lot of nights we are home alone. Yes batch cooking would be cheaper but 75p fish pies from Youngs at Iceland are far easier.

Professional Hair Cuts - RTS I always get discount because of my job and I don't have any other beauty treatments.

Coke or Pepsi Cola - RTS I only buy which ever is on offer but all the own brand stuff tastes awful. I do buy 18p Value Lemonade though.

Heinz Beans and Tomato Sauce - RTS same as above don't like the taste of cheaper ones.

My Cats - RTS they are a hot water bottle in the winter!

Eating out/Takeaways - once a week as a treat RTS - we don't drink and our weekday meals are low value.

Television and internet - RTS it's our entertainment and ultimately I work 50 hours in overtime per month to afford it and the above.

All a bit naughty - however, I do make my own pasta sauce, I don't drink, do my Xmas shopping in the sales, use Stardrops, have no supermarket loyalty and if I have to go to three in a day I will to get the price down. I always put a blanket on before the heating and shop in charity shops for both furniture and clothes.

I'll admit I have a way to go but I am trying - honest

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Far toooooo many to brush aside.

Wobbleade too freely available.

Loose women

Wine

Song

Dance

Politics

The list gets longer.

Sausages

Crumpet.

Snake and snails

Grimsby town FC

England winning a cup.

Cricket.

Others.

Does that cover it?

GreenQueen

When I was reading the "what can you do without" thread, I started thinking about what I CAN'T live without - well I could but I don't want to! There are things that a lot of people would think of as a luxury but that make your life a little bit better.

Mine are:
- fresh coffee - we don't have instant in the house and get through a packet of cafetiere coffee a week
- good organic yoghurt - it seems to be less sweet and creamier, and I like thinking about the happy cows!
- original source shower gel - lovely fresh natural smell compared with the own brand equivalents, and I never buy full price as it's usually on special offer

For other things I'm quite happy to buy own brand or value, but these are my non-compromise items. What are yours?

GQ

quintwins

Chinese!!! we try so hard to save money but we love takeaway, but that doesn't mean it has to be expensive we can feed all 5 of us for £9.50.

Our car, if we got rid of it we'd have to move house, we could prob switch to a smaller car now the kids are abit older but we will prob continue to use it til it dies.

Decent laundry liquid, i save money of fabric softener by buying nice smelling liquid, i buy on offer, it's £7 for 60 washes bogof twice a year in makro, 4 bottles does me the year, or i'm currently using persil i got 100wash boxes for £10 off amazon and ended up with a free one so £5 a box, or i have a big bag of crushed bold tablets i bought from a local lady.

Shampoo and conditioner, i tried value it made my hair feel dry, now i'm not saying i'll be spending £5 on shampoo but i think values a step to far in this case, there plenty of nice ones around £1.

Other than that i think we're willing to downgrade pretty much anything.

Oh and i wouldn't wear 2ndhand undies or shoes.

mummybearx

Coffee, most definately coffee! We buy Lavazza, go through just over 1 pack a week, but it's delicious :rotfl:

Shampoo, I use Tresemme. Only ever buy it on offer, a few months back it was down to £1.80 in tesco, I bought every bottle of the kind I use, still using it now :T

We do like a chinese takeaway as well I've started doing deliveries for a local chinese on a Saturday, and they give you a meal of your choice at the end of the night. So me and DH have been getting a free takeaway every week :j Good for the pocket, bad for the waistline :rotfl:

fuddle

Is this the OS swearing thread GQ - luxuries? :rotfl:

Really, really interested in folks' answers...

Olives and feta cheese. They are so expensive but I enjoy them. I buy basics and make do with own brand in so much of my shopping but when I can have my olives and feta cheese for lunch I'm a happy bunny dreaming of far away lands... good for the soul

Possession

A bottle of wine at the weekend (£2.99 Aldi stuff is fine!).
Aquafresh toothpaste for the kids - we use value but I wouldn't want to risk putting DD off cleaning her teeth!
A roast dinner maybe once a month.
The car - we're down to one but where we live, we couldn't manage without it and when DH gets a job again we will have to have two I think.
The laptop and broadband - although my work pays for these we have an extra lappy as I can't share!
An occasional takeaway.

quintwins

Possession wrote: »

Aquafresh toothpaste for the kids - we use value but I wouldn't want to risk putting DD off cleaning her teeth!
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Oh thats another one, i would be rolling about on the floor in pain if it wasn't for my expensive colgate pro releif toothpaste (really it's shocking how much a toothpaste has helped me), i buy them on 3 for 2 in boots it works out about £7 for 3, hubby likes to use it aswell even tho i by him on offer branded stuff, my kids prefer basic ones as there milder in taste.

YORKSHIRELASS

Strange how you define your luxuries once you become OS isnt it?

Mine are
Andrex Loo Rolls
Arm and Hammer Toothpaste
McCain Oven Chips (for a quick standby)
Some hair products, but I make them last

And we probably eat more meat than we should - but it tends to be minced beef or chicken breast and I stretch it out.

Hubby hates any tea other than Yorkshire but I could survive on cheaper stuff.

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Cotton sheets!

You finish the day in 'em and wake up smooooothered in them!