How do you resist spending money on 'stuff'?

razra

I generally dont go shopping:rotfl:
However if I do see something then I try and justify it, eg food how long would it take to burn of the calories that normally stops me buying it!

Or I think If I buy this then I have £x less to spend on my food shopping this week so if I dont want to starve then I go without.
If you normaly spend £50 a month on (for examplke)dvds then try saying to yourself right I only have £10 this month which one do I really want and just limit yourself to the one, that way your more likely to umm and arrr over which one you really want and may end up not getting it anyway

Well it works for me:D

Skint_Catt

beanielou wrote: »

Its really hard & I dont always manage.*Sigh*

No nor me - this is my big weakness. Sometimes I feel I just HAVE to spend something!

It's worse since I now work in a city and if I leave the office I'm surrounded by shops!

Catt xx

Idiophreak

I don't see how people find the time to go shopping so much - the only time I have to go is the weekend - and I'm generally either off visiting people, tidying the house etc or vegging out.

I can do without the hassle of going to town.

That said, I have problems stopping myself buying things online - especially when they're a bargain, but I'm getting better...just have to be strong with yourself, that's all there is to it.

Crown

I too dont go shopping at all these days. why put temptation in the way?

I also have taken to extreme measures recently by leaving home with just £5.00 a day for real emergencies and leaving the cash card at home so I have no access to money. I have a travel pass and take lunch me and even so really I do not need anything else. If I do see something I want I simply just cant get it unless I go home and go back.

I realise that it is hard not to spend but there isnt really any great secret to it. Its all about willpower.

PS: so far this week I have broke into the emergency money once and Im ashamed to say that wasnt a real emergency but rather a case of the munchies

sony_eric

I use to spend £100's a week on nothing until my light bulb moment 2 weeks ago.
now i only spend on petrol and food. Everything else is is debt reduction.

bananakinz

I can't remember the last time I 'popped' into town therefore not bought anything - tis the only way to do it! Its so hard, especially when I haven't got the kids, what else can you do lol

Gemmzie

Lately, I've been working out how many hours work I'd have to do for that item and if it's really worth it... it's been working really well on curbing the spending.

I guess it would probably only work for a part-timer or for big items for full-timers/high earners though.

jennynoo

I just look at all the junk around my flat that I and other people have wasted money on.

When I shop and see something I like but don't buy, a couple of weeks later I think to myself, 'I really didn't need that' etc. and that makes me feel better for not wasting the money in the first places and makes me stronger for the next time I see something I like.

immoral_angeluk

sony_eric wrote: »

I use to spend £100's a week on nothing until my light bulb moment 2 weeks ago.
now i only spend on petrol and food. Everything else is is debt reduction.

This is exactly like us. The only thing we've recently spent money on was our daughter's birthday. Oh wait tell a lie I bought a pair of jeans from a charity shop for £3.95 because all my other trousers are jogging bottoms I wore through pregnancy.

winkle1

i avoid the shops altogether and order my food online. any toiletries i need i get with my food shop plus i am slowly using up all the toiletries i have brought over the years. its amazing how much moisturiser one person can own!

cs and dvd's are downloaded from the internet.