NOT BUYING IT! 2015 - A consumer holiday

Busymumofthreeplusdog

SM delivery today! Menu planned for next two weeks, total cost £140 for 5 of us plus cat for two weeks. Woohoo! Friday had to take cat to the vet for check up before they would renew medication. Charged £££ for the consultation! However, cat is in good health just getting old and needs medication for his joints. Yesterday's spend was only £4.10 so not bad in all.
OH was complaining that DS school shirts were grubby at the neck and he needed new. One 65 degree wash with van*sh type stuff scrubbing before hand and the shirts look good as new. For past few months I've been using a homemade washing powder( from recipes found on Internet), I'm wondering if this is partially the cause ( or just DS being particularly mucky teen lol)
Hoping to spend next to nowt for the next week.

Possession

A fairly frugal weekend here, just a £20 food spend, and I believe DH has spent £5 of his Christmas money on a kindle book. Not bad considering my children appear to have hollow legs at the moment.
I've decluttered and packed away lots of stuff in the lean-to down the side of the house so feel I've been at least a little useful.

RicardaRacoon

Somebody asked what kind of ship this is. I guess it either has a very good motor or everybody is rowing like crazy.

I also really have to go to the hairdresser any time soon. It isn't a state anymore. Did some research now and found one quite close to where I live which has a really good price. I almost paid twice as much last time.... I did paid quite a bit at the place where I used to go but it was always a treat to go there so I didn't mind paying the price. But then the hairdresser stopped working and I went to a big place in the shopping center. They have insane prices (about 40% more than I used to pay...) but the place felt very cheap.

I noticed that I will have to buy shoes this year.... I have quite some (about 30 pair when I count hiking boots and wellies) but most of them only fit one or two outfits or have a too high heel for day-to-day-wearing. Unfortunatelly all the shoes I wear often are falling apart. I might be able to mend my anke boots where the sole is coming off. Hot glue might do the trick. But two other pairs definitively need to go to the bin soon.
I hate buying shoes as my feet have a ridiculous shape... I still have a zalando voucher, so I might order there. Just hate all the work with sending them back when they don't fit.

seriouslyfrugal

Hi shipmates


I saw in £ land today that on onion sets were in along with seed potatoes

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katsu wrote: »

Hi kittie will I get told off here if I ask about your lantern Moon and karbonz? ebony or rosewood lantern moons and ate both types fixed cable or did you get any interchangeable ones?

I have some straight karbonz and really want lantern moons I need some circulars so want to get the best ones I will enjoy.

my lantern moons
http://www.purlescence.co.uk/Catalogue/Needles/Brand/lantern-moon/Lantern-Moon-Rosewood-Straight-Needles
14 inch as I knit with the right needle tucked under my armpit. I only have these straights in LM

The best value circulars are interchangeables as they do all the lengths and needle size combos in one pack. The ones I am using today are chiaogoo spin with wooden ends in 35 cm and 75 cm lengths, I need 4.5 mm, 3.25 mm, 3 mm and 5 mm. These are all in the one set. You can also use them like straight needles with an end stopper on, the length won`t matter in that case. I think this type is the best value tbh, it is expensive but a fab set. You might be able to get some second hand on the likes of ravelry. Depends how much you will knit in the future
http://www.purlescence.co.uk/Catalogue/Needles/Brand/Chiaogoo/SPIN-Bamboo-Interchangeable-Set
Jumper is started and feels lovely to knit, tension is just right. Worse thing was ensuring that the hundreds of stitches did not twist when joining together. Have done almost 2 inches and am having lots of breaks or I will overwork my hands

Chiaogoo also have twist metal interchangeables and they are nice too with good fine points but wood is kinder to fingers

MikeyMacbeth

Whoosh!

Finally de-lurking (I'm a very intermittent poster - please forgive) here after having finally read my way all through this thread - truly epic and with some great contributors!

Cap'n Slowdown - permission to come aboard the good ship Not Buying It? - My wife & I have been charting a parallel course for the last few years now due to personal and work reasons so feel very sympatico. Do we have an offical ships flag or should we grip our spend-slashing cutlesses between our gritted teeth and raise the Jolly Roger? :beer:

In support of our application to the crew may I mention our weekend spent on a declutter mission (2 bin bags of clothes etc to CS and one to relatives in need). Further tat to follow next weekend with no-longer-used electronic gubbins going to CS. Plus a a totally frugal weekend of batch cooking and canny YS buys - all this in the face of me landing (at long last!) a better paid new job and having to resist the temptation to spend the increase simply because it's there!

My sympathies to the many posters on here who have gone through workplace hell and given it all up (or who are thinking of doing so) - "work to live not live to work" has never been a truer saying to set sail to in this the early 21st century I too have been in that position and have never been gladder then when I chose to walk that particular plank to freedom with my eyes open wide and an immense sense of release.

rosiepup2000

candygirl wrote: »

Sorry to butt in again, I do read all the time, but can I please have the link for the Amazon book thing ? X:D

http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?node=1766559031&ref=spkl_4_1_571025087&ie=UTF8&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=1QVQWFS37ZD3T4V8WWE3&pf_rd_p=571025087&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=trade%20in%20books%20to%20amazon&qid=1421009703


7 books and 2 video games all boxed up ready to post off free tomorrow - just under £20 trade-in so I should get the £5 bonus too!

candygirl

rosiepup2000 wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?node=1766559031&ref=spkl_4_1_571025087&ie=UTF8&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=1QVQWFS37ZD3T4V8WWE3&pf_rd_p=571025087&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=trade%20in%20books%20to%20amazon&qid=1421009703


7 books and 2 video games all boxed up ready to post off free tomorrow - just under £20 trade-in so I should get the £5 bonus too!

Thanks hun xx:D

natnat13

My weekend has been very up and down. Bf came round yesterday, we had a lovely afternoon / evening then a massive row and he walked out. Long story but basically every time it gets serious (as in shall we live together etc) he bolts. I've had enough of it, this has been going on for 2 years on and off, that's it now. Anyway that has nothing to do with money saving apart from my shopping is always more expensive when he's here!
I have moped around all day today, pretty much just lay in bed, then started reading this thread, gave myself a slap and said its time to move on.
Got my soap nuts and did my first wash, pleased so far.
Going to meal plan for the week tomorrow am.
Got 2 bags of stuff to ebay etc
Need to look at books for amazon selling
Need to sort accounts etc out for my business to try and claim some HB hopefully.
Want to sort out under my bed
Going to take a pair of shoes to be re-heeled, cheaper than buying new
Going to plan out cards etc for birthdays that are coming up

Aril

Evening gang:D

It's been a busy but non spendy kind of weekend:j Managed to get myself back to the Park Run yesterday- bit ropey but better than not doing it at all. Need to get back to where I was in November:o Morris dancing and wassailing with lots of other sides in the evening. Still no alcoholic drinkies so dry January carries on apace.

Lots more bits being achieved at home. Cooked our first reduced priced whole chicken in the SC today. The lo meat will go on pizzas tomorrow and Mr GBT is having the leftover gravy as soup for lunch. The basil plant that was beginning to bolt [SM one given to my by a chum] has had its leaves stripped and frozen and has now been added to the compost heap.

Decluttering. I've hoicked out a few hardbook cross stitch books that I don't really like the projects in nowadays. My taste is rather more eclectic than 20 years ago and Mr GBT has also cleared a load off his bookshelves. Little has crossed the threshold- a couple of brass handles that my parents turfed out, some black fabric I was given which will be for my next coloured set of morris tatters and a rather good quality fork of all things I wombled when walking home yesterday:rotfl:

Today's activities have included a spot more sorting out, painting and a free trip to a local country park. They had some lovely photos of snowdrops on cards that had been taken in the park so bought two for the birthdays next week. No SM cards purchased:j

Arilx