NOT BUYING IT! 2015 - A consumer holiday

Karmacat

I had to send some money abroad (an investment gone badly wrong) and remembered a previous mse member told me of a company called Transferwise. They seem to be a genuine company, I've been monitoring them for ages, so today, I took the plunge. No fees (because it was my first use of them) and the exchange rate was better than my bank by nearly 5 cents a euro! That really adds up.

1of3

Hi All

Not buying it worked well for me this month-so well I managed to pay off credit card(was over 1k) and prepay off my subscribe and save for Feb. Normally there would still be 500-600 still left on it.

Hopefully now I can keep it down as I put very little on it in January and I have to go Part Time in Work from the end of Feb so need to keep Not Buying It!

weesmiler

Hi folks,

I was really good today, didn't go out at lunch time to buy food! I normally take my sandwiches to work and go out to buy soup from a cafe but today I used a tin of soup that's been in my drawer for ages. I've got 3 or 4 portions of home made soup in the freezer and maybe 4/5 more tins in the cupboard which will do me the rest of this week. I will make a big pot of carrot and coriander soup next weekend to see me through a couple of weeks.

After the morning I had at work, I would have wanted to be out buying chocolate too, but I resisted, had a biscuit from my drawer stash instead

I'm getting my hair cut tonight so it won't really be a NSD. That will be £20, but is badly needing done so I don't mind, I normally only get my hair cut 2 or 3 times a year because I'm happy with it growing long, so it's not a regular expense. Although, I might start adding £5 a month onto my budget for hair cuts, then the money will be sitting there when I need it. I'm lucky to have red hair that doesn't need dyed either, but I have a rather expensive shampoo habit...I'll leave that for another day.....

Ciao for now xxx

candygirl

Hi guys The vet has recommended she has the lump removed, n sent off for analysis, due to where it's positioned, as it would become uncomfy for her as it grew:( So she's having the op on Wed:eek: Thanks for all your kind wishes :A

Ches

JackieO and Mint My Great Great Grandparents lived on the Isle of Grain and I am just a short ferry ride away from Mersea Island. Small world.

Effyb4

It's good to see some local people. I have a cousin who lives on Mersea, although I live in the more industrial end of Essex.

candygirl

The op is going to be around £300, that's for all the pre op tests n after care!I used to have them insured, but it was almost £60 a month cos they're oap staffies, so with the excess wasn' t worth it!Anyway have also only spent £17 in Ald1, cos I actually did a list:eek:
Also managed to get a brand new pyrex dish, barbie clock for DGD 2 pine photo frames, n 2 books for £3.50 from the charity shop :j

Possession

A £10 grocery spend today as needed dishwasher tablets and a few other bits. I sold £38 of stuff on the local Facebook site though, so made a profit. We've now packed as much as we can really and still be comfortable, so am hoping to get a moving date fixed. Then begins the process of doing up a house that really needs doing up, on a budget.

rosiepup2000

Aww Candygirl, hope the op goes well on Wednesday. My old dog had to have surgery when she was nearly 16 and I was so worried about her, but when I went to collect her she was running round my legs like a puppy! ('Get me out of here, Mum! Take me home!')

candygirl

rosiepup2000 wrote: »

Aww Candygirl, hope the op goes well on Wednesday. My old dog had to have surgery when she was nearly 16 and I was so worried about her, but when I went to collect her she was running round my legs like a puppy! ('Get me out of here, Mum! Take me home!')

Aww bless her x:A