Scrimp or Splurge - What Is A False Economy?

kboss2010

Just wondering what people feel is worth spending a bit of money on and what can be scrimped?

My splurge list would be:
Toilet roll
Shoes
Bedding

Katzen

Totally with you on those three (although aldi's most expensive toilet paper is still pretty reasonable)
I'd also add
Free range eggs &meat
Wool for knitting. But they might both be a bit personal :rotfl:

grunnie

Yes I agree with that 3


bedding comes from John Lewis clearance shelf - superking size duvet covers for £15


shoes from Hotter's sale


meat from Donald Russell and it is frozen and delivered to my door ( but I only buy the bargain packs)


will add some more later when I think of them
champagne taste on a thrifty scot's budget

coffeehound

I agree with the free range eggs. Also

Coffee beans
Beer
Soap (SLS-free handmade knit-yer-own-yogurt type only)

Nomoonatall

I scrimped for far too long.

I've splashed out on lovely bedding...as long as it's in a sale...my latest bedding is from soak and sleep...it's too lovely to mention!


Free range eggs.

Soft loo roll.

Malt Whisky!

Pots and pans.

All worth saving up for! x

pinkypig

Mine would be;
Ground coffee
Cast iron casserole dish
Kitchen aid mixer (got second hand but still expensive but I love it and it is very well used)

All worth a bit of scrimping in other areas:)
PP x

kboss2010

grunnie wrote: »

Yes I agree with that 3


bedding comes from John Lewis clearance shelf - superking size duvet covers for £15


shoes from Hotter's sale


meat from Donald Russell and it is frozen and delivered to my door ( but I only buy the bargain packs)


will add some more later when I think of them
champagne taste on a thrifty scot's budget

An MSE-er after my own heart!

I just sat on the floor in TK Maxx pulling out pillow bags from the backs of shelves & squishing luxury pillows for about 20 minutes to find some really nice feeling, non-lumpy, bounce back-able ones as I'm tired of buying cheap-ish polyester pillows and waking up with a sore neck after a month - here's hoping! Think the staff thought I was a bit mental but they left me to it :rotfl:

£60-worth of pillows for £24 and a beautiful V&A superkingsize duvet set for £40 reduced from £85 (googled it before buying it and it's still selling online for £80) and I'm a happy bunny!

Also agreed about Aldi toilet roll, not all cheap loo roll is created equal lol!

Thanks for the suggestions so far :-)

RicardaRacoon

Free range eggs and organic dairy

Good shoes

Comfy and well suporting bras

Cruelty free cosmetics (though it is not necessarely more expensive)

Good quality cat food

Knitting wool

Mr.Generous

Holidays, coffee, toothpaste.

Slowly57

Scrimp on :
Household cleaning stuff: microfibre dusters and my small arsenal of 99p Astonish cleaning products (accumulated over the year). I am not faithful to any brand of clothes washing product so long as it is non-bio - same goes for washing up liquid.

Cheap loo roll gets used twice as fast - so a false economy There's always an offer on somewhere.
Cheap shower gel is like washing with washing up liquid - I watch for when Bouts have 3 for 2 offers or check Suuuperdrug/Wilkkco/Poundstrrretcherr

Worth paying for (not splurging, just living well):
Good chocolate/coffee/tea/cheese/bread
Free Range/Freedom Food/Red Tractor products
Veg from our local farmshop
Cruelty-free hair dye, hair products and lovely local hairdresser
Paint
Shopping locally
Doorstep local milk delivered
Good service

Splurging:
Travel
Motorcycles

monnagran

Good coffee, good butter, good cheese. I could survive on that.

Fairy nonbio washing liquid. Everything else makes me itch.

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