No buying until I’ve used up ALL my stashes

kiss_me_now9

I would like to try this too! 

I have a huge amount of toiletries, all stashed away and ready to be used. I have been pretty good at not buying more shower gels/scrubs/face masks etc. but haven't made much of a dent in what I have. 

I have also got a penchant for stationery and pretty pens etc. and have already ordered some new bits for the new year but I am not going to order anything else after that arrives. I do use this stuff pretty regularly but I am very guilty of 'saving' bits for a 'special' time which never appears.

I have a cupboard full of food staples and two (small) freezers full of meals, so need to get through those as well. 

Overall I want this year to use what I have and not hold onto it 'just in case'!

jackieblack

kiss_me_now9 said:

I would like to try this too! 

I have a huge amount of toiletries, all stashed away and ready to be used. I have been pretty good at not buying more shower gels/scrubs/face masks etc. but haven't made much of a dent in what I have. 

I have also got a penchant for stationery and pretty pens etc. and have already ordered some new bits for the new year but I am not going to order anything else after that arrives. I do use this stuff pretty regularly but I am very guilty of 'saving' bits for a 'special' time which never appears.

I have a cupboard full of food staples and two (small) freezers full of meals, so need to get through those as well. 

Overall I want this year to use what I have and not hold onto it 'just in case'!

I totally ‘get’ the stationery thing - with me it is notebooks 😳

During the last two summers I have ‘rehomed’ two boxes full to the daughters of a friend to save them buying ‘back to school/college’ supplies, but I still have way too much… 

Siebrie

I need this thread...

I'm SABLE (Stuff Acquired Beyond Lifetime Expectancy) for soaps, and probably single use showercaps (which we use until they fall apart).

I have lots of cleaning stuff that I was given by expat colleagues and neighbours that were moving abroad. It's usually not my preferred cleaning stuff, or even stuff that I regularly use, so I have to make an effort to use it up.

Husband has a habit of grabbing the first bottle that comes to hand, so quite a few bottles are half-full. Not all of them have a removable top to decant all same products into 1 bottle, so I make sure I grab the emptiest (is that a word? ).

We filled up our freezer with dishes for my parents (81 and 86) when my father's cancer required chemotherapy starting December 2022 and cooking became too much to handle for them. My father is doing really well now, and my sister has just filled up their freezer with food she cooked, so we will just eat ours.

I am a fan of the Marie Kondo method of organising (which method I had thought up for myself before she became famous - I could have made millions!). I store like with like, I have just the 1 item out for use and finishing up. However, I have a husband who likes variation, and 2 daughters who are entering their teenage years / puberty and are discovering selfcare products and make-up. I'm now teaching them to store those items in their rooms (and not in the bathroom due to moisture) and to actually finish the bottles! Including standing them upside down (bottles, not daughters) and cutting open to get the last bits out. It has helped that they now pay for their own products.

kimplus8

I am a fan of the Marie Kondo method of organising (which method I had thought up for myself before she became famous - I could have made millions!). I store like with like, I have just the 1 item out for use and finishing up. However, I have a husband who likes variation, and 2 daughters who are entering their teenage years / puberty and are discovering selfcare products and make-up. I'm now teaching them to store those items in their rooms (and not in the bathroom due to moisture) and to actually finish the bottles! Including standing them upside down (bottles, not daughters) and cutting open to get the last bits out. It has helped that they now pay for their own products.

Mother of daughters here too. I’ve gotten them each a plastic curved basket for their own shampoo, conditioner and shower gels etc for the bathroom that they keep in their rooms and take back and forth to the bathroom, this has weeded out which one uses half a bottle of product each shower! They all got some toiletries and self care products for Christmas which should them going for a while. I also have a stash of body shop products to get through from birthday/ Christmas gifts. I’m am allowing myself to have 2 on the go at a time for a bit of scent variety and once one finishes I replace it with a new scent. Currently using up my pumpkin one from autumn and a strawberry one I got for my birthday 

YorksLass

Poppy_Golightly said:

Dressmaking fabric, yarn and vintage sewing patterns are my dirty little secret! Then of course there are all the nice Knit Pro Zing Needles that must be bought to make up the jumpers etc! I've got them all!

I love these needles, they're kind on the hands and wrists and very smooth to use.  And yes, I have a stash of them!

jackieblack - These come in all varieties, straight single point, straight double point, fixed circular and interchangeable circular.  Also in crochet hooks.

jackieblack

YorksLass said:

Poppy_Golightly said:

Dressmaking fabric, yarn and vintage sewing patterns are my dirty little secret! Then of course there are all the nice Knit Pro Zing Needles that must be bought to make up the jumpers etc! I've got them all!

I love these needles, they're kind on the hands and wrists and very smooth to use.  And yes, I have a stash of them!

jackieblack - These come in all varieties, straight single point, straight double point, fixed circular and interchangeable circular.  Also in crochet hooks.

Oh dear, I was kind of hoping the answer was no 😁😳🤦🏻‍♀️😜

ariarnia

nearly one week into january and this is where i aways struggle getting ontop of the food situation. 

we're still on 5/31 no spend days. which is great. but now the fridge is empty (theres a few different cheeses. some pate. yogurt. a tub of fudge icing.) so tomorrow is when id go to the shops 'because theres nothing in'.

add to that i'm back working (from home) since yesterday and the kids arent in school until monday. which is fine because they entertain themselves but means i need to pull my head out of work to think about lunch. feeling quite good ive not just given them some cash and told them to grab a macdonalds yet this week  

tomorrow i need to use some very elderly pears. they arent very sweet and have gone a bit mushy tasting so i'm thinking i'll get out some pork to defrost and make something like grilled chops with pear and cheese topping? maybe roast some onions and have wedges or maybe make some rice. 

Siebrie

I have used the Too Good To Go app a few times, with varying success. I now have quite a few Chinese/Asian products that I have no clue how to prepare, what to add, or what they taste like. So, I'll have to get my mind in gear and start decyphering the instructions (in automatic translated English or Dutch ). The miso soup should not be a problem, but I can't remember ever having eaten any before, so that will be a surprise.

ariarnia

Siebrie said:

I have used the Too Good To Go app a few times, with varying success. I now have quite a few Chinese/Asian products that I have no clue how to prepare, what to add, or what they taste like. So, I'll have to get my mind in gear and start decyphering the instructions (in automatic translated English or Dutch ). The miso soup should not be a problem, but I can't remember ever having eaten any before, so that will be a surprise.

i think we've got some packets of miso paste somewhere. OH used to take them for a quick lunch at work if we had leftover stirfry veg/bits of cooked meat.

i think mushrooms are the key to miso if you have any in. then anything green and leafy. but most bits of veg work i think as long as its shredded really fine so it cooks (as much as you want it to) in the heat boiling water. 

hope you enjoy

something i need to add to my stash busting is my 'to read list' on my e reader. i've got something like 500 books on there to read (mostly free or on sale at 99p or gifts from my wishlist) and another 280 on goodreads flagged as want to read. 

i'm setting a goal of 183 books finished a year (so one every other day) but i should get through more as some of them will be pants and i wont force myself to finish them (but it means i can delete them from the list!)

Brambleberry

 
Good morning all! Have managed to get two half empty mini cans of dry shampoo used up and discarded. Only have one left, so that will go in a little grab bag of toiletries for my car.
Late and lazy breakfast today with greek yogurt that is a week OOD, but only opened the tub this morning and it is still good. Unfortunately, same can't be said for the apple, haven't figured out the sainsbugs no dates codes yet, so  my apples must have got into wrong order in the fridge. Think the rest of the bag will have to be cooked in something, because they have no flavour on their own.
Today is going to be a desk day, so an opportunity to spend 25 minutes with the stationery stash and find a few bits to take to work and get them used. Also need to sneakily rifle through OH's cupboards and drawers to find a couple of lost nintendo game packets so we can donate them on properly. Will have to do that really quietly so he doesn't notice   it'll be next year if I wait for him to do it.