What things can't you compromise on?

mazza1970

wmf wrote: »

Meat and cheese here, + Sunday papers - another one who doesn't buy any throughout the week.

I also don't buy papers throughout the week, I only buy them on a Sunday. I also have to have Yorkshire Tea and Lurpak butter.:p

Barneysmom

I forgot breakfast cereal!
I make a mix of Mr.M's muesli, Quaker oat granola, and Bran Flakes. I keep them in a lock & Lock and gently roll the container round to mix 'em together.

Jasper27_2

Another vote for Yorkshire tea, as it's so strong I get 2 cups from it. Also I'd rather eat less meat but have good quality. We did have a few experiments with cheaper cuts but neither OH or I were keen on them. So we have more vegetarian dishes and meals with small amounts of meat (stir fries, pasta sauces etc where a little goes a long way) and eat nice meat once or twice a week. I also don't like cheap chocolate it's got to be Green & Blacks or Lindt. Sometimes Home Bargins does me proud but otherwise I wait for offers and stockpile it, actually this is what I do with most pricer items.

lil_me

Meats, I don't care what price it is at our favourite farm shop, I know it's reasonable I just don't look any more at the prices. Cheaper cuts are like expensive ones from other 'shops'. Things like sausages, I just couldn't eat ones filled with junk, sorry

Coffee, maybe not pay too much more but I would still buy it

Good cheese, not the stuff I buy for DP and DS2 as they get through some cheese a week but the nice stuff for me mainly I'd probably just buy less of it

Lily-Lu

Bread and Tea. I can't stand the cheapie versions of either. Oh, I'm another Yorkshire tea drinker. If there's no Yorkshire, I'll settle for PG....But Yorkshire's definitely my favourite:D

OrkneyStar

Decent steak mince (none of this value frozen carp!), nice bacon, nice tomatoes, and local full cream milk for DS (which we don't dilute!).
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Penny-Pincher!!

I would pay more money if needed for:

Decent cheese
FR Eggs
Decent coffee and tea
Bread
Good quality ham
Butter
Washing Powder/Conditioner

PP
xx

Penelope_Penguin

dillydilly wrote: »

I'll start - The BBC's Archers podcast... discovered this last year and have been hooked ever since, its like coffee for me - not so much the substance, but more the comforting feeling it gives me... don't tell them but I'd probably pay an annual subscription of over £50 if I had to.

Don't say that :eek: I love my Radio 4 podcasts, but probably couldn't justify them at that price I'd have to get rid of the TV and the associated licence fee :rotfl:

As others have said, when we eat meat, I want it to be good quality (I'd rather eat vegetarian than eat rubbish meat :T ).

I also sacrifice a lot of what could be time to myself to spend time with my family and friends

I'll add this to the existing No Compromise! thread to keep ideas together

Penny. x

ceridwen

well....a bit different possibly.....but a couple of glasses of wine when I get an "attack" of the "Anxiety Demons" ....knocks that on the head for the night and I'm back to relatively philosophical in the morning and "what can I do to cope with life?" mode again in the morning.

I will use more "natural" ways to keep things "under control" in the first place ....honest yer honour....but for right now.....if it "belts" a minor "anxiety attack" back under control...then its worth it.

sillyvixen

frugalswan wrote: »

Cola. I'm bad, I know, and I do hope to try and stop drinking it, but I do like my cola.

I know what you mean it has to be diet coke - cheaper brands will not get me through the working day.

also proper coffee, earl grey tea and free range eggs!