The Spendaholics Anonymous Thread!

iamashoppingaddict

Well its two days since I've been paid and I have bought nothing non-essential!! I'm so proud of myself cause this time last month I'd spent £100 on clothes on the CC card!!! And now the only spends are good spends (well no spend is a good spend but you know what I mean!!)

I'm determined to keep this up and by doing so I will stay away from shops and anywhere I can spend money by trying to keep my lunch breaks filled with anything other than going to the shops!! LOL

Today I've got to post two ebay parcels, but I have a sinking feeling I've hidiously undercharged on one parcel so I'm going to lose out there which is annoying. Oh well, I need to buy some more acurate scales!!! LOL

Little_Chicken

Well done on the non-spending truly. I'm the same with ebay I just randomly guess the postage and get it either way over - or under. I'm probably not a very popular seller in some circles. Well done on the selling tho.

It's my wedding anniversary so I'm off to a V posh restaurant for dinner. yum-yum! I've hardly spent any money for a week now. So am feeling very proud of myself.

Happy birthday for tomorrow CS - have a loely time at your posh hotel. Don't do anything we wouldn't.:D

Millie2008_2

Almost a NSD for me but I did buy lottery tickets for the next week or so while I am away- I use the same numbers each week, so...

Tomorrow will be a little more expensive, as I am having my hair cut and coloured

iamashoppingaddict

Very very annoyed. Sold a DVD on Ebay which ended on the 15th March. The buyer paid on the 17th and I sent it out on the 20th. He has now opening a paypal dispute on item not received. Luckily I sent it Royal Mail Recorded so hopefully that will mean that PayPal won't take the funds away from me!

compulsivespender79

Hello all,

Not about spending today, but a bit of a sob-story . . .
Today is my birthday, and as you all know my OH and I were going to go to a lovely hotel today, do some shopping in Shrewsbury, have dinner, and then settle down and watch a good film *ahem*.
Anyway, it's not to be. My daughter has been projectile vomiting since the early hours of this morning, so no lovely birthday treat for me!
Oh well, at least it means I won't be tempted into any spending today!

Have a good one all,

CSx

jennyred

OH thats a shame CS! hope she feels better soon - can the trip not just be prosponed for a week or two? its such a shame if you miss out.

happy birthday by the way!

not much to report from me - other than the £600 for the new furniture, no compulsive spending for me! even turned down a last minute jaunt to london this weekend to see friends that we have not seen in ages! would of cost about £150 but we resisted. :T

have £300 for april. thats for fuel, study day to manchester on the 12th (train tickets already bought but will be staying with friends so :rolleyes: ), study day in london on the 24th (again train tickets already bought) and anything else personal - will be on nights next week so thats at least one week of not spending a penny

transferred £1000 into my savings from wages this month so plan is not to touch that.

so that my april challenge - failed miserably on march's!!! :rotfl:

have a good one everyone

RapidMongman

Doing pretty good here - no impulse purchases this month (aside from a few cd's at 2-3 quid each). Once you acknowledge you have a "problem" that problem is so much easier to deal with. Couple of times i have gone to pay for things online this month and backed out, asking myself the question "do i really need this?".

I always find reading a couple of threads on here helps to keep the importance of not overspending at the forefront of my numbskull (not for a second suggesting everyone has hit problems due to overspending).

smiffy85

Hellllooooo everyone member number 43 checking in for the first time in a while!

Thats horrible that its happened on your birthday CS! Hope your daughter feels better soon and you still get your birthday (if a little postponed) treat! Happy Birthday hun! :beer:

Well I am pretty pee'd off still with this petrol situation! It cost me £37 to fill up my tiny 1 litre citroen which is ridiculous! So thats made a slight dent in my bank account. On the plus side I had an interview for a supply teaching agency on tuesday and should hopefully start doing some days next week at £100 a day woohoo! Hope I get lots lol! That should sort my overdraft out!!

Hope everyone's resisting the urge not to spend on silly things! I am going paintballing tomorrow :j but that is a necessity as its a welcome home for one of my bestest friends who has been in australia for over a year and I can't wait to see him!

Anyway have a good wknd everybody! xx

iamashoppingaddict

Happy birthday CS - hope you enjoy your birthday anyway. xxxx

(PS No spends today!! woohoo)

Little_Chicken

CS what a shame. Hope you got some lovely pressies anyway.

I haven't spent any money for a week:A so that's something to be happy about.:T:T:T