Put it back!

frugalsar

oh I always do this, especially in primark - because everythings so cheap you just chuck stuff - I always find a quiet corner by the homewears and go through the whole basket and usually put half back! And in tesco - I always pick up a lindor bar then put it back on the way back round!

Dee140157

The other week they reduced a load of unboxed electrical items in Tesco and it took an enourmous amount of will power to walk past a baby george grilling machine for sale at £5.00. I had to ask myself where I would put it and when would I use it. But it stayed on the shelf for a whole 30 seconds more before someone else came along and picked it up. Final decision taken out of my hands. Phew!

cwp500

calleyw wrote: »

I often buy reduced to clear danish pastries and freeze them. So when I want a treat with my coffee it means I have a really nice cake at tiny price.
Yours
Calley

Good tip OP.

Better yet, cut all cakes in half before freezing and try and limit yourself to "one only" i.e. half of a piece.

This will reduce calories and expenditure even further.

unhappybuuny79

I'm a one for wholesale shopping ( I have accounts at a few different ones for various things) because w e tend to buy lots of material etc it works out cheaper by the meter to buy it from them

However we’ve found that we end up with lots of part rolls of material and other things – ok they will always come in, but is it a false economy buying the whole roll (25 meters odd) or could we have just bough the 10 meters from the shop that we needed

We do use it in the send so I suppose it works out, but when you look at a room full of the stuff it does make you think. And accessories sometimes we have to buy them in 12’s or 6’s we sell the rest on eBay, and they then cover the cost of the ones we needed, so that’s not bad, its just the initial outlay that sometimes shocks me…

Bogof_Babe

You can go too far though. I'm still kicking myself for putting back on the "everything £1" rail in the charity shop a new looking M&S long-sleeved cotton t-shirt on Tuesday. I tried it on with some trousers, and was dithering so much about the trousers as they were a bit tight, that in the end I put both items back on the rails .

At the time I was thinking I won't need a long-sleeved t-shirt now it's summer, but every day since it would have been ideal as an extra warm layer under a jumper. I hope it went to another good home!

C1aire

ceridwen wrote: »

errrmmm....there you go then....basis for home-made detergent:

2 parts finely grated soap
1 part borax
1 part washing soda

Add 2 Tablespoons per wash (straight into the laundry drum!). Bingo. Works too - I do it.

Lilac Lady - just think "ceridwen would be here slapping my wrists if I dont put x/y/z back";)

Thanks Ceridwen! I'm just at the end of a box of shop-bought powder and have promised myself that I will make the next lot rather than buying it in. Swapped to vinegar from fabric softener a while ago. I try not to even go down the cleaning aisle in the supermarket as I will only be tempted to buy something hideously expensive when either a lemon or bicarb (or both) will do the trick just as well. I nearly bought something to kill the aphids eating my sunflowers (where have all the ladybugs gone?). I put it back when I read the label warning me not to let it get into the water system - no thanks!

mother_noah

I have just started helping out at a local charity shop . Temptation every time I go in but I have been really good !!! .Do I want it or do I need it,if the former it goes back on the shelf.