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I have managed to curb my impulse spending a lot more these past two years - coincided with tracking all our spending, which we started to save for our wedding and first house. I will admit though, I am sometimes a little sad when I see something lovely but expensive so pass on it. Once we have moved I intend to include a small amount for these purchases in our new budget
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Places like the Works do canvases and paint sets for not that much - alternatively, maybe ask on Freecycle or Swapping sites locally? Painting is one of those things which people take up with great enthusiasm, then lose interest and are left with a load of stuff - especially things like brushes and palettes.I have got the space, and won’t be spending lots as I ain’t professional at it, it’s just something to fill my time and hopefully enjoy, and as you say relaxing.
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Your story sounds like classic retail therapy calicocat .:(
Hopefully when you go back full time you'll have the best of both worlds. You'll have the experience of keeping spending to a minimum but you'll have the money to take advantage of any offers and bargains to save you money longer term. I find that considering needs/wants works well and watching savings grow. Even if I then choose to spend some of the savings on holidays or eating out.
It also helps that I hate being ripped off so I like to choose where I spend. I'm not prepared to pay over the odds. That's why Aldi was invented. 0 -
Your story sounds like classic retail therapy calicocat .:(
Hopefully when you go back full time you'll have the best of both worlds. You'll have the experience of keeping spending to a minimum but you'll have the money to take advantage of any offers and bargains to save you money longer term. I find that considering needs/wants works well and watching savings grow. Even if I then choose to spend some of the savings on holidays or eating out. It also helps that I hate being ripped off so I like to choose where I spend. I'm not prepared to pay over the odds. That's why Aldi was invented.
Oh yes I’m well aware what it is. I used to say that whoever said retail therapy doesn’t work wants their head looking at and it must have come from a man.. As it does work to be fair, but is obviously short lived.
We had a hostage situation a couple of years ago. Next day off I was off buying a handbag , I still call it the hostage bag. To be fair it makes me smile, it doesn’t harm anyone other than my bank balance .
I have always been completely aware why I do it, and have never really been bothered by it to be honest, I never over spend, always stay within budget, never get into any debt etc.
However, being part time just highlighted it so much more, coupled with I am getting sick of too many clothes half of which I like for a few wears ( as not shopping sensibly but to get an emotional fix). I have just been and counted my coat/ jackets . 23. Who the heck needs 23. Some no longer really fit, but that will only be about 4 of them.
I stopped myself buying any dresses other than essential holiday ones for last two years or 1 at Xmas until I lost some lard, I have stuck to that.
Next plan for this year is, no more ruddy coats that’s for sure, and no buying carp for the house like yet another candle, or candle holders, or table decorations etc. Also no buying anymore Xmas decorations, I love them, but could probably decorate 12 trees and mantles. New limit is 1 new one if it’s really special.
I will do it, as my desire to get my savings back to normal after new car will over-ride buying other stuff. My insecurity with that will out do any spending desire certainly for this year.
I think as you get older too you just get more sick of stuff you don’t need or use regularly.
Aldi fan here.Yep...still at it, working out how to retire early.:D....... Going to have to rethink that scenario as have been screwed over by the company. A work in progress.0 -
Now that, I can highly recommend. Costs nowt but shoe leather :money:I have got the space, and won’t be spending lots as I ain’t professional at it, it’s just something to fill my time and hopefully enjoy, and as you say relaxing.
That and make myself walk on the beach more, I can let myself get very lazy at times.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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I spend a FORTUNE on reduced food & charity shop finds.
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Its a real pity if it's genuinely wasted. I can't believe you would buy food and not use it?!I spend a FORTUNE on reduced food & charity shop finds.
This year I’m trying not to. It’s my biggest area of wastage.
As for chazzer finds, if you're not using them then there is the option of donating them back, which means that the money spent there is not wasted but going to a good cause.
ETA: just realised yours was the last post on the Sneaky Ways... thread, good on you!Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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I did some impulse buys on christmas nibbles, real wasted impulse buys, I am just about to bin this high carb/high sugar rubbish. If I had not gone out, I would not have bought them. Same with bottles of lemonade, down the sink they go, I do better on water.
My spur of the moment crockery is coming today, very excited, a self-indulgent impulse buy. I am similar to calicoat, my impulse buy candles will slowly but surely be sent on as presents, not wasted. Its the internet, bad weather and boredom that does it for me. Not forgetting the endorphins0 -
I don't have £200 a month to spend on anything, impulse or not so it's not me!
Much like the rest of you I dont consider it an impulse spend if it's something I would have purchased at some point in the year but I've found it cheaper in a CS or bootsale.
This weekend a local charity had a half price day, I didn't know about it until it flashed up on FB about an hour before closing with some photos of what they had left. I showed hubby, we went straight there and managed to pick up 3 things that were on our kitchen renovation list. Impulsive for some people maybe but I spent £6 on items that were in my amazon wish list for over £85.
I did buy a coat before Christmas, wool, knee length, fits like a dream and was a whole £8 from a CS, I don't have any need for a dressy smart coat normally and have my gardening waterproof, my allotment waterproof and a general out and about not muddy waterproof. But with a very poorly couple of relatives I knew I'd need something a bit smarter for up coming funerals (my general out and about coat is bright purple, not what my family would consider proper for a funeral). And now it seems that one relative is on the mend, hurrah! And the other passed away but isn't having a funeral. So the coat was a bit of an impulse buy but it can sit in the wardrobe for now and get donated next winter if I don't need it.
Oh and a couple of months ago I found a set of good quality saucepans in a CS, filthy dirty but a good price, I got them home, scrubbed them up and found them on line for over £350...I paid £15 - one of my saucepans had a dodgy handle, one had a dodgy lid but all were still usable so these were a semi impulse buy as I didn't technically need them. My previous set came via freecycle 11 years ago and went back on with the faults listed and were snapped up.0 -
Don't bin them, stick them on Oleo / Freecycle / Gumtree as a freebie or donate to a food bank (some supermarkets also have these baskets after the tills).I did some impulse buys on christmas nibbles, real wasted impulse buys, I am just about to bin this high carb/high sugar rubbish. If I had not gone out, I would not have bought them. Same with bottles of lemonade, down the sink they go, I do better on water.
My spur of the moment crockery is coming today, very excited, a self-indulgent impulse buy. I am similar to calicoat, my impulse buy candles will slowly but surely be sent on as presents, not wasted. Its the internet, bad weather and boredom that does it for me. Not forgetting the endorphins
I personally find use for these all year round when friends come over for afternoon tea or drinks. It night hang around for a bit, but nothing goes to waste.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0
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