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heretoreaditall2019 · Dec 21, 2024

Would anyone like to participate in a no/low spend fortnight? Not necessarily on this thread (although who doesn’t love a more active thread lol) and obvs everyone will have their own criteria for what that looks like/exceptions there aren’t any blanket rules to it. Just personally find this time of year so bleak and I’m defo guilty of getting bored and spending ages looking online & buying bits when really I’d feel better just reading or doing something IRL!

Like a daily accountability thing of yay did it or ah try again tomoz?

jojida · Oct 2, 2024

Today marks the end of my self-imposed no spend period. I did 10 days to stop myself from just buying shit whenever I wanted it and I did make a few purchases (a new eyebrow pencil to replace the one that I'd run out of, a small trip to the petrol station to buy snacks for a journey etc) I feel good for having not just impulse purchased the same amount of stuff as I'd normally do and now I feel like I'm not too tempted to keep purchasing for the sake of it!

This morning I also had an email following a feedback survey I filled out, asking for an interview to improve a brand and in exchange they give me a £100 voucher. I use this brand really regularly and this actually feels like a reward for having not purchased anything this last little while

Geranium · Jan 28, 2024

I’ve done a no spend and dry January! Might as make the most miserable month even more miserable

Curly Top · Apr 28, 2024

When I first discovered Vinted I purchased far more than I sold - like a kid in a candy store, Now I am trying to clear out my clothes and general clutter I am selling only. I move things out of the main wardrobe and place in my daughter's old bedroom after uploading them. If they don't sell they will go to charity. This way I can see what I have left and ensure that I don't need the rest. It's a very slow process but I am moving in the right direction.
The whole endeavour has made me very discerning when it comes to bringing more stuff to the house.
All I can say is it was a long time coming and I can hardly recognise my new sensible self.

prozacprincess · Jan 16, 2024

I was really craving cake or biscuits and was going to drive to buy some, but then I remembered we have a waffle maker in the cupboard, so I knocked up a stack of banana waffles with maple syrup instead

… petrol and cash saved, and used up some of the pantry ingredients

50degreesnorth · Jan 26, 2024

Managed to cancel prime and audible from my laptop. Audible gave me a free credit if I’d think about. I took the free credit, bought the book, thought about it - and cancelled.

Took the 63p refund from prime too. This time next year Rodders…

Silverback · Jan 27, 2025

Who would like to hear a tale of money wasting woe?!

So today I went for a walk and while on said walk I picked up a couple of bits I needed in Boots. Then I’m walking past the Cotswold Co. Ooh sale! Let’s just pop in.

Of course it’s all lovely. Clean, middle class, pretty. I start to mooch around the home accessories section. Candles, baskets, cushions, vases. I pick up a ceramic artichoke. I’ll have that, I think. £14 spent.

I leave the shop and start walking home. Why have I just bought a ceramic artichoke? This is the most random impulse buy ever. I mean it’s nice and all but why did I buy this?

It’s now sitting in the bag waiting to be returned. The shops are dangerous, I tell thee.

RinsedHoops · Jan 6, 2024

Joining. Embarrassed to admit I have a shopping addiction to rival Jack Monroe and debt up to my eyes. Determined to make 2024 the year it changes. Deleted my shopping apps and cut up the cards.

House of Tea · Jan 15, 2024

Shit day at work. I was tempted to swing by Boots for a peruse to cheer myself up but resisted. Just thought, I would rather add to my pot of money in case one day I decide to walk out. That is a cheerier thought than yet another blusher or lippie.

50degreesnorth · Jan 10, 2024

You’ve all inspired me. I’ve (so far) set my ISA up to £30/month more than now - I’m on a small budget so…

im going to cancel Amazon prime - my impulse purchases there are daft. I’ve unsubscribed from a ton more of f marketing emails. I know the shops I like, when it’s time to buy im sure i’ll not have forgotten them.

I saw a great tip on either this or the other thread about putting an extra £5 in savings every time you finish a book. I have an enormous unread kindle and physical book pile - I don’t need to buy anything for about £600 worth of savings.

I’ve made two Vinted purchases this month - 1) a leather bag I’ve been watching for months and she dropped the price and 2) a coat as I’ve lost 3 stone and the current one looks like it came from the camping sections of millets. Total spend under £25 incl p&p so I’ve forgiven myself.

Notworthy · Dec 31, 2025

I really think the government needs to come up with some policies that encourage people to go out and do stuff be it £1 swims on the last Sunday of the month or art classes or whatever. Money spent doing things in the UK benefits mental health and also keeps the money in our economy, not China's

heretoreaditall2019 · Nov 6, 2024

pinkmug said:
Technically having the time doesn't necessarily translate to having the physical or mental energy to do those things though.

Speaking just for myself, If I count out the ideally 16 hours time I would spend at work/asleep, I should be left with 8 whole hours to do all I please. I work close to home, half an hour walk/longest commute. But I don't. Mornings are spent trying to get myself sorted to face the day ahead, I can't relax enough to read, make art or exercise when my eye is on the clock to avoid running late. When I'm back, I need to figure out what to eat, make sure I pick up after myself, clean/do laundry/do shopping/run errands. By the time those are over, I should still have a few good hours to myself, but then kicks in the anxiety of needing to spend my precious time off in rhe most perfect and relaxing/stimulating/engaging/enriching way possible. When I am ran rugged by the mental requirements of the day, nothing I do afterwards feels good enough to replenish my brain. I am left with the least time and energy consuming options of watching/reading stuff or the most likely for myself: idle scrolling and sometimes random shopping.

If someone is a better person than I am with regards to mental health and general way their brain functions, that time might be well enough to make them feel satisfied and refreshed. In my case, it does not. And I don't even have any kids, pets or dependants that I should care for.

Spending time outside is a great way to feel better and I agree with you that options to do that is being limited by lack of safe spaces and/or time, but personally, I don't need to socialise more. What I need is less hours spent in the office doing nothing and more time by myself to do the things I need to do, so I can have time left for things I want to do. I always find how little I'm interested in new purchases when I'm on holiday or having time off at home, because I'm relaxed, doing things I enjoy and I am mentally stimulated. I tend to peruse Amazon a lot more when I'm feeling stressed, cornered or burnt out.

Nodded along reading this thank you for sharing. Remote work has been a godsend for me and the sole reason my fashion shopping changed massively. It’s a majorly privileged position btw as a caveat to this - but it’s SO much easier to have a small wardrobe, not succumb to the colour of the season, etc etc if you’re just sat at home by yourself day in day out? Exposure to amazing clothes/bags on the tube was just an instant trigger to buy. And I say this as a non fast fash girly/considered purchaser, before it’d be 1/2 nice purchases a month whereas now it’s that every year or half a year. I also wait until something has perished before replacing it as there’s just no need for the range I had before.

And it goes without saying how much easier it is to manage life if you’re at home. I currently have my second wash of the day on, first was timed to end before the working day started and I hung it up as I brewed a tea, second put in at lunch for EoD. Exercised on a quick lunch break (30 minutes so my employer still manages to benefit from me being remote, too), will have my Sainsbury’s shop delivered tomorrow on a lunch break. Having a routine like this also means you don’t fall to the M&S dine in offers as you cba, or worse takeaway which is always tempting after a shit commute. I know I couldn’t cope doing my role full time if I had to work out the home because all of that would be pushed into a teeny tiny window, plus childcare?! I’m also p sure I’m on the spectrum so find an office setting exhausting/harder to work in, so again my employer gets more from me but also I have the privilege of not being burnt out come 5pm. I do struggle with recreational time too but a large part of that is due to a cosleeping child’s bedtime routine.

All of the above is why I have a zero tolerance policy for influencers complaining about work lol, remote working is an immense privilege.

Kittylover2019 · Nov 25, 2025

After my little crazy spending spree I’ve been and returned £465 worth of clothing/boots today.

I was going to keep some of it but had a word with myself. I even returned something that was delivered just this morning!

50degreesnorth · Jun 7, 2024

Interesting times financially. June is looking to be a “huge surplus” month - and, whereas 6 months ago I’d have raced to spend until every last penny was gone - I now find myself in uncharted waters as I think about the best way to leverage this money.

This thread has been amazing!

cee-bee · Jan 5, 2024

rainbowlemon said:
I feel like the insta huns are to blame for excess consumption being normalised. Constantly redoing rooms just for "content".

I knew a girl studying a medical degree at Uni. It was tough, gruelling hours and she couldn’t realistically get a part time job. The only way she could afford it was basically through her boyfriend who let her live in his house for free, and paid the bills.

I remember her mum was donating an “old” sofa to one of their friends and she was trying to organise it. She told me about how her mum got a new sofa every year.

I found that pretty shocking. They are a very tight knit family and supposedly really care about each other, but I can’t imagine spending a grand every year on a sofa when my daughter was struggling through a degree. I could never understand why her mum didn’t make do with the same sofa for a few extra years and give her child some financial help. A lesson for me in that “tight knit” doesn’t always mean pleasant, or kind or even caring.

I’ve had my sofa a few years now, no way am I replacing it until I absolutely need to. My grandparents (war generation and very mindful of waste) got theirs reupholstered and they looked as good as new.

this was over 10 years ago so I think influencer culture is a symptom of the problem of overconsumption rather than the cause tbh

avabella · Dec 27, 2023

fishyfishfish said:
Trying so hard to resist the asos sale... usually go crazy on that and zara sale but I'm gonna chuck £500 in my savings and go through my clothes in storage (which are all smaller than the clothes in my wardrobe) and hopefully re-find a few things!

If it helps make your decision, Zara funds the genocide currently happening in Gaza right now so that might take the sting out.

neverbeeninfluenced · Nov 9, 2024

Feeling very proud of myself today.
Baileys is £10 at Sainsbury’s for a litre. Old me would have bought a bottle because it’s a bargain and we just have to have it in for Xmas. Even though I’ll maybe only have it once or twice before leaving it opened all year just in time to pour away in time to buy the new bottle when it’s on special offer.
Need to think more like this at Christmas. I do not need stuff just because it’s Christmas or just because everybody else is buying it

carriebooboo · Dec 22, 2024

1. I put my 6 month toiletries list together today. I'm going to wait for boxing day to order in case there are any discounts, but then I'm definitely going to try going Amazon Prime-less. I probably would have kept it for Amazon Music but they downgraded it so much last year that it's barely useable anymore. I'm on a 4-month Spotify free trial and liking it so far.

2. I downgraded my Nationwide FlexPlus Account because they increased the price from £13 to £18/month. It was worth it for the free travel insurance but I don't have any trips planned until June now, so I'll reassess then.

3. Think I might pull finally the plug on Netflix. I pay £40 every 3/months for iptv (mostly for certain sports, which I love) so I barely watch it anyway. Plus we have such great free streamers in this country. My freeloading relative will have to get their own sub if they want to keep watching.

So that will be £32.98 saved monthly straight away.

adviseplz · Dec 22, 2023

Here’s an idea we can all try to carry into the Boxing Day and January sales…..
“It’s only a bargain if you were going to buy it anyway”

OnlyHereForTheLolz · Jan 2, 2025

Glad it’ll be no spend month as just had an unexpected vet bill. Dog is poorly so being on a drip overnight and so far it’s costing £900 🥲
Likely to increase depending on prognosis tomorrow.
But tbf it’s money I don’t mind spending also need a service and MOT on car in a couple of weeks so that’s another £600

Honestly can’t believe I ever wanted to be an adult

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