Boots - £17.29
Kurt Geiger - £15
Ikea - £4.45
So like I said, I've given myself this week off the spending ban, what with it being half term and all. We went to Gunwharf Quays today with my sister for her birthday. Last time I went was about 4 years ago and I wasn't impressed, so I fully expected to spend nothing. Which is probably why I splashed out on Lee Stafford Hair Growth Treatment when we went to Boots first. Had I known that Kurt Geiger would have 95% of their stock for £29 or less, I probably wouldn't have done. I still managed to squeeze in a cheeky pair of Carvela flats that I've had my eye on for months though. And no trip down to Portsmouth would be complete without stopping at Ikea where I, of course, had to stock up on my favourite candles.
Tuesday
Primark - £5
Superdrug - £3.47
Sainsbury's - £4
I met up with Rosie for a hot chocolate today (should that be listed? £3...I went for a milkshake instead) and felt a bit guilty on the way home about my spending. I feel a bit better now I've written down the unnecessaries. I bought a lot of boring stuff (deodorant, toilet roll), so now I look at the naughty spending it's not so bad. A fiver on new gym trousers and £4 on another fancy colour-changing candle. And the £3.47 in Superdrug was actually an investment. Ed may give me some money to spend in London on Thursday, so I thought that by buying him his favourite hair wax it would maybe tip the scales my way. Rosie agreed that it was a clever move...
Thursday
Train - £25
Zara - £22.99
Selfridges - £3.25
WH Smith - £2.50
An exceptional spending day because I went into London, but with that in mind...didn't I do well? In actual fact, Ed gave me £20 towards the bag in Zara, but I paid for it all on my card so I'll take the money from his account to put towards my credit card bill. Which, for the record, I am dreading. Besides that, I bought a nice card from Selfridges (a little tradition) and a magazine for the train home. Train fare, might I add, is extortionate when you consider I live 38 minutes away. I swear they charge me a different amount every time.
Saturday
Boohoo - £13.59
You may have spotted from my wishlist that I'm a tad obsessed with all things acidic. And believe it or not, this purchase should actually save me money, because buying a lime green skirt now means I no longer want the Mango shirt. For now, anyway. And I know I'm not meant to be spending, but I don't think £12 for a skirt is a bad deal. Especially when I got 20% off, which made the £3.99 P&P more bearable.
Total for the week: I DON'T WANT TO KNOW! Back to work tomorrow and the spending truly stops. I've got my credit card to pay, something next Saturday and then perhaps I'll buy the green bag from my wishlist, but that's it! Help me stick to it, please?!
wise call on the hair treat - I must remember that treat. I'd hate to see my weekly spend out like this!
ReplyDeleteI actually felt slightly better about it when I spotted that the 3 for 2 offer was no longer running the next day! x
DeleteI went to boots for lee stafford and they didn't blumin have any. So I've shelled out £50 on feel unique to compensate. OOPS.
ReplyDeleteI passed up buying these loads cos they very rarely had three of the Hair Growth Treatment in! x
DeleteI feel your pain, I have spent way to much this week as well. Oh well we can just be super good for the next two weeks!
ReplyDeleteGillian from Glam Up Everyday x
March and it's on! No more spending! x
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Thanks, I'll have a look in a mo :) x
DeleteHaha, oh Tabitha, I do love your Spendaholic posts! I'm exactly the same, but I'm far too scared to post about it as my mum reads my blog and I don't want her knowing how much I spend and what on - lol!
ReplyDeleteAnd I completely sympathize about Kurt Geiger, I went to the Guildford one last week and found a pair of flats I'd been lusting after for ages. They were £20 reduced from £95! How could I not buy them!? Seriously, it would have been rude not to!
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Kurt Geigers are an investment. Any time that they're on offer for a bargain price I feel obliged to purchase! x
DeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one with a problem! love these posts xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you :) x
DeleteI dread to think how much I spend every week, terrifying!
ReplyDeleteMaria xxx
Sometimes it genuinely is horrifying, but quite often it spurs me on to avoid making those unnecessary little purchases x
DeleteSo jealous of your kurt Geiger bargains! Definitely worth the lift on the spending ban x
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Glad you agree ;) x
DeleteI've not been to Gunwharf in so long!
ReplyDeleteIt was a really nice surprise actually...last time I went the only exciting thing was the Krispy Kreme stand! x
DeleteThis is such a good idea, I might begin a little diary of my spending so I know exactly where I'm going wrong x
ReplyDeleteYou should! x
DeleteI think it's a brilliant idea keeping track of exactly what you're spending & where, even if you don't want to look at the total this week! I think I'll start keeping a little note and hopefully I can stop spending on things that aren't essential!
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Good luck! x
DeleteAt £15 it would have been a sin not to buy those carvela flats, that's all I'm saying x
ReplyDeleteHaha Charlotte, you're such an enabler! x
DeleteI love total - I don't want to know! Amen to that.
ReplyDeleteElspeth xx
Gah it's how I live....so bad! x
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