What’s one small thing you could give up that would save you a LOT of money long term?!

Ive cancelled

Times subscription £26
Netflix £8?

Need to work on
Vinted habit (just waiting for the claim date for a missing parcel and will delete when that's sorted)

Buying crap on amazon (changing payment card to my debit card so Im feeling the pain upfront and not whacking it all on credit)

Takeaway coffees - at least 3 or 4 per week

Buying lunch - its never nice, even from Pret and costs a fortune.

Buying posh coffee beans. It’s about £11 a bag, we get them every 2 weeks (subscription)
It’s still cheaper than going to a coffee shop
(which we still do occasionally, as I love a good coffee shop)

Other than that, I’m pretty frugal. I’m not sure what else I could or would be willing to give up to save a lot of money long term.
I don’t smoke or drink, we only run one car now.
I buy most of my clothes from vinted. Very low maintenance in terms of beauty stuff. I don’t get my nails done, Botox etc. A family member cuts my hair for free. I colour it myself. No gym membership.

edit: I do have a hobby which probably costs me about £25 a month in materials, but I’m not willing to give that up!

If I were to give anything else up it'd be my room, or the car, or bills in general. I've tightenedd my strings so tight my waist would be smaller than Empress Sisi!

The sad thing is when I eat now I am usually disappointed, we’ve eaten out 3 times recently 1 was tasteless the other 2 were hot meals served cold (I usually complain about things being too hot!)

Yes I like buying wool as I crochet. I do make things for Dgc and other babies though and it is a relaxing hobby

More than one, but I can't choose. Ad-free streaming services. Car boot sales. Books. Gin. Organic food. Ocado.

You could be me, although I'm Pepsi Max. Shocking amount i consume 😒

Takeaways (or deliveries) are so expensive now! I really fancied a Chinese last night, but it would have cost around £30 for three dishes.

I know not good for the environment but disposable cups and lids are handy too. We do have very nice reusable cups. But if I know the cup will sit in the car for ages I bring a disposable one. I also live about a 2.5hr drive from most of my family so when they visit I send them off with a tea or coffee for the drive.

Get the tesco ones

I took my payment method off so that everytime I want to buy something I have to set that back up.

It's amazing how the effort of setting up the payment method and then faffing about to remove it afterwards makes me stop and think about whether I do need the biscuits barrel shaped like a tortoise.

Mountjaro

Thought of another one ... Random handwritten cards - would never stop birthday cards but am cutting down on Christmas cards to random people just because they've always been on a list and I am sending fewer 'just a note' cards. Actually I am almost done sending birthday cards overseas as I have found an e-card service for £24 per year which is more reliable than the post. And I am no longer posting chocolate advent calendars to my godchildren ... For a start they are now all over 18, the post cost more than the calendars, and they are just as happy with a scratch card!

Impulse buying and dopamine chasing!

Damn ADHD costs me a fortune.

Good job I didn't spot this deal- would have bought loads too.

Sat in nail bar now.Came to get a soak off determined to go back to normal nail varnish.Caved and just booked a reapplication. Just one more....

Love this haha @feebeecat

Especially when you consider that cost is coming off your net salary as well, not your gross salary.

People always put these things in context of what they earn, but if you look at it ias a proportion of your disposable income after essential bills then it's a shocking amount to spend on something that's so easy to do for yourself at home for a fraction of the cost. Even factoring in the cost of a decent bean-to-cup barista machine and a bag of coffee beans each week and a good quality re-usable insulated cup.

I get the desire to 'go out for a coffee' as a social activity, but to spend money daily on taking it away seems like utter madness to me.

Perfume. I wear it every day and at about £80 a bottle (I try to shop around and get it discounted) it's an extravagance. But it makes me feel good.

Sugar free, zero calorie one specific fizzy drink which is my safe drink and the only drink I consume. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs, I don’t consume caffeine, I don’t drink hot drinks. I think I’ll live. I’ve lost 5st7 and have been maintaining that for a while. The fizzy drink is not why I was overweight. Over consumption was why I was overweight.

Cans of coke and take aways. It wouldn't save a huge amount of money but would definitely benefit my waistline 😅
If I deleted the Vinted app that would also help but now I'm trying to sell on it rather than buy!

£200 every six weeks!! Omg. I’ve just changed hairdressers to now pay £28 instead of £52 for a c&b every 10 weeks.

I spend £189 a month on a gym membership - I try and go to 3 classes a week (I could do 2 more but I don't particularly like those classes) but more often than not it's 2 a week. It would be much much cheaper at the Council gym - but I wouldn't get the same kick up the arse as I do now.

Gardening - trying really hard not to buy a million bulbs for spring. My garden is tiny and full. Proper full.

Clothes - I wear the same things day in and day out but shopping me is convinced there's a stylish lady underneath that just needs that one thing to bring her out...

Nice food at M&S....

Just done some retirement planning and it's focussing my mind somewhat.

We have already cut back a lot on things we don't need. I cut my own hair, hardly ever buy alcohol, don't need my nails done or beauty treatments. We eat out only for birthdays and anniversary, and that's not guaranteed.
I couldn't go without our holidays though as they are important to us, but I wouldn't mind Christmas being cut back a lot more.

The question was 'What SMALL things...'