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

Personal trainer but I've got rid of all my other luxuries (cleaner, facials etc) and I know I would be less fit without her. £1200 per year is a lot though so no sure I can keep her much longer.

I have massively cut back in my Coke zero habit and yhthat has saved me £30 per month at least.

Wine.
My commute.

Your DH rescuing the last Christmas tree makes me feel cosy and warm inside...Proper hygge!

Cars , garden , Christmas and birthdays

Have you looked at your local library? Ours do BorrowBox so you can rent magazines online free of charge. Perfect for those that you just want to flick through!

It's worse than that - if you are a higher rate tax payer and put that in your pension - assuming a 7% compound growth rate, this would be >£100,000 after 20 years.

My Emma Bridgewater addiction. I have officially given it up now, other than a few items still on my wish list. But buying a mug or two (or three!) here and there adds up quickly! I've already stopped buying Japanese tableware as that was getting expensive too.

Other than that I don't really have much to give up as I'm already pretty frugal. I get my hair cut once in a very great while, have never dyed it, and only have nails done for holidays away. I've stopped buying make up like sweeties and just stick to my favourites.

Don't go out for coffees at all, and we usually go out to eat once or maybe twice a year if something very special comes up. Tend to do/see free things most of the time.

We don't drink much at all anymore so there's not the drip drip drip of bottles with the weekly shop either.

I buy nice whisky (admittedly quite expensive upfront but often a gift) and drink sparingly and without a mixer so quite affordable when compared to drinking a few bottles of wine each week (and better for my waistline!)

House magazines. I can't stop myself buying the latest editions of things like 'Your Home' and 'Ideal Home'. They are SO expensive and it's not as if I'm going to be doing any of the things they suggest, my house is too small for a start. But I work in a supermarket right opposite the magazine rack, and I can feel my palms start tingling when the new mags come in on a Tuesday...

Yeah, those as well, but I'm on a medically restricted diet, avocado is something healthy that I can actually eat. So cutbacks will have to be elsewhere.

We once paid the grand sum of 5p for an almost dead plant, OH felt sorry for it and as it was Good Friday we thought we could resurrect it. 15 years on it's still going strong!
He had form for feeling sorry for random plants etc., he once bought the last Christmas tree late on Christmas Eve so it wouldn't get thrown out, cue a mad rush to search unused decorations and lights but it was lovely.
Can't believe the amount of money spend on this thread though, I feel positively puritanical.

Same here! But if I buy a case for home then I drink far too much of it. I don't want to add up how much I spend.
I did give up for a year, but I've succumbed again.

I could not give up the gym. I need it to stay strong and healthy. Otherwise how will I work into old age?

Could give up my pets. But won’t.

Socialising is a big one. I should at least halve that. Stay home and study.

Well done @Dogaredabomb - I’ve never smoked but my friend is always fighting to stay off the fags - I hope you can stay off them too!!

Me too. My house is full of it!

I was drinking lager.the big boxes of 10.since I've given up my sleep has improved 100% too.wejust come back from an overnight stay in our caravan and id hit the lager/spirits on arrival and keep going.this time I was alcohol free for the first time ever!

I was going to ditto that, but it’s probably not more than £30 a month* and everything I make is for a particular charity so I’m not giving it up. I do my own nails and rarely have a takeaway coffee.

*I order from Wool Warehouse, where I can see all previous orders from the past couple of years so could tot it all up, but I’m not going to!

Weekend lunches out. DH and I have got into a routine of going to get lunch out almost every Saturday after we have visited my elderly parents. It's not unusual to get lunch out on Sundays as well. Nothing extravagant but it adds up.

🥑🥑 I eat a lot of them, and have an expensive food outlay. It is something I prioritise, but could save money, by buying, and eating cheaper food.

Eating out
Coffees out
Clothes (the excess of what I need)
The cats (not really)

Buying yarn. 🧶

Addiction, unfortunately...

First class train ticket on my morning commute. That's about £2200 a year compared to 2nd class (according to the current conversion rate). But I work on the train and have a fairly long commute.

Followed by non-essentials like holidays, eating out, dance classes, gym membership, our cleaning lady.

Buying skincare without getting a tester beforehand (aka online). And buying skincare and makeup before checking what I already own.... 😅(<= I have told myself to stop doing this and it seems to be working. Mostly.)

Im trying very hard to give up bottled water. I travel a lot and often need a drink on the go. Am appalled by how expensive a bottle of bloody water is these days plus I feel awful about the plastic and then end up carting it around looking for a recycling bin. Have refillable bottle and take it with me and try to get it refilled where possible. Am slightly depressed by how few water fountains there are around in the UK.

Paying £4 for a tiny brownie or slice of cake in a coffee shop when I could go to the supermarket next door and buy a whole cake for the same price...or make one at home.