Even if I feel flush I will not buy.....

[enoughofthenonsense]

Following on from the event thread here about no compromises

I will not buy even if I feel loaded I'm not really

Heinz beans
Ketchup
Easter/ Christmas gimmick choc
Posh oats
Sugary cereals
Fizzy pop
White bread
Flowers ( they're cut so already 💀)
Most things from a big brand( I buy mostly own brand)

Amongst others.
I'm also a clean and tidy miserable shite person who does not like breakfast in bed because I don't want crumbs and food in the bedroom.

Anybody care to join in? NC because I'm sure I'll be flamed or somebody will be offended.

Yes to lip filler, or any facial filler, you don't look young you just look odd. I feel like we're getting closer and closer to that scene in Brazil.

I will not buy designer clothes, bags, shoes or anything.

I’m not sure your reasons have anything to do with having money. Fizzy drinks and sugary cereals, white bread, are all available no matter what your budget, not exactly luxury brand stuff. And neither does breakfast in bed.

Seems more like a judgement thing.

Fur

Food from train stations even if I'm starving hungry.
At our city train station they are selling a cornish pasty for a fiver a normal size one. I wont be knowingly ripped off like this by any company.

a brand new car devalues several thousand as you drive a few hundred metres
expensive cosmetics that promise eternal youth ie anything over £20 is hype
any single item of clothing and bags, shoes or coats that cost more than £200 bar a wedding dress
wine that costs more than £25 a bottle, £40 for spirits that last ages
also reluctant to spend more than £50 per person on a day out or meal
disneyland and all similar
90% of all modern art most of which is either poorly done, over priced or it is horrible, think dolls in mincers, making things uglier than they are, depicting gratuitous violence sexual aggression or just not what you would want on your walls. I was at a fine and contemporary art auction with DD when she asked why are so many inappropriate for children good question??

Well I buy lots of this stuff, luckily I don’t really care what anyone thinks.

I do however agree about breakfast in bed, so over rated and you do end up with crumbs in the bed.

I am puzzled at the thought of white bread and fizzy pop for the rich only.......

Personalised number plates are fab as it lets you know someone is an arse before you meet them

High-heeled shoes! I just can't walk in them.

However rich I was, I would not buy designer clothes just for the 'designer' aspect. If I loved them otherwise and had enough money, then maybe; but not paying extra just for the label.

Lots of bejewelled thongs... very uncomfortable
Fake tan salon sessions
Pay for Waxing... why would you pay someone to inflict pain?
Spa days
Face lift or any cosmetic surgery

Car parking - I really begrudge having to pay to park when I'm only going to be an hour.

Plastic bags - I have been using reusable bags long before the 'green tax' came in and keep a fold up bag in my handbag. I feel irrationally annoyed at the thought of having to buy a plastic bag.

Plastic surgery/Botox etc- again for the reasons above.

My work canteen charges 5p for plastic cutlery. I understand this is about the environment, but it still annoys me.

I will, however spend on clothes, shoes and bags.

I couldn't do without white bread, and would buy most of the other things you mention. I'm not a fan of cereals, and breakfast in bed is too much associated in my mind with being ill!

Hate breakfast in bed..an annoyance not a luxury.
Never buy expensive bags but love cut flowers, have the old bikini wax regularly, have bought a new car and not sorry and would have a cleaner if l could justify it since only dh and l here now. If l won the lottery l would hire a housekeeper/ chef so never have to do that stuff again.
Wouldn't buy loads of fancy furniture even if had loads as love things simple and plain.

'Pay for Waxing... why would you pay someone to inflict pain?
Spa days
Face lift or any cosmetic surgery'

Entirely agree! I am not prepared to 'suffer to be beautiful', or indeed suffer at all unless I truly have to! And certainly not to pay to suffer (well, one can't avoid the dentist; but anything not strictly necessary).

this doesn't seem to be about money really

I'm interested in the cut flowers thing as a colleague mentioned it too - are they bad for the environment?

I don't have a garden and live in a tiny flat so people buy me flowers occasionally. I wouldn't spend the money myself. I might if I were rich, I don't know.

Brand new Clothing, I suppose, not without looking a charity shop first (and jumble sale, etc.). I mean... why would you buy new if you can get good quality for cheap & convenient?

I do tend to buy new shoes but that said, most of my work prs came from charity shops. My sizing is awkward, though.

I like this thread, just because it shows how we’re all different. I’m with the OP on most of her list, though I do like cut flowers now and again.

I certainly have a psychological upper price bracket for a lot of things (well we all do of course). Was at the zoo the other day and desperate for a cola which I rarely drink. They were asking €4 for organic artisanal cola and I thought FFS, there’s no way I’m paying that. I’d happily have paid €3 I think but they just pushed it a bit far. The funny thing is I think I’d have paid €3 plus €1 donation to the zoo, but when it’s framed as €4 for a soft drink something in me just says fuck right off with that nonsense.

Came home and bought 2 cokes from the corner shop for €2 apiece, no wonder the psychology of purchasing is a multi-billion-pound industry

A cleaner.
I'd hate to have a stranger in my home cleaning my mess.

Personalised number plates are fab as it lets you know someone is an arse before you meet them

Oh god. I've always worried about this. I've got one on my car. It belonged to the previous owner. I looked into selling it and getting a normal plate, but it was too much faff. Everyone thinks I'm an arse, don't they?

User I love it never thought of that before.

Neighbour has just got a sports car with first part of name. My BF and I think they are tacky. We can’t understand how anyone feels the need to have a personalised number plate. I know someone who bought a 4 wheeled drive just because it had her surname. Never got a mechanic to check it. Had nothing but trouble with it.

I love the occasional bunch of flowers. I have a garden and occasionally cut one flower.

Otherwise I agree with most on here. I don’t feel the need to buy designer stuff. I buy what I like.

Expensive handbags or shoes. By which I mean over £100. I would buy a new car and expensive jewellery though. Wouldn't buy expensive chocolate or crisps as I like the cheap childish stuff much more!

I have a personal plate (dont have a car at the moment so its in my garage!) I would not buy cereal as I dont like milk. I absolutely do buy flowers - love them in my house and my Ex never used to buy me them. I also buy shoes - lots of shoes!

Pay for Waxing... why would you pay someone to inflict pain?

TBF I had bikini waxes etc because shaving gave me rashes, so I was actually paying someone to give me less pain!

Branded painkillers. Why pay for exactly the same thing in a nicer pack?!

I think I'd also always try for a CF discount on everything. It's an ingrained habit now.

As for the number plate hate.... Mine was a gift. If you honestly judge me an arsehole because of a plastic plate on my car, I'll not grieve your missed friendship!

An expensive car. I’d prang it the first time I drove it and be constantly worried someone would steal it.

A tattoo

High heeled shoes

Expensive matching underwear

Spray or any other fake tans.