What have you stopped buying due to a price increase?

[heartbroken22]

?? Don't buy as many eggs as we normally did or chicken...

when i first got my pet hamster, i was told that one should always have £500 in a bank account to cover any vet costs; possible to spend over £500 on a pet hamster but it is not common. And insurance is not really worth it for a hamster as they don't usually incur such high vet costs though hundreds is not unheard of!

So far I have spent £45 on vet costs in 2 years but my hamster is a healthy boy! It therefore surprises me that so many people are now giving up insurance for pet dogs and cats. I think I would spend hundreds of pounds if it meant my hamster could live happily for an extra year or more (which is quite a long time by hamster standards); but i think given the lifespan of dogs and cats as well as the greater availability of medical treatments, having the money to spend could potentially make a huge difference in terms of lifespan. Surely if you can't afford the medical treatment for pets, it would be kinder to surrender the pet to a charity than PTS.

Most people practise brand loyalty.

Do they? What reason could someone have for deliberately paying more for a product that is indistinguishable from (or - in the case of pharmaceuticals like analgesics, decongestants, antihistamines - identical to) a much cheaper one?

We have no insurance for our dogs. I've already spent £150 this week at the vets and older dog needs teeth out which is going to cost over £1000. Can't let her suffer obviously, but obviously couldn't have her put to sleep either as hopefully she'll be fine once they are removed. It's our own fault for not having insurance I know.

Creightons micellar conditioner is great, I've never used the shampoo but the conditioner is light and moisturising (I have curly hair)
Usually on Amazon or creightons website or in places like savers

Out of interest, how much does it cost everyone in petrol a month? I drive a 1.4 mini and it's gone up to about £70 a tank but that can last a month as I only have a 10 mile round commute each day and don't travel far to shops or walk.

Most shelters put to sleep animals that are unlikely to be adopted. An old and ill animal will be put to sleep anyway and endure the stress of being put in the shelter.

That is so nasty and hateful!!! I would spend my last penny to ensure my furbabies were ok!!!

We recently had to part with our elderly tuxedo boy and it broke all of our hearts! He was probably about 20, but we did all we could to keep him alive, even dealing with his incontinence in the last weeks of his life.

I had two cats before who lived to be 17, another was 16 and one was approaching 19.

I don't know why on earth anyone would give up on a 12 year old!!!!!!!

And today's spot the journalist award appears to go to Gwyneth Rees at the Mail....

I've cut down the number of days in which I shop. I find it easier to total my spending and budget by buying everything i need for the week on the weekend and avoiding the shops during the week.

It is lazy journalism but a thread like this is still useful, particularly if cheaper alternatives are highlighted. Maybe the journo is just struggling with the cost of living and is being resourceful 😂pretty sure they won’t be spending the DM fee on butter though!!

It's so lazy to get other people to write your content. I mean, you train to be a journalist and a member of the fourth estate and then you end up at the Daily Mail, earwigging on mums talking about how they'll feed their families. Tsk.

And...

it's not so much that it's 'lazy journalism' because journos are allowed to canvas opinions for their features.

BUT there is a place on Mumsnet for this- called Media Requests - which cost £30.

Obviously they don't want to shell out for this.

All posts/ content on Mumsnet is copyrighted to the site (they own it) but sometimes it might appear that MN don't really mind journos nicking threads, because the site gets publicity through the article (and that drives readers to Mumsnet and their adverts!)

I can’t see it on the DM - do you have a link?

We’ve stopped eating out so much. We don’t go shopping as often. I’ve stopped buying myself new clothes unless I desperately need something. We used to go to Centreparcs every year - not anymore. We used to get Hello Fresh / Gousto boxes - we don’t get those anymore. We stopped using the bath and use the shower now. We shop around more now and if a super market pen brand is cheaper for example then we will use that.

@gracedentssketty I couldn't find it on their website but had to 'google news' daily mail and Mumsnet and found it...all out usernames and posts screenshotted www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10954195/amp/Mothers-reveal-non-essential-items-theyve-stopped-buying-cost-living-crisis.html article was basic copy and paste...not even informative...

Ah welcome back @heartbroken22 . You've found it in the Mail! 😃

Thanks for that. Rather annoying

@JinglingHellsBells why do you think an article about ordinary people having to cut back because of the cost of living is a bad thing to go in the Daily Mail?

Of course it's fucking lazy. There are a myriad of reasonable ways that journalists can canvas for opinions and they all start with making yourself and your publication known to the speaker.

It's also crap sensationalised headline click bait journalism..

'British mums cry about wine & pine nuts as cost of living rises hit home'...

Meat, butter, and less lighting on on the house (when it was darker, earlier in the year)

I’d always planned on using reusable nappies with my baby, now 4 months old. We are both good earners but cannot justify the increase in energy and fuel usage (we are on LPG gas which is extortionate already and I’m dreading the price rises this winter) when comparing the cost to Aldi nappies that are £2 odd a big bag.
We use reusable wipes as we worked out for water wipes were costing us £25 every 3 weeks(!) and we don’t have to use the tumble dryer for them.

Are you Gwyneth Rees the journo, @limitedperiodonly ?

I think an article is fine.

I don't think it's fine to poach posts, pretend you are a genuine poster / or lift copy from the site by another poster, paste it, and earn money without asking permission. Because all of that is disallowed by Mumsnet.

Posts on Mumsnet are copyrighted, so the journo is breaking the law.