What do you really need to spend money on but your putting off?

[OakieDoc]

Hair is an absolute birds nest with roots for days.
Nails are awful, I used to get them gelled every two weeks and now they are a chewed up mess.
Need new vests, knickers and socks but that seems indulgent as nothing seems to be cheap anymore.
DD needs a new hat
DS is going into 12-18 clothes so he needs all the basics.
What do you need to buy but your putting off?

Oh jesus everything

A dehumidifier desperately. Also I need a hair cut as my fringe is blocking my eyesight.... I will hold off for another month or so! I'm terrible with money, I hate spending anything on myself.

Dentistry - the issue is affecting my speech which is affecting my ability to apply for better jobs but dentistry is so expensive

Laundry baskets for clean clothes. Ours are fall apart with spiky prongs here and there. Also the cats have claimed them and they are now covered in cat hair so I guess we aren't using them anymore.

Plastic pots for food leftovers. It seems such a waste but we need them desperately.

New bras.

We are lucky that nothing needs replacing right now, but we have no extra money anymore so it's a ticking time bomb before things start to break and we won't be able to replace them.

Most of my flat needs painting. I even got as far as getting a quote but just can't be bothered with the hassle!
Also new bras, I bought one but I'm not convinced it's the right size (despite what the woman in M&S says) and not sure I can face trying a billion more on.

Carpet in the lounge. It's completely destroyed from when the kids and dog were little! Dental work - I've been wearing a "temporary" denture for about 6 years now and have another tooth that has half broken off and probably needs removing 😫 Getting the dog spayed. She's currently in heat and is pissed off with wearing a doggy diaper. Buying curtains for my daughter's room after the blinds broke. General wear and tear around the house. Luckily nothing that is really impacting us too much, more aesthetics, but they still niggle me 🤣

House stuff. I get quotes and then I'm appalled by the quote so do nothing.

Bathroom needs regrouting and sealing
I need to visit the opticians and dentist
Long sleeve tops for 5 year old whose had a growth spurt
a part for my car boot

Car needs a service and I should get breakdown service sorted, I need new glasses...none of which I can afford to do.

Windows. Whole house needs replacing but I can't bare the faff or the expense.

A new roof. Fortunately there is a long waiting list for thatchers 😂

god millions of things!!!

using the tumble drier to keep the laundry pile down as clothes on the airer take up to a week to dry and i need tobe doing at least one load of washing a day!!

Hair cut and roots. its been over a year since i last had anything done to my hair and it looks awful

having the garage rebuilt as its falling down

Couple of advisories on the car from the last Mot. The next Mot is not till march but at least if I get it done now I can do a service in the new year and hopefully it'll sail through then. Spread the cost a bit. Its just such a faff trying ringing round the garages.

New bathroom floor.. parts of the ( vinyl) tiles have come up and I keep tripping over on it.
A dehumidifier

We need a new bathroom and some work on the garden - neither will be happening for the foreseeable.

Re your nails, I bought my own UV lamp during lockdown and do my own gels, it's been a game changer. It cost about £30 for the lamp, then I had to invest in base/top coat and some colours, but it must have still saved me hundreds over the last couple of years. Plus I don't have to find the time to get to the salon.

We need to paint hallway and living room, change the floor in the laundry room and sort out the garden, generally just cut the grass and tidy up, wash the windows from outside especially the upstairs ones.
Plant the plants that I get in the autumn, which still sitting in their pots a waiting.
Finally choose and buy the kitchen blind or curtains...
The list goes on.😶

Electric clothes dryer
Wallpaper
Paint

So much.
Vacuum cleaner because they all seem pants. I want an upright that agitates the carpet and had a retractable cord, and they don't seem to exist.
Dentistry because pain and fear.

I'm actually really stressed by this! I've got some really big spends that I just can't afford.
My living room carpet is threadbare in places, I've got rugs to cover where I can but it's really horrendous. I'm embarrassed by it.
The push flush on the loo is bust. A friend who is a plumber said they don't make the parts anymore and I'm going to need a whole new cistern, but it's behind a slimline vanity unit so that will have to be ripped out.
And my disc pads and brake pads were advisories at my last mot. So I'm just barely driving my car till after Christmas!
The list is much longer but I'll stop there as it's giving me palpitations!

A new roof

My bloody cars brakes

Another one who needs to replace carpets - my bedroom and hall and stairs. It's not the expense so much as the faff. We've a small house and there's nowhere for furniture to move to, plus I would rather repaint before getting new floors and I keep forgetting to get this organised.

A dehumidifier as drying washing in the house is a pain, but the tumble dryer takes ages.

Anything hair related, I look like a yeti most of the time.

A decent laptop for the kids to do homework. I cant afford an expensive one and the cheap ones just arent cutting the mustard. Tried a chrome book but the systems the school uses dont seem to work on them. I wish they would go back to paper homework.

A laptop.