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

[early30smum]

Coffees in London are around £4 now. I definitely don’t get one myself every day, but between me and my husband we definitely average out at spending this per day just on coffee. We just worked out, spending £4 a day on coffee every day, is almost £1,500 a year. Just on takeaway coffee. Insane. Over 20 years, that’s just under £30,000…

Gardening.

My falling apart car.

This is such a lovely thing to long to do. I hope people look after you in return.

Me too- I just buy very discount plants that usually die now!

Vinted
Kindle books

Wine - definitely wine😁

Like a PP I could say Vinted.
I'm totally addicted to buying clothes from there.
Some hit, some a definite miss (once tried on) I find it almost as relaxing as Mumsnet for nightly browsing 😁

Also - and probably more savings to be had - lottery and Euromillions tickets.
I buy more than I should if it's a biggie 🫠

Buying cheap crappy stuff.

The pets. I'd keep one but the rest are entitled gits that eat a lot.

Horses

Not going to happen though

When my dog passes I don't think we'll get another for a while, partly due to expense. He's worth it but I daren't calculate his costs over a year!

Vinted. Don't get me wrong. I have got some lovely stuff and bargains but also spend a fair bit on things that didn't fit/ were not as expected/ wrong colour etc etc. And I have far too much now. Need to instigate a one in one out!

The kids

Buying stuff in the village shop.

Wine 🙈

Vinted
The kids
The husband.
pets.
If I gave up the last three, the first one wouldn’t be an issue 🤔

I have Ebay parcels I've not even opened and ones I bought but forgot about. Same is true of charity shop books and CDs. I have curbed my spending on 'too cheap to not buy it' purchases.

Thank you! I’ve been wanting to do it for ages and know several others who have with no regrets. It’s early days but I’m fairly confident I’ve cracked it.

Wine.

We got rid of our cleaner 18 months ago and are now spending 10 days in Croatia on the savings that we never would have done. Well worth it for me.

Vinted would be so hard to give up. Their homepage is so intuitive and knows what you want to buy even more than you do. They make it so easy. I’m addicted to selling on the site too. I’ve listened to podcasts on Vinted and it’s designed to be addictive.

I've only bought from Vinted once, and I do use my purchased item.

Your local library will have free e-books. If you pay for Amazon Prime then you can borrow from the prime library as well.

I could probably clean my own home and save £1300/year. Yikes!

Vinted. But i do sell on there as well.

Same

First class train tickets. It's just so nice

Lego botanical sets.... I'm 56 and addicted 😁😂