Sirvinya

I had a laptop I was very fond of. I'd had it for 5 years now and it served me faithfully. I did notice though, in recent months, that it just wasn't keeping up. I was making more and more demands on it just to keep it running normally. Well, in the end it just couldn't cope any longer.

I had to get a new one. Five years ago, I bought my laptop for £700 and it was top of the line. Now, it won't even cope with running iTunes. Off I went to find a new one. £400 later I found a fab laptop...

I love pizza, kebabs, chips, chinese food, indian food. All delicious. I allowed myself one a week but now I'm on my no-buy. I have decided that I can have a takeaway on payday. And that is it. It'll be saving me £10 a week at least. On a wednesday lunch I walk down to the cafe near work and get pie and chips. I won't be doing that any more. I've got some salad in for tomorrow. On a friday we all order lunch in from a local sandwich shop. It's £2.50 but I won't be ordering every week. I'm not going...

Yes, you did read that right. I bought 2 new tops today. I'm well within my no-buy rules though.

I'm busy clearing my wardrobe and pulling out my summer stuff. In the summer I live in vest tops. They're just so easy for when it's too hot to care about much. Two of mine from a couple of years ago really aren't going to be good for this summer. So I had to throw them away. I got 2 replacement ones from Tesco today. They should have been £6 for them both but with various sales they ended...

I think I'm going to extend the no-buy into as many other areas of my life as possible.

That means not buying the new limited edition lime Lamy Safari F nib pen I've been drooling over recently. I got one of last year's limited edition pens and I'm using it constantly so I've deleted the link I have for the lime one. Also, no new inks until I empty a bottle. That could take years. Same for journals. I'm not buying a new journal until I've filled the empty ones I've already got....

I've had to have a long think about the amount of money I spend on makeup so it's time I stopped buying stuff for a while. The usual rules apply:

-Mascara can be replaced every 3 months
-Skincare can be replaced when it's used up

The no-buy is for as much beauty stuff as possible. I have loads of shower stuff, body lotions and shampoos, etc. I need to get all that used up as well.

I do have one exception. I've just sent off a pigment sample to be copied....