Save money! Shop here! Discounts! Vouchers! Every which way a person turns there is a bargain. The question is, are there any stores or retailers out there that are selling at normal price? I no longer have any idea what normal is. Do you? I suppose I could slip into Harrods one day and see what some people are paying for stuff. What people are they anyway? Silly ones I guess, with more money than sense. But is Harrod’s closing its doors? Going out of business? Not likely! And like everybody else, they have an app for heaven’s sake!
A Beginner’s Guide To Thrift Store Shopping
As a novice thrift store shopper do you feel overwhelmed? We created this beginner’s guide to thrift store shopping to help everyone feel confident when walking into a thrift store. Some of the top comments we hear from newbies are: “I never find anything.”, “Where do I start?”, and “This is overwhelming!”. [Read more…]
A student guide to online food shopping
Doing your food shop online has plenty of benefits: you needn’t remove your behind from the couch, there’s far less chance of your stomach dictating what goes in your trolley, it’s all laid out in front of you in a marvellously organised fashion and you can compare items across all the major supermarkets on sites like MySupermarket. All you need is wifi (these Spectrum internet packages might be worth looking at if you’ve just moved into a student flat and need internet asap) and a laptop. Alternatively, you could use a library computer as long as you know the network is secure for checking out.
Eating on the cheap
Whether you’re a naturally thrifty soul or a big spender, the amount we spend on feeding our families and ways to reduce that sum are giving us all food for thought. [Read more…]
Our Thrift Adventure!
The phone rings, “What are you doing?” This is code for, “Do you want to shop?” Wanting to change up our thrifting routine this week, we decided to follow our tip #9, visit multiple thrift stores in one shopping trip, they’re usually near each other. Spicing it up even more, we put a 30-minute time limit on each store to see what we could find. We didn’t necessarily look for stuff we wanted to purchase, but focused more on finding things to share with you guys to show you that you can almost always find something at most thrift stores.
TIP #9: Pick an area of town and go to 3-4 thrift stores since they are often near each other. (11 [Read more…]
IKEA Christmas Tree Deal (buy £25 tree get £20 voucher)
This IKEA Christmas Tree Deal is a pretty sweet deal if you’re in the market for a real Christmas tree. Simply spend £25 on a Christmas tree and receive a £20 Ikea voucher in return. It’s a simple as that.