Okay, saving money when shopping- a post not related to lifting 😵
Some of these might seem pretty obvious but I just know from other ppl irl they don’t seem to do/know this and spend heaps of money when they don’t necessarily have to. Sorry if this is disappointing 😂
💸My fav thing to do is scope out stores I like on their online store. For example I like c1tybe@ch a lot, and they stock a lot of nice CK underwear. But a bitch knows I’m not finna pay $49.99 for a pair of underwear, and for some reason my hook hasn’t been working on their tags.
SO I checked them out online, not only did they have a waaaay larger range of CK on their site than in store, but at least half the range was reduced. So I bought a pair of underwear and 3 bralettes for half price or more, things that were better than they had in store. I saved $90.00 from that.
💸A fake/decoy/spare email- so you know when you go online or in store and they always harass you for your email with the offer of 30% off your next shop when you sign up! (I kno it’s annoying when SA do that but trust me they’re being forced to by their managers-speaking from personal experience here).
Give them the spare email, take advantage of the money off. It may not seem like much but I have gotten basically free postage, or a considerable chunk of money taken off my orders online from doing this. Saving any amount is good. I got $15 off an order from l@terg@tor which left me paying hardly anything. Sometimes you can even earn points and get money off.
💸The shops “per kilo/LB etc” scam. Sneaky ass grocery shops love doing this. Once I was shopping with my dumbass man child ex, and he wanted grapes and was like “mad they’re only $3 a kg!” But they were prepackaged in a bag. He went to grab them and I was like hold up bitch, and I weighed the bag and the bag was 2.2kg. So I plucked off the excess amount til it was a kg. He didn’t even consider this. I know it doesn’t seem like much money but honestly it ALLLL ADDS UP. Grocery shops do this with a lot of their prepackaged shit, always check.
💸If something you like is on sale, grab a few. This seems so obvious but like my friends for some reason don’t do this. I am not out of my fav exfoliator and cleanser. They’re nearly full but they cost $10 each, they’re on sale for $5.70 so I got 2 or 3. This is especially great for people who don’t have a consistent or steady income, what happens if you run out at the same time you run out of money? Skin gon be fucked up til your next cheque.
💸DO SOME RESEARCH- LEARN YOUR SKIN TYPE AND LEARN ABOUT INFREDIENTS. DIY your shit. A full set of acrylics cost me $50, and that’s for a basic ass set, and infills every 2-3weeks is $35. Fuck that mess. Watch YouTube tutorials. Buy(or lift) the products and equipment you need. Say for tips, glue, monomer/polymer and top coat (or bond-aid, base coat etc if you wanna be full professional and bougie) costs $80 (in Australia that’s about what it’d cost for the absolute basics depending) that’s $80 for MONTHS or possibly a years worth of nails. And it’s a fun skill to learn.
Skin care, $30 for 60g of bentonite clay mask? I think the fuck not you trick ass bitch. Do your research on skin and learn what you need. 1kg of organic natural bentonite is $20-30 on eBay. That’s literally years worth of amazing skin cleansing action. Don’t believe what cosmetic and skin companies peddle out to you. They giving you shitty chemical filled product at fucked up inflated prices. You don’t need 28 different petrochemical oils and fragrances on your face. $80 for farsali face oil? Don’t be tricked by the pretty colours and sparkles it’s glorified fools gold. $12 bio oil is the BEST shit I have ever used on my face. It doesn’t stop there, what’s great for healing your skin? Zinc. What’s expensive as fuxk? Zinc supplements that you don’t even know are going to work if you ingest them. What costs $6 and no one knows about? Sudo-cream. Nappy cream. Zinc oxide cream. You got a pimple or broken skin? Smear that white gold on your face before bed like a mask and wake up and wash it off tomorrow to see that goood shit work. DO YOUR RESEARCH. $150 for a lash growth serum huh? If it’s $150 it gotta work. And you know what, it does. I use it. My lashes are fuxkin long and lush. Do you know what doesn’t work? Paying $150 for 10ml of product. There is a glaucoma eyedrop medication that is the same shit as what they put in lash serum which is what makes them grow. An online pharmacy can have it for under $10. You’re welcome. (Don’t put the eye drops in your eye, just the lash line)
💸if you’re not into walk out lifts at grocery shops and you buy them, know what you need before you go in. Then go online or check their catalogues to see what’s on sale. Always check the reduced section. Don’t blindly pay for shit. Check multiple grocery shop catalogues and online to see where has the sales on what you need. PRO TIP: in Australia at least, there is a law that say, if steak is advertised at $8/kg, and you scan it and it comes to anything MORE than $8/kg, you get it for free. So ALWAYS FUXKIN CHECK WHO DOESNT LOVE FREE MEAT EXCL VEGANS/VEGETARIANS!?
💸Another probably obvious one, is to do grocery shopping towards the closing time. Fresh/cooked foods will be reduced as fuxk because they can’t sell them the next day. I’m talkin roasted chickens/meat, pre-made salads and sandwiches, sushi, pre-made pasta/rice etc you can always grab a bargain.
💸NUTS, expensive as fuck right? Well they are in Australia homeboy. Some places have bags/containers of nuts and a self serve nut bar. Compare the prices. A kg of almonds might be $10 from the self serve bar, and a 650g container of almonds might be $8, what would you buy?
This is all I can think of right now, if I remember anything else I’ll update the post. Again, many of you might already do these things. But just incase you didn’t. Well here yaaaaaa go. Peace out mamis
