How have you saved by NOT BUYING SOMETHING?!?!

A question about : How have you saved by NOT BUYING SOMETHING?!?!

I got a free check-up from a Motorbike magazine and took my old motorbike for a checkup and saved nearly Ј10,000 by not buying a new motorbike! I know, it sounds silly, but I really did want to but I cheered myself up by persuading myself I'd saved ten grand!

I also saved Ј140 today when the mobile phone I thought I'd lost turned up at my gym and I was able to cancel the order I'd placed for a new one. Very, very happy indeed! (thanks fitness first)

Have you managed to save any money today by not buying something you really want? If you can make us giggle you'll be doing the world an extra favour so tell all...

Best answers:

• saved Ј350 by not buying an Xbox One : P
• I have saved about Ј170,000 by not buying a Ferrari 458 Italia (used).
  But that's dwarfed by having saving Ј2.5 million by not buying the mansion that I thought would be perfect for me and my family.
• I saved Ј2.50 by running home behind a bus.
  The missus told me I should have run home behind a taxi and saved Ј12.
• I have saved hundreds by creating a Pinterest board for all the clothes & jewellery that I like. I check the weblink every few days and when I see it on sale I buy it.
  I've also saved thousands by not setting foot in Selfridges, Fortnum & Mason and Liberty and impulse buying on my credit card.
• I've saved hundreds over the years by moving Valentines Day to the 15th Feb.
  Told Mrs Sam that if someone was going to tell me the one day I was supposed to show her affection, I should be the one that decides the day
• I saved a fortune on Valentine's day by being dumped a couple of days before !!
• We decided not to have a third child.
  Thousands of pounds, years of worry.
• Lost an ebay auction, saved myself the Ј70 i bid