Diary of a smoker

[phil_hg_uk]

When I was in the local paper shop today I was waiting in line to be served and my eye happened to glance at the fag display and I noticed that L+B where £6.72 a packet HOW MUCH

 

[MontyVeda]

When I was in the local paper shop today I was waiting in line to be served and my eye happened to glance at the fag display and I noticed that L+B where £6.72 a packet HOW MUCH

It's practically a mortgage

 

[Peteaud]

I'm in!

Surprised at the volume of response to my own thread and inspired by Pete's efforts I am now a non-smoker (last one, last night).

I will be relying on a combination of snobbery and sheer bloodymindedness to see me through.

Keeping occupied and away from beer will be the keys to success for me, so it's ironic that one of the activities I have lined-up is tackling the homebrew kit that has been gathering dust in the cupboard.

I also happen to know that another CC user is about to give up: come on in, the water's lovely!

Good man, & the more the better.

oh, and i think the sheer bloodymindedness is a great way, its what i am counting on.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

It's practically a mortgage

If your talking monthly its more than my mortgage, just.

 

[Peteaud]

20 marlboro red - £7.04 from tesco

I went onto roll your own, how anyone can afford 20 a day tailor made is beyond me.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

20 marlboro red - £7.04 from tesco

I went onto roll your own, how anyone can afford 20 a day tailor made is beyond me.

I used to smoke 30 a day

 

[Peteaud]

I used to smoke 30 a day

£3854.00 a year if mar red

 

[smokeysmoo]

I used to smoke 30 a day

Clucking bell, that's over £3800 a year at £7+ a pack, you could buy a real nice buy bike with that, in fact you're gonna aren't you Pete

[EDIT] oops, slight cross post^

 

[Peteaud]

well i am only (ha ha) saving a £1000 a year, but thats going on a bike on Dec 31st 2012

 

[phil_hg_uk]

£3854.00 a year if mar red

Clucking bell, that's over £3800 a year at £7+ a pack, you could buy a real nice buy bike with that, in fact you're gonna aren't you Pete

I know and I did buy a real nice bike and a nice car and am able to buy other nice things on a regular basis as a result of giving up

 

[smokeysmoo]

well i am only (ha ha) saving a £1000 a year, but thats going on a bike on Dec 31st 2012

Maybe so, but it'll still be a cracker In fact knowing how you got it will make it priceless to you

 

[smokeysmoo]

I know and I did buy a real nice bike and a nice car and am able to buy other nice things on a regular basis as a result of giving up

I bought a new PC when I gave up a few years ago, but since then the 'extra' has just got swallowed up into the household pot. Years of no pay rise does that to you

 

[MontyVeda]

20 marlboro red - £7.04 from tesco

I went onto roll your own, how anyone can afford 20 a day tailor made is beyond me.

so did I... when tailor made fags went over £2 for 20.

rolling my own costs a tenner a week... a bargain at £520 a year... and most of that is tax.

 

[Peteaud]

OK so day 6

Still an ex smoker.

Again the worst time of the day, straight after tea, really wanted one, but sheer pig headed belief in that i will not smoke got me through.

Now, in the kitchen, is my smoking box. Its where i kept the baccy, papers, filters etc etc, and it has 1/2 a pack of baccy, a few filter and about 3 packs of rlling papers in it. I didnt bin them in case i needed them (god knows why) but now i know i dont want them, or need them, they are going in the bin.

Thinking about it, its probably the sheer panic of having no baccy in the house that made me keep it.

 

[TVC]

£7 a pack -wowzer, I just never look these days. I dare not work out how much I've not spent in the last ten years after buying 10 packs a week on average.

Good to see you checking back in Peteaud. Welcome any new non smokers as well.