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I saved £53 in M&S today!
janthemum
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I went to M&S today and tried on
1.long jumper reduced from £50 to £19
2.long slleved top £9 to £5
3.long sleeved red double layer top £19 to £12
4.limited collection sheer grey shirt and camisole £34 to £17.
Fitted lovely.
Went to find check out...
Original Total £112
Reduced total £53
I felt so excited...look at all the money I had saved, what could I now do with this "saved money" I could buy nloads of other things now.
Got to checkout so everyone else with trolleys full imagining how much they had saved and that light bulb moment flashed again...
Did I need any of this no.
I went and put it all back spent £0. Look how much I saved. I needed none of it really and guessed everyone elses NEEDED none of what they were getting either; despite all that MONEY SAVED!!! (NOT!)
I felt so proud of myself.
(N0 doubt posted in wrong place on forum so please move or delete if you think is not appreopriate; even if you do delete I still feel so proud of myself. and wouldnt have been able to do this if I hadnt been so inspired and questioned my spending habits by you lot, THANKYOU X)
1.long jumper reduced from £50 to £19
2.long slleved top £9 to £5
3.long sleeved red double layer top £19 to £12
4.limited collection sheer grey shirt and camisole £34 to £17.
Fitted lovely.
Went to find check out...
Original Total £112
Reduced total £53
I felt so excited...look at all the money I had saved, what could I now do with this "saved money" I could buy nloads of other things now.
Got to checkout so everyone else with trolleys full imagining how much they had saved and that light bulb moment flashed again...
Did I need any of this no.
I went and put it all back spent £0. Look how much I saved. I needed none of it really and guessed everyone elses NEEDED none of what they were getting either; despite all that MONEY SAVED!!! (NOT!)
I felt so proud of myself.
(N0 doubt posted in wrong place on forum so please move or delete if you think is not appreopriate; even if you do delete I still feel so proud of myself. and wouldnt have been able to do this if I hadnt been so inspired and questioned my spending habits by you lot, THANKYOU X)
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Well Done:beer:0
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Good for you,you should feel proud of yourself.Go to your wardrobe lay out all your clothes and get a friend to mix and match them they might come up with combinations you haven't thought of then you will have "gained a new outfit for free"0
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Well done! Ok so new clothes are great, but just keep counting that £53 in your purse.:D0
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Thankyou for all your supportive replies.
"They" (the shops) really have you; and myself, so many times, when they make you feel you are ?saving? money when reqally you are spending it!!
iM SO GLAD YOU HAVE ENLIGHTENED ME:j0 -
I went and put it all back spent £0. Look how much I saved.
This bit SO deserves saying twice! Love it. Well done. I'm going to nominate you for post of the month. x
Edit: here's the thread incase you don't know what post of the month is!May all your dots fall silently to the ground.0 -
:T Excellent post. I agree with Gingham and I've also nominated janthemum for post of the month. I nearly didn't read it as I thought it was going to be a bargain spotting story, so glad I did.
It reminds me of the story about the man who tells his wife that he ran all the way home after the bus and saved himself £1. She says 'you idiot, why didn't you run behind a taxi and save £10 ?'0 -
well done, what will powerslowly working towards being MF one small over payment at a time :T0
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:T :T Well done you, totally inspirational!0
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This should be in Martins next email.
'How to save £53'
Well done janthemum.i tHink, therEfore I'vE goT a BLOODY heAdAche0 -
your email put a smile on my face. i saw so much in m and s and resisted all the clothes bargins......
did feel good when i got home. only brought what i went out to buy...
angela xnext £500
loan £1800
marks more card £850
barclaycard £850
[STRIKE]gratten £102[/STRIKE]
littlewoods £127
virgin £2000
nationwide £350 overdraft
lloyds £750 overdraft
all interest frozen for next 6months
paid to date in 2007
[strike]nationwide credit card £600[/strike]
[strike]lloyds credit card £480[/strike]
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adams store card £856
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