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Finished hampers ***PICTURES ONLY****
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ruby it looks gorgeous, well done13 in 2013 challenge 9/130
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Box - £1 Asda, Elephant £1.50 in sale Asda RRP £3, Fairytopia skipping rope Approx £1.80 RRP £4 Toymaster sale, Sweets added later, Sharpener 30p, Pencil 10p, Bracelet, Disney princess tissues approx 25p. Present for a little girl aged 4-7Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/250 -
Already posted these but reposted here to make them easier to find[
Present for teenage girl - items bought in the sale. Journal, photobox, small eeyore, lavender oil, 2 candles
2 craft boxes - mixed items already in the house - special papers, card making packs, glues, tapes, bits to stick on cardAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/250 -
Forgot I did these.
Valentines.
50th birthday
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Guys... Chat here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=309335&page=230
NOT here... Pictures only, please!April Grocery Challenge £81/£1200 -
Guys... Chat here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=309335&page=230
NOT here... Pictures only, please!
And so I'm not breaking rules, here's one I made earlier;
Yellow Ribbon - free from Lush mothers day pressie
Green Box and cellophane wrappers - Free from getting cupcakes from Waitrose (not me, OH!!)
Green Scrunchie - 33p Ikea
White Company bath set - Free from a Hotel
Flannels - various prices but all under 89p
Various decorations - total under 50pHonorary Northern Bird bestowed by AnselmI'm a Board Guide and volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly on Special Occasions, Green/Ethical, Motoring/Overseas/UK Travel & Flood boards, it's not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Report inappropriate or illegal posts to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. Views are MINE & not official MSE ones
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Cor blimey I am on a roll tonight
Have finished off the childrens hampers from each other.
Cost approx £10 inc basket
Also put together the hamper I am doing them for christmas eve. Contents below.
2 x sock monkeys £2 for the socks made them into monkeys myself
Dear Santa book - Already had (only comes out at christmas)
Baby shampoo - Already had
childrens soap - Already had
Ickle baby bath bomb - Lush - Already had
Bath scrunchie - Already had
Upsy Daisy sponge/flannel thing - £1.50
Power ranger washmit - £1
Jelly Belly bath wash/gel - £1
Bath Crayons - £1.50
In the night garden PJ's - £3
Wall:E Pj's - £3 (these might be changed for star wars ones closer to the time.)
Still to add is some cups with a hot chocky sachet in
Hessian bag filled with reindeer food
Something to eat and drink for Santa and some biscuits for my children.
(food etc needs to be added closer to the time cause of use by dates)
Not wrapping any of them as my lot won't appreciate it as they will be so desperate to get in themRaising kids is like being held hostage by midget terrorists0 -
have shown these before but thought i would put them in here0
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Here's one of my old ones from the other thread - will move some of the others over later
A Chocolate Pamper Hamper, done for a 40th birthday
It all started with the mug - £1.20 in a charity shop but brand new - and grew from there. I'd only planned to fill the mug originally, lol.
With that, there are;
12 assorted hot chocolate sachets
a mini whisk (from a Wilkinsons 2 pack)
A pot of Cadburys chocolate curls
A 2 pack of posh chocolate biscuits
A bag of Aero bubbles
a Wispa Bar
2 large bars of Aero
2 mini packs of Maltesers
Next Chocolate bath bombs
Designer 'Triple Choc' bath duck
3 Egyptian cotton flannels
Bath net
Manicure set
2 Mills & Boon books (free offer)
Almost everything was bought on some kind of offer or deal, so including the hatbox, tissue and card, it's a grand total of £24.90 - with an rrp of £49.82DFW Nerd no. 884 - Proud to [strike]be dealing with[/strike] have dealt with my debts0 -
Have posted before but for newbies:
I made a girls night in one but haven't uploaded the picture yet, will add when I have.My debt free diary | Post Office loan: £2131 1429.38 | Barclaycard: £4429 1988.12 | Paypal Credit £322.71 574.91 | Monzo Flex £169.03 |
Total £4151.44 | £2900.30 of £7051.74 paid off since diary started October 2024.0
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