The Thrifty Gifty Girls 'n' Guys 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions)

clarabella23

yet again i'm sat on here reading everyones posts with a cup of tea when i should be getting ready for work. why do I come on here when I know i can't pull myself away again?!!!!
Thanks for your advice on the scrapbook things, going to pop to boyes tomorrow to see if they have any pretty but cheap fabric to use for sovering the books. and i best invest in some glue as well i suppose. and some of the fumy wavy scissors so my little girl can help...oh no, here i go again!i'm meant to be saving money!
Oh, well, best go. I've got to leave in 15 and i'm not even dressed yet!

rufusdog52

princesswoo wrote: »

hi,
im reading through this site and i just cant get my head around the cashback sites, i know its probably really simple, but i have tried to get into using them for the last year, but i always forget. Can anyone point me in the best direction of where to get the best advice to get myself started. I did a lot of online shopping this year so i really shouldnt be throwing money away should I?

If its the Daily Clicks you want to help with i do mine regularly every morning as soon as I am awake and my daughters lunch is ready for her to take to school. I then sit on here for an hour (sometimes more if I start reading these threads) and chat to my Dad and get my clicks done. There are not many mornings when I dont do them and I am so used to it now it comes second nature for me. You just have to be strict with yourself and then you will see the money mounting up and it wont be long before they all start paying out. I have had quite a few payments this month - £30 from Loyalty Shopper, £25 from Get Pounds Back, £10 from Cashinco, and £7 from Top Cashback so really pleased. As I said before, I am using the money first to pay off my daughters camping trip with the Girls Brigade although I did spend £15 of it on wool for making Christmas presents.

If its shopping you need reminding of may be someone else who does more online shopping can give you some hints and tips as I dont do that much shopping online really.

crazychatter

I had a major sort out last night and was surprised to find out that I have over half my gifts for this years birthdays and christmas! yay! I only have the expensive ones left- boyf, sister and best friend. I won't need to buy those quite yet so I'm going to be really strict with myself and not buy any gifts until after the summer, I normal get so carried away by 'sales' that I keep buying for people even if I have ticked them off my list, but not this year!!

I am really proud of myself as I have finally followed Martin's advice and switched bank accounts to Alliance and Leicester, and now will have no overdraft interest to pay for a year, and only £5 a month after that, at the moment I'm paying over £30 a month so that's a saving of £360! I also get £100 one off gift from them too, yay!

I want to join the money saving plan so could do with a tin that you have to use a tin opener to get into, does anyone know where I can get one from?

furrypig

crazychatter wrote: »

I want to join the money saving plan so could do with a tin that you have to use a tin opener to get into, does anyone know where I can get one from?

Mine came from Woolies but it's shut now!! i think someone said you could get them in the pound shops??

Good luck!

paddingtondoo

crazychatter wrote: »

I want to join the money saving plan so could do with a tin that you have to use a tin opener to get into, does anyone know where I can get one from?

they have them in our local pound shop but they also had some in home bargains at the weekend for 49p

hth

crazychatter

Great, Thanks, I'll try the pound shop, I don't have a home bargains near me, I wish I did, seems like they have great deals!
xx

Shevs

Knock knock, the wonderer has returned after nearly 3 weeks mia.

Sorry have dissapeared completely guys, long and mixed feeling story, but I am now back and ready to get organised and money neutral...... thats if you will have me again?

jamtart6

Shevs wrote: »

Knock knock, the wonderer has returned after nearly 3 weeks mia.

Sorry have dissapeared completely guys, long and mixed feeling story, but I am now back and ready to get organised and money neutral...... thats if you will have me again?

:rolleyes:.............oh go on then :j Hello Shevs and welcome back to the flock! How is the job hunting going? x

Shevs

Hiya Jammy, not that great to be honest have been hammering the internet and recruitment agencys. Sending my C.V. to every company imaginable and not getting any further but hey ho, everything happens for a reason and this has given me even more of a reason to money neutral. How is the house coming along? x

paddingtondoo

Afternoon all!

Fingers crossed shevs - OH was threatened with redundancy in October and it dragged on until the beginning of December - in the end they re arranged things so his job didn't disappear was a huge worry at the time but okish for now.

I think I need another notebook (any excuse for a list :rotfl:)- have got loads of crafty ideas for pressies and think I'll forget about them if I don't make a list somewhere