March '06 - Pin Money Savings Challenge

aliyah

thanks queenie for your lovely post.

its so good to feel like you are part of a whole community of mse nuts!!

really looking forward to taking part this month :j

aliyah

squeaky

Hi everyone

Just a reminder that I'll be unsticking this thread some time late today - by which time it'll be the featured challenge in our Monthly Challenges sticky.

You can find the challenges via the link in my signature any time you see it or...

..you can use the Monthly Challenges link in the Blue Bar at the top of every page which looks something like this:-

**purpleprincess**

Does small change in a big bottle count?

Queenie

**purpleprincess** wrote:

Does small change in a big bottle count?

Yes indeedy Pinching pennies, squeezing pounds, bogoff's, coupons, savvy shopping, reduced items differentials, ebay/amazon/car boots profits, change jars et al. All add up to a nice little pot of Pin Money Savings that would otherwise have been swallowed up and go uncalculated and frittered into oblivion. To make that change really count - avoid using change sorting machines in Asda and places which charge a nominal fee. They might be quicker, but they are stealing away some of your potential pin money.

Yorkielass - Have you priced up the rings now? Are you on target for raising the cash? Don't be discouraged if you have a slow month with your sales, it's the overall annual figure that will be your best guide to your achievements on selling. Good luck for March (I can't wait for Boot Fair Season either, but as a buyer not a seller - or more as browser with my wish list type of buyer )

**purpleprincess**

:j Yay!! I'm in then!!! I won't be counting mine for a while, want it to be a nice surprise!!!!!!!!!!

Queenie

:rotfl: @ **purpleprincess** :rotfl:

Yes, Treasure, you're "in" and very delighted to have you among us too

**purpleprincess**

Yay!! Thank you! I like this place, everyone is so nice!! xx

omega_2

Queenie.... is it REALLY nearly a year......... :eek:

Just wanted to take this opportunity to say a

HUGE THANK YOU TO QUEENIE

for all her work keeping us motivated on this challenge. :T :T :T

Over the last 9 months or so, I've been using my aPMS to accelerate debt repayment and I've been averaging around £65 or so a month. Need to take the pressure off during March, and I won't therefore be setting an aPMS target. Instead, I'll just "go with the flow", and I'll be celebrating my vPMS successes a bit more!

Here goes:

Multibuy Savings so far have netted: £11.79
Reduced item Savings: £5.90
Coupon Savings: £5.40
Down-branding Savings:by trying 3 new products from the Value Range: c. 75p.

So total so far: £23.84. (on a spend of £52 so I'm pretty pleased!)

omega_2

Don't want to appear as if I'm hijacking the thread, but it's been payday for my 2nd job, so I've been able to add £51 to my Actual PMS pot.

Also, got lucky at Tesco's reduced section this morning, so vPMS got a boost of 4.75 on a 6.91 shop. Also, have saved the price of two birthday cards by ordering 2 as click-through site rewards, so say £2.50. So, totals today are:

vPMS: £31.09
aPMS: £51.

squeaky

omega wrote:

Don't want to appear as if I'm hijacking the thread, but it's been payday for my 2nd job, so I've been able to add £51 to my Actual PMS pot.

You're not hijacking the thread, you're just "joining in" and very welcome too.