Zig's new start (again!) on a budget!

zigmeister

Uh-oh.. I have a new addiction.. Soap & Glory!

I had a bath yesterday and used the Scrub of Your Life, then the Righteous Butter, and I've been using the Hand Food cream all day and it's all amazing!

I had a search on Boots and have made a list of S&G stuff that I want. I was tempted to use the current Scrub glitch, but then I'd end up with a billion scrubs. So then I thought I could wait for it to be on 3 for 2 and do it that way, which would probably be cheaper. And hopefully the 3 for 2 will coincide with a Boots night!

I could always put them on my Christmas list but I don't want my family paying normal price when I could get them in a cheaper way! I find myself thinking that with a lot of Christmas presents on my list lately. Cuz my family would just go to Waterstones or wherever and get me a present, which makes me feel awful knowing how cheap I could find it online!

I didn't clear out my toiletries - I watched True Blood instead!

My back is still killing me, which is doing my head in. And I hate it that DooYoo miles expire. :rolleyes:

wendz86

That is sad news about the girl on your course, hope you are OK.

Maybe you could let your family know how to get the things cheap then you wont feel so bad them getting them for you.

zigmeister

Thanks Wendz I'm feeling better now, just hits you a bit when you're walking around the uni and realise you won't see her.

I just bought 4 pyjama sets from La Senza for £40, but £5.60 quidco cashback. They're meant to be £30 each! I bought two for me, 1 for my Mum for and my sister for Christmas presents. It's really hard not to keep buying stuff even though you're sorted!

I'm off to Boots in a mo to see if I can work this 3 for 2 on No7 and free gift and goldie thing that I read about.

I bought that £15 coat from Asda and it's actually really good for the price!

Cinny91

Glad you're feeling better Zig!

I got last years £15 coat and it's was lovely, really fancy getting this years as I could do with a new one!

The glitch sounds good, hope you've managed to do it! I know what you mean about stopping buying for people. I'm doing well so far, but I don't know how long it will last!

zigmeister

Well my Boots trip went well! I got some No7 body polish, No7 foot cream and No7 bath soak which were about £8/£9 each, and they were on 3 for 2, which made it £18.25 and I got the free gift which is really good. Then I used my goldie which made it £13.25!

My sister is gonna give me the money for it and give to our Mum for Christmas and I will keep the free gift! :cool:

I have one more goldie left so I think I will do this deal again and save the No7 stuff for later presents in the year.

And, the moment I have been waiting for... Soap & Glory is on 3 for 2! :j

I'm watching True Blood at the mo but when I'm not, I will make a list of the S&G stuff I want, and then figure out how much it will cost and the best way to get it with extra points etc.

zigmeister

Shopping List for Boots Points Night

Soap & Glory

Mini Hand Food £2.25 *free*
Mini Hand Food £2.25
Mini Righteous Body Butter £2.25
Calm One, Calm All Bubble Bath £4.99 *free*
Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel £5
Clean Mary Cleansing Milk £5.88
The Righteous Butter Lotion £6.50 *free*
The Greatest Scrub of All £7.87
The Righteous Body Butter £9.79

Sub-Total £33.04

Other

Intensive hair mask £1.99 + 50 points
Toothpaste £1
Scholl party feet £5
Dr Nick Lowe Purifying Foaming Cleanser £4.95 (£9.95 - £5 voucher)
Christmas cards x 3 £7

Sub-Total £19.94

Total £52.98

Total Points - 208 + 50 (hair mask) + 1000 (points night) + 500 (coupon I have) = 1758

That's the plan anyway! Hopefully all the stuff I want will be in stock.

I'm gonna start my Voucher Stash for 2010 challenge TODAY! So I'd best get cracking with DooYoo

Cinny91

Zig - I think you have a Bootsing problem!! (although it's pretty hard not too!) Sounds like a fab shopping list. But I think I know who I'm coming too now when I need something from Boots! Hope you manage to get it all!

Yay for starting the voucher challenge! I'll have to hop onto your DooYoo and catch up on any of your reviews I haven't rated yet. Every little helps right?

Hope you have a nice Friday night! - Although you are spending some of it in Boots so you have no reason not too

ETA: Just saw your post on my thread, All the S&G sound lovely! The only one I haven't used is the Cleansing Milk but I really want to try it so you'll have to let me know how it is! You shouldn't be let down by any of them at least

zigmeister

Cinny91 wrote: »

Zig - I think you have a Bootsing problem!! (although it's pretty hard not too!)

I know! OH keeps saying the same thing (although, he isn't complaining when I'm buying his Mum's birthday and Christmas presents :rolleyes:). I actually feel really guilty about all the time and money spent in Boots at the mo. I have £30 worth of points on my card, and after the points event and my shopping list, I'll have £47 so that's good! And after this I won't need to go in again cuz I'll be done present-wise in Boots.

Love how I'm justifying myself in case Dinah is lurking.. There's no-one I know like Dinah to make me think twice about spending! And I mean that in a good way!

I'll keep rating your reviews too! How else do you get vouchers, just DooYoo?

I wish the points night was tonight! But it's next Thurs.. aaages away! Hope you have a good Friday night too! I'm gonna do some dooyooing and tidying.

Cinny91

Woops, I'm not that on the ball tonight!! I think I have the extra 500 points thing in my purse for the events night, might use it as an excuse to majorly stock up on things!

I don't think there's anything wrong with Bootsing, OH used to tell me I had a problem when I was majorly into it at the start of this year - same thing he wasn't complaining when I was getting cheap Lynx for him or gifts for people!

I just do DooYoo + Bingoport for the Amazon vouchers. Hoping that will pull me through on the challenge! I do Toluna as well and they pay in Love2Shop vouchers but take about 3 months to get to you! (that's what £12 of my voucher total is!)

zigmeister

I'm still gonna do my shopping list on the points night, but I do feel a bit torn between feeling bad spending that much money in one go, or good that I've stocked up on lush toiletries etc while they're on offer and I'm getting extra points!

I reckon if you've got the money then you might as well stock up, you're gonna have to buy them anyway at some point, you might as well get the extra points!

I don't think guys understand the excitement of toiletries and points and saving money and glitches!

I used to do surveys a lot but lately I just can't be bothered with it cuz it seems to take so long for not much.