What have you spent today – Friday 17/3/06

Mervcashsaver

Spent nothing today. :T

louB_5

79p on a little hardback note book from Wilkinsons, its the perfect size for my bag, so I can keep a track of what i've spent.

vixxen

Another pub lunch so £5.80 for me I'm afraid. Why can't these people stop having birthdays!!

nabowla

Friend treated me to Afternoon Tea unexpectedly so all I've spent is 40p on a newspaper. Leaves me a little bit of money to spend tomorrow when I go to the Country Living fair (free tickets) :j

sans_2

Boots:-

12 x Bodyform
1 x 50m Nivea cream (sticker label reduced to 63p but at the tills further reduced to 54p)
1 x Heinz rice pudding (baby food)
1 x carton of Calypso childrens juice
1 x packet of 16 paracetamol

Omega 3 childrens capsules reduced to £4.50 (was £8.99 but paid with my advantage card points)

6 x 3ml sachets of Olay Regenerist Night cream (free samples)

After using Bodyform money off vouchers, paid £0.50 in total.

Debenhams – free knife (worth $5.00) after watching a 20 minute demonstration on knives

WH Smith – Daily Record 15p (used 20p coupon from Metro)

M&S – 2 copies of Daily Star 30p (paid with a £25 gift voucher I brought for £21.35, got cash in change so actually gained £4.65)

So it works out that it’s a spend free day!!! :-)

tee_pee_2

I have done appauling £105 Debenhams sale. £4.20 Boots emergency baby supplies. Adams childrenwear £22.00 BHS £8.00 ASDA £30.00

but I ahve done very well all week and I only bought reduced items apart from Boots which could ahve been avoided if I had remembered baby food/milk/bottle.

Ceri_2

Spent nothing today & all week except for wed & thurs, had to get yogurts for packed lunch wed & yesterday had a bad day & bought fish & chips & chocolate - but the food comes out of the food fund (2 ppl in house & we each put £20 in a week & rarely use that in one shop), so technically a spend free week...oh except for car repairs after the service showed up the brakes needed doing...£175 just for the brakes! But had a tax rebate same day for £169 so not soo bad.

ok I lied not a completly spend free week & next week have eye test & I know I need new glasses....only good thing about this is I am in a fund where I can claim a percentage back off things like this.

judyjay

Hi all, :wave:
I have had my third no spend day on the trot! Don't quite know how I managed it really. Went to the gym straight after work each day so that kept me away from the shops.

Also thanks to Ceri, read in an earlier thread that she had rung sky about reducing bill, so thought I'd give it a go. It was a bit nerve racking but I asked to be put through to cancellations & they so desperately want to keep your business, that they offered me half price sky for 3 months!

Well, I'm chuffed to bits. So not only another spend free day but also a great save day. I've learnt so much by reading this site & feel empowered to get back a little from these big companies.

Thanks again to all of you for your invaluable help, advice & funnies!

judy x :j

Ceri_2

judyjay wrote:

Hi all, :wave:
I have had my third no spend day on the trot! Don't quite know how I managed it really. Went to the gym straight after work each day so that kept me away from the shops.

Also thanks to Ceri, read in an earlier thread that she had rung sky about reducing bill, so thought I'd give it a go. It was a bit nerve racking but I asked to be put through to cancellations & they so desperately want to keep your business, that they offered me half price sky for 3 months!

Well, I'm chuffed to bits. So not only another spend free day but also a great save day. I've learnt so much by reading this site & feel empowered to get back a little from these big companies.

Thanks again to all of you for your invaluable help, advice & funnies!

judy x :j

I'm so glad someone got some help from something I did. When I called them I was adament I was gonna cancel & said the only reason I was cancelling was down to the fact I needed to save money, they made sure I had the few channels I wanted & offered me £7.50 for 6 months - can you really refuse that? I know cancelling in full would save more but it's still a £81 saving over 6 months.

shazzer22

not good for me i'm afraid! spent 5 hours sorting out the BF's mums spending and showing her snowball calculator! then needed wine and not to cook so spent £40 on meal out with BF - not bad though as this is our first in 4 weeks and we used to go out for dinner at least 2 times a week! plus £39 in petrol, but i guess not too bad either as it was the first time we've had to fill up in 2 weeks!

never mind, back to work tomorrow so no chance to spend! :rotfl: