Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

pammyj74

Blimey what a cafuffle!! Glad you got it sorted eventually, wasnt very professional was it

yeah not good about tesco, used to save me lots of money a month for my mortgage fund but alas couldnt go on forever with more and more people doing it. Was good while it lasted. Nice to be able to shop around now though.

mum2one

Agree about Tesco, it made a difference to us, we put the money up, last yr paid for xmas lunch out, and helped out with presents, having tv, freeview etc set up, this yr it paid for the helicopter trip, (recommend to everyone its amazing), and has gone 2wards dd swimming, + ballet.

The thing is, their saying oh its Tescos, but its been going on for years, I worked when it was Safeway 1996-2000, and they accepted coupons without the product.

Think what killed it, was the internet, and people abusing it, if everyone had played fair, we'd of all been ok.

Hopefully their find a loophole and use them again, we can dream. xx

jamtart6

well done everyone. what a mess mum2one!!banks and any institutions are a nightmare in my opinion this week!!

Well I have got truly loads and loads to eBay and bootsale for some much needed pennies. Going to be a tight one this year as 80% of our money gets spent on the house at the moment but will be worth it in the end!

sarahf191979

Oh dear what a right old time you had mum2one, but well done on getting your goodwill gesture :j. I agree too with tesco's used to save us a fortune too, I was gutted when asda stopped too. Oh well :rolleyes:

Well pretty chuffed today got OH part of his Xmas Pressie, have managed to redeem a £5 amazon voucher for BP and a £5 voucher amazon voucher from lightspeed, also just got 2 x £5 IKEA vouchers and OH treated me to a late breakfast very MSE at 99p each. Will be going again tomorrow as we have just found another 10 books that we forgot to take with us today

Right Off to do a few jobs and catch up on some work.

Sarah
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mum2one

Hi Sarah

Your going great guns, ur soon have a big list of "i wants" from Ikea.

V exicted got DDs wii this morning, so its now beiong hidden in the wardrobe out of prying eyes. xx

sarahf191979

mum2one wrote: »

Hi Sarah

Your going great guns, ur soon have a big list of "i wants" from Ikea.

V exicted got DDs wii this morning, so its now beiong hidden in the wardrobe out of prying eyes. xx

OHHHHHH I already do have a list of I wants from IKEA hun, hopeing that with a few trips this week I will cross some of them off my list :j I', lucky really as IKEA is only a 15min walk from my house and OH will come if I say we can have breakfast everyday.

Ohhh the Wii, have you tried it?? or you being really good:D

SugarSpun

Hello everyone

I've not been keeping track specifically since the start of September, but I'm at £427.06 Quidco, £20 redeemed Amazon vouchers, halfway towards another £20, and 1812 Pigsback points (aiming for 1900 for a CD by Christmas).

I've probably spent about this much already on Christmas presents because I've been on maternity leave and sitting at home with nothing to do but search for astonishing bargains - but on the plus side I've overbought so horrendously that probably all of next year will be covered too :rotfl:

This evening I'm mostly going to be rating reviews on Dooyoo - somehow I've got behind and have been rated 70 more times than I've rated. I intend to fix this and write a few more reviews today (on top of the 7 I've already written).

cyclingyorkie

counted the change collection today - and banked £40 in £1 and £2!

Money I would otherwise have frittered away!

Christmas fund now £70 cash, £75 M&S vouchers and £75 Argos vouchers.

Am close to another £10 on Lightspeed and Valued Opinions....and have a phone to send to Mazuma!

i'm, getting there!

jemtom

made another £16 on ebay and have a couple more bits to go on today, counted up my jar its only at £25 which isnt as bad as i thought as i have been so broke past few weeks i had to take out the pound coins and 50ps really didnt want to do it but i am going to try my best not to dip into it anymore and build it up a bit more. were all doing really well, can someone tell me when the challenge ends?

ellionic

I am so excited now just been and got my boots christmas gift guide and now the lovely postman has just delivered the the xmas dates for my local boots here they are for anyone in the north east
hartlepool is 29th october 3pm-9pm
teeside park 28th october 3pm-9pm
market place durham 29th october 3pm-9pm
and wait for it this year we get £12 worth of points for £50 spend
also got these vouchers
400 points for £45 spend x2
double points can be used twice
100 points when u buy umberto giannini
100 points for goodworks bathing range
£2.50 off when you spend £10 on healthcare
£5 off £30 spend on electrical beauty products
going to make my lists now roll on the 28th