Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

lunar

Sounds like a good idea, it will give me the motivation to keep going. Ill go with how often everyone thinks is a good idea.

focus888

This thread and the mel thread are taking up all my time just reading them to catch up. im not moaning by the way just love how everyone is so chatty keep it up guys and girls!

Still doing my bingoport, so far got 5000pts, only another 3000 to go and my first voucher!! wooo!!! lol ive been getting them from posting on the forums but i have been playing a fair bit of bingo aswel but not won much, only one win so far and when i start playing it gets addictive.

FreebieRocker

Yeah, it does sound like a good idea. Weekly would probably be shorter but then monthly would be more comprehensive I guess. I dont know which would be best.

orchid-96

Evening all.... Have been bingoporting again today...now have nearly 4000 points so half way to a fiver wooo hoo....

I should have a bit of time tomorrow so I am going to work out what I have in vouchers/cashback/points etc. and post....so far I have managed to be money neutral yay....but am not as organised as I would like about the funds so it will take a bit of time to work out...

I got a £10 boots voucher from pigsback which was because I bought something for around £600 from John Lewis last year and they were the only 'cashback' site that had JL, don't think they are on there anymore though:rolleyes: anyway since then, I have only got around 200 points so I must go on there to try to achieve at least £10 for xmas..

I would be happy with having a date for updates, if we did monthly perhaps it could be a set date that would stick in our minds - how about lucky 7th!!

paddingtondoo

Quick question................

Where's the cheapest place i can get board backed envelopes? They're 50p each for A4 size in Tesco :eek:

orchid-96

Paddinton- how about the Post Office -sometimes their stuff is good value..if not - a job lot off ebay

mum2one

jamtart6 wrote: »

yeah i think that would really help everyone, what does everyone think? have a weekly/fortnightly summary - or AT LEAST once a month summary to help people work out where they can improve?

Totally agree, what about the start of the month, and keep us moivated...... xx

focus888

Morning all not got much to update on this front, got into work early and wanted to do abit of bingoporting but the site keeps freezing on me this doesnt happen at home so it must be that the server at work wont let you access those sort of sites hate leaving it all to later in the evening because i get tired and dont want to miss out on my 1000pts just a moan lol.

hope everyone else has something nice planned for today apart from work?

lunar

Morning everyone

How many of your bingoport points do you play per day? my last redeem was rejected as i had only played 200 points per day! I did get them back though.

orchid-96

Hope everyone is having a good day..I have been on bingoport again this morning, can anyone tell me the max points you can get in a day for the posting? I usually play 1 or 2 games a day too, I am hoping this is enough.....

I am going to list my neutral funds so far this year

Quidco - so far paid out £264.57 (a lot of this went on dh's psp for his birthday) I also have around £60 due to be paid but this was mainly my cashback for my Eurodisney booking so I am going to get euros with it

M&S - £100 in vouchers - got extra points for a couple of promotions

Pigsback - £10 Boots voucher received - currently got 238 pts

Valued Opinions - Currently on £7.50

Boots Advantage card points - 2100

Bingoport - nothing yet on 4200 pts....

I also do a couple of other survey sites, but am a long way from anything on there...

Tesco Clubcard Vouchers - £28.00 (used to get loads more but they havn't been very generous lately so I now shop mainly at Asda/Morrisons)

Morrisons - 1 x £5 voucher from getting my petrol there

Ebay - £40

TopCashback - £77.67

I also have a cashback mobile phone and am about to send off for my first chequeback which should be £90 for the quarter - am concerned about this though as have noticed people have had problems - this cashback has been earmarked for Christmas spends...

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Most of my cashback money has been spent on birthdays so far and have covered

7th Jan - SIL - Boots set in sale
4th Feb - DH - PSP
7th Feb - DS - Bits
12 Mar - Friend - Bits from Boots using the no7 coupons
25 Mar - DD x 2 - Sizzlin Kitchen + loads of bits
12 Apr - Niece - My Little Pony set bought in Argos Sale
18 Apr - Friends daughter - clothes
18 Apr - New baby stuff for my sis - nappy cake
19 Apr - FIL - Posh whiskey and a top
5 May - MIL - Wine and Birthday cake (we also took her out for a meal)


Next Birthdays

Nephew - 11th June - got a rugby shirt from M&S sale so just need something to go with it

Nephew - 1st July - Have ordered hims some combat trousers from M&S and going to get him a cd to go with it

Friends son - July 30th - Remote Control Dinosaur from WHSmith (bargain £10 was supposed to be £40!)

I have also got a few bits put by for Christmas but I am trying not to get loads bought as I don't have the space and I hate having stuff all over my bedroom - my main thing is to build up the cash/vouchers to spend nearer the time....I also find if I buy too much early, I seem to spend more iyswim

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Got loads of supplies in for making Christmas cards, so thats my next project.....

will also be trying to list some ebay stuff this weekend


I really need to update my spreadsheet as I am getting confused as to what I have...I do have a seperate account that I put my cashback into which I then transfer if I spend anything on pressies, but I have got some other money in there by mistake so need to sort it out...

Sorry for the long post, but it has helped me to get an idea of where I am at.....

forgot to say I am also doing the sealed pot challenge - i was given a number but it seems to have disapeared from my sig so I must go and 'find me' on there...don't know how much is in there so am excited for when we open them in October