Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

scattymam1

when you tot it up I have about 190 pounds in the pot from surveys, etc; - not a bad start for christmas...have to work out how much more I need and work to that total - it's totally reachable though too

scattymam1

I've already made a lot of stuff (birthdays, parties,etc);) neutral so far as well even without this 190pounds - cool eh?

hayley11

Thanks for the reminder furry I would have forgotten knowing me!

I'm so giddy because we met Jimmy Carr tonight, he's sooooo skinny!! Nice bloke though

jamtart6

Pinch, Punch, First of the Month!
:AHappy June Everybody!:A

Today your monthly summaries are due!

At some point today you should:

• take 15minutes and work out how much money you have allocated for Christmas/Birthdays/whatever you are saving for

• Produce a TOTAL SPEND/ TOTAL SAVED value
  

• Estimate how much more you need to earn before the events
• List presents bought/presents needed (optional)

You can use my template below as a starter point if you wish too, and amend it to include all the sites/loyalty schemes you use.

Cashback
QUIDCO -
Topcashback -
Cashbackrewards-

Points
Nectar -
Tesco Clubcard -
Toluna

Vouchers
Amazon -
Argos -
M&S -
Next -

Other
eBay profits -
Bingoport -
Money Magpie -
Onepoll -

TOTAL SPENT -
TOTAL SAVED -
TOTAL STILL NEEDED -

rufusdog52

Hi Jammy

I have nearly finished getting all my presents for the year now except my Dad's Xmas present and OH's Xmas present (most have been knitted). I cant remember now where the money came from as I wasnt keeping check but it was all off the internet one way or another. I still have about £15 worth of Amazon vouchers left over (another £5 one coming this week hopefully) and had £10 from Littlewoods Bingo in my bank this morning. Have a payment of nearly £40 due in next couple of days from Quidco too. Mind you my daughter lost her brace (teeth) at the weekend so reckon all my hard saved money will be going on replacing that. Just what I needed.

I dont usually like to count the money the sites owe me until I actually have it in my bank just in case something goes wrong like MYHPF who now owe me over £60 but havent paid me since last October no matter how many times I get on to them. They are always saying they have a backlog and the money gets rolled over yet again.

Anyway catch you all later xx

hayley11

OK here is my list, I think this is pretty much accurate, I wasn't writing everything down so much at the beginning of the year but I am now.

Spent so far = £180.12

Cash Received = £324.81
Ebay = £161.62
Boots = £9.39
Quidco = £72.80
Winnngs = £61 (I won this on the grand national and wanted to put it towards my money neutral)
£2 savings = £10
Boots vouchers = £20

Cash Pending:
Quidco = £17.31
TopCashBack = £2.40
Panelbase = £3.00
Ciao = £0.70
Onepoll = £4.05
Qype IWOOT = £20 voucher

Points Pending:
Lightspeed = 190
Global Test Market = 65
MySurvey = 20
Bingoport = 5200 (will update this later today)
iPoints = 5477
Dooyoo = 8970

So not including the money and points I have pending I have £144.69 left, doing quite well I think

I've just estimated that I will spend another £870 on presents this year :eek: My god i'm too nice! :rotfl: Going to have to start getting better at looking for deals! I won a big bottle of Sambuca at a raffle a couple of weeks ago so that's my sisters present sorted actually.

Thanks so much to Jammy and everyone on this thread for giving me the encouragement and support to continue to be Money Neutral :j

paddingtondoo

Here's my update - I think just about everything is there most of what I still need is £400 cash for OH's kids presents as he gives them £100 each for birthday and xmas - so really I only need to find £185 extra as he'll pay theirs .

Cashback
QUIDCO - 2.31
Topcashback - 36.24
Valued Opinions - 19.45
One Poll - 18.25

Points
RPoints - 1101
Tesco Clubcard - 500 approx
Toluna - 17435
IPSOS - 690
Pigsback - 651
Goldfish - 1335

Vouchers
Boots - 50.14
House of Fraser - 10.00
Debenhams - 17.76
Tesco - 35.50

Other
eBay profits - 43.55
Bag Lady - 47.00
Jingle Jar - 20.00 (banked) almost full again
Sealed Pot - ????? would think there's at least £50 in there but haven't counted it

TOTAL SPENT - 85
TOTAL SAVED - 359.50
TOTAL STILL NEEDED - 885 (300 cash total so far above) 585 :eek:

jamtart6

To anyone thinking they can't be bothered totting it up, I couldn't be bothered either but this little lot took me less than 5 mins to login and write down so you can do it to!

Cashback
QUIDCO - £67.51
Topcashback - £17.83
Cashbackrewards- £20.99

Points
Nectar - 996
Tesco Clubcard - £2.00 or £8.00 in deals
Toluna - 35135
Waterstones - £0.87
Boots - £20.15

Vouchers
Amazon - £5.00
Argos - £0
M&S - £0
Next - £0
Boots - £20

Other
eBay profits - £10.50
Bingoport - 1741 points
Money Magpie - £0
Onepoll - £24.30


TOTAL CASH £141.13



TOTAL SPENT - Unsure
TOTAL SAVED - Unsure
TOTAL STILL NEEDED -At least £400

Skiergirl

I've just done an update of what I've made since March when I started keeping track(well the nectar/boots points are since way back )

Cashback
QUIDCO - £21.46 plus £50 being queried or pending

Points
Nectar - approx 40,000
Tesco Clubcard - 136
Boots - approx £150

Vouchers
LV - £6
Tesco - £82

Other
Bingoport - £15 plus £5 due this week
Matched betting - £400
Lightspeed - 1400 points + £5 voucher
VO - £12
Panelbase - £4.50

furrypig

Hi fellow money makers!

i have just spent ages trawling through the internet and my folders collating all my info to share with you! This is becuase I ave never done it before and had to hunt for the info will be easier next month.

Here goes

Boots unsure as unable to get into town to check on machine
Nectar 47042
Tescos £91 in vouchers
waterstones £1.91

valued opinions £11 ( so ordered £10 voucher today!!)
pigsback 1827 (so ordered £10 voucher today!)

M & S vouchers £47.79
Amazon vouchers £30
Virgin voucher £50 (still not sure what to do with this!)
Pinecone £9 luncheon vouchers

Toluna 2195! (recently joined!)
Bingoport currently 7810 and 7232 (hubby and I) so will redeem another £10 amazon vouchers by end of the week.

Can't get onto Quidco for the moment for some reason but not got loads there but will try and update that number!