Thrifty Gifty - Money Making for Christmas & All Ocassions 2009

hayley11

Just a quick hello from not so sunny but very warm tenerife! Having a brill time but cant wait to get back to my little hamster, how sad is that! lol! This keyboard is foreign, cant find the punctuation apart from this one !!

Speak to you all in a few days xx

hayley11

Belated Happy Birthday to Jammy and Rusty! Hope you both had lovely days xx

mum2one

Belated, belated Happy Birthday Wishes to both Jammy and Rusty, hope you both had a fab time. xx

mum2one

Bit late but here goes the total which would of been 1st June

Daily clicks / Surveys etc

Me / Mum / Dad / Daughter

Bingoport - 3400 / 4500 / 6500 / 1000

Home of Research - £14.70 / £14.75 / £14.00 / £7.50

Valued Opinions - £6.25 / £7.35 / £6.00 / xx

Quidco - £1.44 / £1.12 / £.04 / xx

One Poll - £1.50 / £34.70 / £28.25 / £26.25

Mutual Points - 466 / 573 / 2243 / 586 (owed 3 months worth of buy central points :mad::mad: )

You Gov £28.25 / xx / £32.10 / xx

Pigs Back £5.34

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Loyalty Cards

Nectar card - 3,000

Boots card - £27.01

Tesco on card - £9.18

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Vouchers

Boots £40.00

Love 2 Shop £12.00

Tesco £81.50

Amazon £92.77

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Extras

1st class stamps - 60

DD Swimming / Ballet Fund £70.00

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BIRTHDAY
inc Mothers Day, Fathers Day, 2 x presents Teachers end of term + 4 spare girls presents.
(:eek:doesnt include mums, dads, or dd birthday:eek:)

44 SETS OF PEOPLE - 74 SETS OF PRESENTS (mum / me / dd)

BUDGET - £525:eek::eek::eek::eek:

ACTUAL - £248 :j:j:j

SAVED - £277.

PROPER PRICE GOODS - £741.00 :cool:






100% MONEY NEUTRAL

mum2one

A few examples of the birthday presents weve given / allocated

Mums friend -DVD box set, MUG + COASTER SET, BOOTS BOWL, PHONE CHARM KEYRING
(Budget £15, spent £12)

Friends Boy age 10 HEAD BAG, HEAD TRAINER BAG, mini video camera
(Budget £10, spent £8)

Uncle- Box set 6 country + Western cd set, dressing gown, coin tray
(Budget £15, spent £8)


Cousin - MP3 Shower boom radio box, Sarong towel, Body scrub + sponge set, egyptian keyring
(Budget £15, spent £4)

Cousins Hubby - Polo shirt, mens toilettry set, beer bubble bath
(Budget £15, spent £4.60)

My friends 40th Birthday (special presents) - Ipod (from Qype), IPod speaker, Sarong towel,
Twister style game, + box of 40 presents, (daft things, pencils, pens, rubber, ruler, toilettries etc)
(Budget £40.00, spent £10.)

Female friend - Shell necklace, spa toilettry set, eyelash kit, hearts + bead necklace, amethyst colour glass bead bracelet, brown designer make up bag, doing small basket of toilettry, nail file set (do them as 2 home made baskets)
(Budget £15, spent £8)

Cousins daughter (7), Pink trolley case, bedroom accessory set, bratz bubblebath + sponge (do in wrap - posh it up)
(Budget £20.00, spent £3.50)

Mums friend - Boots Royal Jelly Set, Spa toilettry set, letter writing set all boxed posh
(Budget £15.00 spent £3.00)

Uncle - simpsons toilettry bag set, simpsons soap, 2 x mini malt whisky
(Budget £15.00, spent £3.50)

Cousins Boy (4), Green trolley case, Jungle in my pocket toys, Disney Cars Puzzle
(Budget £20, spent £3)

All items new, been sourced from Jan sales, Half cost, Woolworths when it closed and bargain shops.

OPEN TO OFFERS IF ANY ONE WANTS TO COME AND WRAP THEM!!

paddingtondoo

WOW! mum2one what wonderful bargains.

Wish I could drop onto stuff like that. Forunately I don't have all that many birthdays left to buy for. Although I do have a 1st birthday at the end of the week for my friend's grand daughter and I have no ideas at all - was going to knit something but have failed dismally :rotfl:

jamtart6

mum2one - I'll wrap 'em for you £1 a present I love wrapping actually, I wish I could make it look posh but I can't! They are really good bargains, well done! Avon are another place that do quite decent presents cheaply if you look in the right places

Paddington - I ended up buying my friend's 1 year old a "in the night garden" toy which should have been £20 but got it for £5 in the Boots sale! Could you get a cuddly toy for her or whizz up a knitted toy ? (not sure how fast your fingers go!!)

rufusdog52

Mum2one - you have done really well with your presents

Have had someone contact me on Ebay who wants to buy all my bits if I put buy it now prices on so have done so. Waiting to see if they bother.

Put a bid on a coat for my Dad too for Xmas, the bits I sell if they sell will practically pay for the coat if I win it, keeping my fingers crossed

jamtart6

That is great news rufusdog!!

mummy2mygirls

hello can i join you all??? Love the idea of earning as much as i can towards presents. i do surveys ect to try and get as manyamazon vouchers and was going to keep these for presents, if i keep a track of all i earn/spend and join in here i think i could keep to it and be as money nuetral as possible.
started to read all the tread but its sooo long i will have to try maybe tonight - see if i can get any more ideas... i am going to join bingoport now and see what thats all about...
look forward to keeping track and seeing how everyone is doing.