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Lets just say.... I was gonna buy a nice big plasma tv for 2k but never bothered in the end, does that count as how much you saved today? 2k (cause i was gonna spend it but didnt)
If yes.... and i change my mind about the tv every day for the whole week i will save 14k a week.:DI came into this world with nothing and I'm gonna leave with nothing.0 -
newlywed wrote:Been changing my phone contract from Orange to Vodafone.
Got my first Vodafone bill - £25 cheaper than Orange!!
Plus every month will be cheaper than before too!!
Made lunch and brought it to work today - saving me £3.
Ordered my printer cartridge and paper I need via quidco - saving £3 on the price of PC World and gaining £1.69 to my Quidco account!
Well done! :T So total saved £32.69?MFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
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Andybez38 wrote:Lets just say.... I was gonna buy a nice big plasma tv for 2k but never bothered in the end, does that count as how much you saved today? 2k (cause i was gonna spend it but didnt)
If yes.... and i change my mind about the tv every day for the whole week i will save 14k a week.:D
Ah, you've discovered a loophole... he he - you could technically 'save' money on that £2k if you moved it to a top paying interest account... joking aside, my old Tessa ISA earned £2 less a month, so a few months ago I saved £24 a year by moving to National Counties!MFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
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Bambywamby wrote:I bought a birthday prezzie (brand new) from a charity shop (half hangs head in shame) and saved around £5.
I bought a bogoff radox bubble bath set for xmas prezzie saving £2.99
Reduced mans body spray from £4.95 to 99 pence so saved £3.94 (thats a christmas prezzie also.
So today I have saved £11.93
Xmas pressies so soon - you're very organised! We are avoiding Christmas and New Year expenses this year by... going to Thailand. We worked it out and it was almost cheaper than an Autumn weekend break + Xmas spending (combined present, food, drink and going out costs).
So we saved... £50 in regular/normal home food shopping at Xmas, he he....MFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
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Yup!EagerLearner wrote:Well done! :T So total saved £32.69?
Starting to think about what else I can do now! working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?0 -
Mum wanted some new Paul Mitchell shampoo from hairdressers for £13.50, found it online through Kelkoo (10p from Quidco
) - £8.49 including p+p
Much cheaper :TNo longer using this account for new posts from 20130 -
Gemmzie wrote:Mum wanted some new Paul Mitchell shampoo from hairdressers for £13.50, found it online through Kelkoo (10p from Quidco) - £8.49 including p+p
Much cheaper :T
Hi - so total saved £5.01?MFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
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Last night I was going to watch a movie with friends, £6.50 - we ended up getting snacks (I paid £3.00) and going to one of their flats...
... so I saved £3.50 total. :TMFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
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On Saturday I saved £45 - instead of buying casserole pots from Ikea, I got them from https://www.freecycle.org locally and paid nothing!
Saved £45.00!MFW #185
Mortgage slowly being offset! £86,987 /58,742 virtual balance
Original mortgage free date 2037/ Now Nov 2034 and counting :T
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Today I saved £1.50 as I walked to work instead of getting the bus, I took lunch to work so that saved 70 pence. i didnt buy a TV mag I decided to look at the TV listings online so that saved me about 45pence
So in total I have saved £2.65 Saved today Yay!
Only a few pence but every penny counts.
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