Christmas savings so far

MrsTinks

I got my first Pureprofile cheque on order today!
ok ok so it's only a £20 cheque but it's mine and it's in the post on it's way here! YAY! My first one and it'll be going straight to my savings for x-mas as will the first £50 from E-bay when I get up to £50 :rotfl: £34 so far!!!

So christmas savings so far are:

£110 Boots vouchers from Pigsback
£20 Pureprofile pay out
£34 Ebay

How is everyone else doing?

DontDoDebtKids

Wow!

Well done.

I'm at a grand total of £0.

I fully plan to not spend any more than I allow myself to spend monthly in the run up to Christmas and so am buying presents now and then when I see something for someone.

So far so good. Besides, nobody is getting anything too fancy! There's no point - they'll buy anything they really want (i.e. expensive) anyway and at least if you get them something cheap it doesn't matter too much if they don't like it and sell it/break it etc.

Bagpuss741

I've got £20 Boots vouchers from pigsback (on my way to another £10 though) and £13 &More vouchers from M&S

savvykaz

I have only just really started thinking about Christmas, but I do have

£44 in M&S &more vouchers (will go towards food)
£37.50 in e-bay account
£44.11 in Quidco account

K9cuddles

Well done! I'm due to make my last cc payment for £650 on which I brought my xmas 2003 pressie! Stupid huh!

So this year I started in Feb! I joined Farepak here I put way £27 a month giving me £270 in bonus bonus (so many places take them!). However.. iv'e been living on the grab it quick forum and go soooooo many bargains!! Infact 4 pressies turned up in the post this morning! I'm nearly sorted.. or atleast know what to get everyone! Which means I can spend the £270 of bonus bonds in the xmas sales on me.. OR no the pressie for 2007!!!

Once you get in to these good MSE habits you'll see all the benefits! I've even got £60 saved for my road tax next year!

becsxxx

Great thread - I've just started thinking about Christmas too!

I know it's early, but don't want to get myself in an absolute spending panic nearer the time, leading to being in a total mess come January!

So, have got a large old bisuit tin to put my savings in and so far have:

£2 coins = £50
Tesco vouchers = £8
Arcadia vouchers (c/o Pigsback) = £10
Boots vouchers (c/o Ipsos) = £5

Queen.Bess

I too am planning head this year! Bought my first present yesterday in fact! Only £1 from Boots, so I'm pleased! Have also collected up my M&S vouchers and have £10 there, got £33 from tescos and very nearly have enought piggypoints for 2x£10 Boots vouchers. DH is also collecting piggypoints, so hopefully another voucher for Christmas! We both do lightspeed surveys and DH is nearly at £10 and I'm at nearly £5, so it all helps!

My family are hopefully going to do £5 presents again (no more than £5 per person), well I am anyway! If people want to spend more on me that's fine!!

Batgirl

I too have done quite well.
I have enough points for £15 amazon vouchers from rpoints
Nearly enough for £20 arcadia from pigsback
I have saved a bit monthly and have £90
I have at least £90 from nectar points
I have already got £20 amazon vouchers from rpoints
I have £54 in my free fivers account
I have £15 morrisons vouchers from the petrol pumps
I have £54 boots points
I have a £4.99 argos voucher from something I returned
I have £17 on a asda card from things I have returned
And a £21 Beales voucher from something I returned.

Now I've written it all down it feels good.
£400.99 wow had no idea it was that much but good job as we ordered a xbox 360 yest for my husband and eldest to share and that was £200, so everyone/thing else needs to be done with the other £200 but that sounds more than do-able very happy

ems_2-2

so far this year from surveys etc I've got
£ 40 Argos
£ 87 Amazon
£ 2 High Street
£ 40 M&S
£ 15 Tesco
£ 40 Waitrose

total £229
am half way to another pigsback voucher
ciao account £4.94
Also have some points on boots card not sure how many

MrsTinks

Doh I left some off!

£120 Boots vouchers from Pigsback (forgot I ordered another on OHs account doh!)
£20 Pureprofile pay out
£34 Ebay (not going to move from Paypal till it's past £50 so I don't have to pay a charge to move it into an account)
£37 Quidco (payout set to £50 to stop me spending it)
£20 Tesco card (won last months work newsletter quiz!)
£4 in Tesco saving stamps!
SO that's £215!

I have various other survey accounts too but after each survey I check and see if I can cash anything in and if I can't I just forget about it till the next survey

grown_up_girlie

So far i've got:

£2 - Arcadia Vouchers
£5 - Boots voucher
£21.50 - Clubcard Vouchers
£2.50 - Nectar Card points

Should have:

£2 - Arcadia Vouchers
£90 Boots Vouchers
£36.50 - Clubcard Vouchers
£20 - Pureprofile Cheque
£10 Amazon Voucher
£5 - Nectar Card points
£5 - Advantage Card points

I have already started my chrimbo shopping - I bought a gorgeous Lonsdale tracksuit for my 1 year old nephew in the sale (From £24.99 - £7.49, bargain!).

I think if everyone did this then it makes the Christmas period more enjoyable, less stress and more money! Good on you, those of you who are thinking ahead!