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All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today
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Evening all!
Productive week so far....
Got a load of whoopsied stuff from the supermarket on way home from work now all in freezer
Got a £1 top from new lookbut then realised Id bought a size 6 (fyi not a size 6!! :rotfl:) It kinda fits but looks silly! May keep it till lost a bit of wt or give it to a friend who is more skinny!
2 packs of free green tea in the post...0 -
Only a few things today:
* renewed my free antivirus as I am a sharleys customer
* made myself happy looking at my bank balance
* drove home at 60
* made tea instead of getting takeawayDebt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0 -
Over the last few days I have -
- Done about £5 worth of New Vista/Populus surveys on TCB
- Persevered with Onepoll (up to £3.70 as cashed out last month)
- Won the Euromillions! (£2.80)
- Made a sausage cassoulet from a tin of hot dog sausages and some staples from the store cupboard. Ded cheap, ded nice and will last about 3 meals
- Bought 2 x whoopsied loaves from the spar, 30p each and 2 x small fresh chickens, £1.36 each. All are in the freezer.
- Travelled home to parents on the 50% off National Express code off the Grabbit board. Cost £16.70, whereas petrol would have been about £30
- Used same 50% code to book travel to Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Aug. £18 return and saves a looong drive
- Baked some flapjacks. Plan to bake some more stuff today
- Not strictly MSE but bought £90 worth of clothes from Amazon but I had £45 in survey vouchers stored up so effectively half price. (Was saving for an ipod nano but someone at work was selling one for a reasonable price which my Royal Ascot winnings paid for last month)
Can't think of much else. Happy weekend !#39 - Save £12k in 20250 -
Todays offerings:
£5.00 - Vivatic
Hand washed car and hoovered inside - dreaded chores.
1 X survey GTM - almost to pay out thresshold.
Used VO Argos voucher to pay for phone credit, thus saving on 1 months direct debitIt's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise0 -
Today I have:
1. Had training at work today, so pinched a few biscuits come in handy for our housewarming party!
2. Got given a free pair of gloves today, again like themadvix and katsu say I know you guys understand the joy freebies bring!!!
That's it really I'm shatted from work so don't plan to do anything else tonight other than update my MF dairy.
Good luck MSers.Mortgage at Highest:£145,000
Penny Challenge #39: £221.26 / £667.95
Make £10 a day: Feb: £300 / £280
March: £2.95 / £3100 -
Today for me:
- Cut DD's hair myself so have saved about £8 by not going to the hairdressers :j
- Had dinner in MILs house
- Used up leftovers in the freezer for lunch
- A friend gave me loads of clothes her wee boy has grew out of for DS, this will really help keep the clothes budget down
- I really needed some new tops for going on holidays and had seen a few in the next catalogue that i was tempted by, but the MSE in me decided to look on ebay and i bought four lovely tops from river island and next and only paid 99p for each of them :j:j
- Got DDs school shoes for next year on ebay for about half the retail price
Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,0000 -
Today I have:
1. Completed a survey on one poll for 10p oh yea!
2. Thought I had searched and got the best quote for home insurance, going direct through the insurer they quoted me £23.48 less I may be able to get some cash back too!:D
3. Had a NSD today.
4. Updated my Money saving tips.:T
5. Off to wash my hair now with my everlasting conditioner, by just adding water to it, it has lasted another four washes so far! Brilliant!
Keep going MS peeps.Mortgage at Highest:£145,000
Penny Challenge #39: £221.26 / £667.95
Make £10 a day: Feb: £300 / £280
March: £2.95 / £3100 -
Todays offerings:
25p VO -
£4.00 Iceland vouchers from surveys
15p Onepoll
£1.26 from survey headIt's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise0 -
Recent small things for me include -
- No spend day :j
- 60p on OP - £5.10 so far this time
- Redeeming £10.02 from Getpoundsback
- Cutting the bottom off some face wash to get at quite a lot still left inside. Prob another weeks worth at least
- Home made, delicious lentil curry for tea tonight and 1 x leftover portion
- Printed off £1 off voucher for a 6 pack of Seabrooks crisps
- Listed a few things on Ebay which have watchers, but no bids yet#39 - Save £12k in 20250 -
Sorry been missing in action for quite some time:
- earned my 3rd free night in a Premier Inn now I just need to book them
- got my Groupon cards, 22 for £14 and I like them all, fab will now have cards for a long long time. Also got £6 off for refer a friend os only spent £8
- erh that is about it all the rest is about spending money
Spent £80 in the Long Tall Sally Sale for 1 skirt and two tops but love them all and will use them for work.
Used Groupon voucher for Hot Stone Massage very nice but meant I could not do my second weekly Bootcamp so wasted £2Save £12k in 25 No 49
PB Win 21 £225, 22 £275, 23 £900, 24 £750 Balance Dec 25 £32.7K
Plan to move to Denmark for FIRE by Autumn 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest0
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