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All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today
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Yesterday I -
Redeemed a £25 Amazon Voucher from Harrispoll surveys
Picked some more blackberries, washed and put them in the freezer. Really enjoying foraging for free food#39 - Save £12k in 20250 -
Today I have been very unMSE. Went to Ikea and bought a new bathroom cabinet and shelf for £55, some saucepans and some more random bits so it came to £90 altogether. Argh! Never mind, will make the flat look nicer should I decide to sell at some point so will just look at it that way!
On the OP front today I have:- Been to A!di and L!dl to stock up on offers so now don't need anything apart from milk and bread for the rest of the week
- Cashed out another £5 voucher on swagbucks
- Stuck some more shrapnel into the change jar
2015 Wins
1st Win! - £50 Asda Gift Card
2nd Win! - £25 Tesco Gift Card
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NSD today
took a pack up to work-saved £2GE 36 *MFD may 2043
MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
Emergency savings £100/£500
12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb0 -
Arancello is like limoncello with spics-nice xmassy sounding drink-got the recipe from BBC good food. At the moment its a jar with lots of orang peel-hopefully it will look as good as the one on the recipe. Also thinking of making chocolate liquer and a couple of others if this one goes well. Just got to track down those bottles.....
had another nsd yesterday-yay!Credit cards: April 2009-£1800, 1 March 2010-£0 :j
Car: June 2009-£500, March 2010-£200 September 2010-£0
Mortgage-October 2009-£134, 290.64. February 2010=£133,854. January 2011-£131, 718.740 -
Today
- was not a NSD
- Batch-cooked for next week
- Decluttered a bit more and have an eb@y basket at the ready awaiting FLW
Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
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This week I....
- got £5 Halifax reward
- sold my ebay thing for £37.42 after fees
- bought a work cardi on M&S site. 50% off, free collection from store and 45p quidco
- harvested all chillis from the greenhouse and froze them
- made crumble from garden apples
- picked up a load of bogofs and whoopsies doing the weekly shop today
- will type up weekly menu and print it at work tomorrow0 -
- £1 payment to OP Pot
- £1 payment to Emergency Fund
- Need to buy my lunch, will keep it sensible and get Nectar points. The skinflint MFWer in me is gutted that Tesco stopped doing £2.50 meal deals! Sainsbury's sandwiches are considerably nicer for the same price...
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Today,
- I used a few MOCs from the Tesc0 magazine
- £1 MOC for Gu cheesecake from here
- and received a £3 off when you spend £20 tillspit, which will go nicely for next week's shopping.
Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
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- £1.84 into Op Pot
- £1.84 into Emergency Fund
- Increased DD into S&S ISA to £105/mth
- Popping generic cold medication that has the same ingredients as the leading brand, but cost 1/3 of the price :eek:
Added another £15 into each of my pots after I 'sold' myself my Nectar points! So That's £30 saved and an Amazon shop for me to look forward to0 -
Today was a NSD :j
£10 GC from VO in a week. This was mainly due to the financial surveys which pay handsomely at £1 or £1.50 per survey.Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
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