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Cat2011

October Tally of savings.
Need £1,300. Saved £11.98

£4.50 - Daily round down of bank accounts
£4.48 - Daily round down
£3.00 - Daily round down

Cat2011

Had to spend 60p on a coffee yesterday - I was in dire need of caffeine - I normally have instant on my desk, but I thought I took it home. I later found it in a bag under my desk . Went out for pub lunch for a colleague's leaving do, and out for dinner for my housemates birthday do! Expensive, and not very healthy! The cost didn't come to too much - tho I probably should have had a bit less wine.... Was a bit miffed at the pub lunch tho - I htought I'd be good and order a lime cordial instead of a beer, as it'd be so much cheaper - the lime cordial was £1.30! For some squash?! Rip off....

Cycled into work and back today as my car had it's MOT. I used my shiny new panniers (fire engine red!), bought for my birthday by my parents. The panniers were excellent - so much easier than carrying a bag on my back - and I can carry so much more. In fact I had trouble lifting my bike off the ground :S .

The MOT went well, cost £75 all in, so not too much. Think I might take my car back there for a service, as the place I used to take it to always fleeced me!

Off to Cornwall for the weekend for a bit of a jolly. Have a lift down there and back, so petrol is shared. Should be a fairly cheap weekend, and will be nice to have some time off work.

Cat2011

Back from the weekend in Cornwall. I am utterly exhausted! Thankfully didn't spend much, as accom. was already paid for. Time to knuckle down on my next essay I think!

I have a couple of mystery shops booked for Saturday, but not been able to find anything else useful :S . A lot of them are Monday-Friday shops which I can't do too far afield. Unfortunately my home town isn't a shopping mecca!

It should be a fairly low spend week this week, will be staying at home all weekend studying. Fun times . Made 2 more amazon sales which I need to post tonight. Might list some things on eBay if I get bored of studying.

Cat2011

October Tally of savings.
Need £1,300. Saved £84.63

£4.50 - Daily round down of bank accounts
£4.48 - Daily round down
£3.00 - Daily round down
£30.00 - Mystery shops
£22.65 - Amazon sales
£20.00 - Mystery shops

ZTD

Cat2011 wrote: »

Back from the weekend in Cornwall. I am utterly exhausted! Thankfully didn't spend much, as accom. was already paid for.

Where did you go?

Cat2011

I did a challenge event - we stayed in St Ives, and ran down the South West Coast Path from about Padstow to Lands End over 3 days. It was hard work - but good fun. We had amazing weather, and some amazing views

Cat2011

October Tally of savings.
Need £1,300. Saved £88.83

£4.50 - Daily round down of bank accounts
£4.48 - Daily round down
£3.00 - Daily round down
£30.00 - Mystery shops
£22.65 - Amazon sales
£20.00 - Mystery shops
£4.20 - Daily round down

Cat2011

Yay - Just calculated that I should have filled my ISA after November pay day . Been looking at my next savings options. Think I'll open the highest easy access account, then drip into as many regular savers as I can. Tho got to start pondering about Christmas...

Cat2011

Cor blimey! Got my AA renewal through and they were asking for £103.74! So quite promptly cancelled it and renewed through Quidco. Bargain

Cat2011

October Tally of savings.
Need £1,300. Saved £153.13

£4.50 - Daily round down of bank accounts
£4.48 - Daily round down
£3.00 - Daily round down
£30.00 - Mystery shops
£22.65 - Amazon sales
£20.00 - Mystery shops
£4.20 - Daily round down
£3.46 - Daily round down
£60.00 - Mystery Shops
£0.74 - Daily round down