2007 Savings Record

jo_b_2

Judi wrote: »

Blimey Jo, your an inspiration! You seem to have saving to a fine art. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Judi. To be honest, I haven't had much time to do any real 'active moneysaving' lately due to pressures from work.

I'll be on maternity leave soon and I'm going to dedicate the time before baby's arrival to sorting out major financial stuff (as well as getting the house sorted!)

I've tried to do one 'big' financial change a month. So far I've switched gas/elec and am in the process of changing current account to Halifax. (I applied as part of their £100 cashback offer but the process seems really long-winded!) :rolleyes:

My next target will be broadband. I know that I'm paying over the odds as I'm still with BT and I've never switched. I pay £15.99 a month and could get that cheaper - I just need to get in the right frame of mind to switch!

Keeping this log helps to keep me motivated and reminds me to do 'daily clicks' at Quidco/Pigsback etc as every little helps. The Tesco H&B coupons are excellent as well. I've been stockpiling toiletries and have also managed to swap unwanted coupons over at www.paidtoshop.com to maximise my coupon usage!

jo_b_2

Made £8.39 selling my stuff on ebay
£22.55 selling my stuff on Amazon
Had £20 Boots vouchers from www.pigsback.com
£90.56 cashback from www.quidco.com
£30 cashback from my healthcare policy with HSA

jo_b_2

Forgot to update this earlier in the week. Haven't done much moneysaving either as have been busy with work.:rolleyes:

Saved:
£12.19 using coupons
£12.11 BOGOFs
£3.50 selling books on Amazon
£6 taking sandwiches to work
Have applied for a free 3 month family railcard too.

rsdiscos

Hi all

I went to buy a new car bank holiday weekend - screen price £6000 (special offer for bank holiday)- couldn't haggle after test drive due to time so said I'd be back next day - went home - looked on internet for reviews etc - found dealership website - car listed for £5400! it was a typo - should have been £6400 - needless to say I bought car at £5400!!!

Result

jo_b_2

Easier to keep track if I update as I go along. :rolleyes:

Got a free Huggies changing bag, travel mat, baby rice and baby wash from Boots Parenting club and 250 extra advantage card points for buying the nappies

Used £1 in coupons from Huggies baby club

Saved £6 taking sandwiches to work every day

Got £5.05 from www.Ciao.co.uk

£5 voucher from https://www.valuedopinions.co.uk

EagerLearner

Inspirational thread jo_b! I do the same in a spreadsheet and last year saved over £1k because of this here site...

This year to date am up to £375.61, so who knows could save the same again AND more!

jo_b_2

Had to do two weeks together as I've been on holiday for most of this week (courtesy of Tesco clubcard deals) and didn't get around to doing an update last week.

£10 Boots voucher from Pigsback
£10 M&S voucher from Schoolsnet for completing a school review
£10.50 using coupons
£9.69 BOGOFs/multisaves
£7.99 on a free CD from the Nectar sale.

jo_b_2

Saved £5 using John Lewis discount code
£3.50 using Figleaves code
£6.68 Quidco cashback
£2.49 BOGOFs
£4 coupons
£6.85 selling my stuff on Amazon

jo_b_2

Savings so far:

Coupons £7.98
£10.50 cashback from Try Me Free offers (Schloer and John Frieda Hair Glaze)
Bought some bargains from ebay - baby swing £10 (RRP £80) and moses basket/stand £8 (RRP £50). I'm not going to count the savings from RRP (as I'm too tight to have paid that) but I have certainly saved at least £30 off the prices that I was prepared to pay!

EagerLearner

Ho Jo_b - how is it going? I love this thread - my totals to date are £379.85, of which I have saved real cash into savings of £297.15. This is from Orange wednesday movies, cashback sites, free movie previews, surveys etc. Any money I get from now on will be towards Christmas.