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  • unhappy_shopper
    unhappy_shopper Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    edited 7 January 2013 at 10:17AM
    I just bought today's LivingSocial deal for Ocado for £45, and thought you may be interested in it too!
    New Customer Special: £50 of Shopping, Six-Month Anytime Delivery Pass, and 12-Month 10% Off Total Saving Pass.


    Here is my link if you are interested. If 3 of you buy this, I get it free :-)
    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
  • Hi everyone :-)

    I am planning to do a bit of batch cooking today. We've been eating from the freezer during the last week, still it is chock full.

    The imutual offer for £30 CB and 300 shares for Moneyvista is back. Here is the link. HTH
    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
  • If you are wanting to join consumer pulse, you can sign up through this link, it is not a referral and I do not gain anything. HTH.

    Here is the link, HTH.
    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
  • If you login to imutual and look at My Account -> Statement, you should see your cashback. HTH.

    no. and I did clear my cookies and history before joining!
  • I've been MIA for the past few weeks - apologies. It's been a hectic time with the new job, moving, finding a lodger for our old home etc.

    On the grocery front, I was able to limit my last month's spending to below £100. My freezers are still half full :-) £30 from joining imutual has been paid. Yay!

    Now off to catch up with the diaries.
    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
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Nice to see you back US:D hope the new job is going well for you also.
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • Good to see you:)

    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • shala_moo
    shala_moo Posts: 3,272 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Good to see you - just wanted to say thanks for the Imutua1 info. I requested my payment this week, easiest £30 ever!

    xx
    Mortgage amount at 31/12/2011 £166,050 now £0 as at Sept 21 - 15yrs 4 months early.


  • unhappy_shopper
    unhappy_shopper Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    edited 16 February 2013 at 10:04AM
    Good Morning, Fellow MFWs :-)

    I've been very very busy at my new job and hence my irregular appearances in this forum. Haven't forgotten my MFW ways - have had 14 NSDs so far this month, a record for me. But then, now my fridge looks forsaken - have to take out more stuff from freezer to fill it up. I was thinking that I'll reduce the meat intake during Lent, but then most of the stuff inside the freezer is meat :eek:

    Hoping to keep this month's grocery spend also within the £100 limit.

    I used the spend £10 on fuel get £2 back promo on the Grabbit board to claw back £2 to go to my OP account. For those with Amex cards, don't forget about the Amex-4square promotion of 'Spend £50, get £15 back on fuel at Shell'. Now that the fuel prices have gone up, it is time to cut back as much as possible on that front.

    US.
    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
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    So how is job - hope it's going well :)
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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