PMS Challenge - June 2007

dm1465

I'm in for the first time this month please! Broke myself in gently last month, so here's what I'm going to include - coupons, BOGOFs, change from shopping money, savings on shopping, tips from work, ebay, can anyone think of anything obvious and not too complicated I might be missing? DP and I have just booked weekend in London in August, so this will be going towards that. Have a great day, Deb

lil_me

Shortie wrote: »

:rotfl: Sorry lil_me I imagined a baked bean can sized tin when I started reading that and then read the amount you saved in it (fanstastic amount btw) and suddenly imagine a HUGE cooking oil drum sized 'tin' :rotfl:

Tin is about 8 inches high, much wide than a bean tin aswell. I get them from the £1 shop, much cheaper than a terramundi, you can only open them with a tin opener so have to resist counting them all the time etc. This was the second one I have 'cracked' open for the holiday, first one had £600 before was full but did have more bigger coins in, was a lot of silver etc in this one.

Queenie

JAMIE - :T That is GREAT news!! :T

dm1465 - not complicated nor is it *immediate*, but it is a fairly obvious one that sometimes gets overlooked .... do remember that if you pay your Poll Tax by DD, you will get two months effectively "free" (ie Feb, March) and I stash that away in my PMS pot

Well, went shopping today with my meagre week's cash budget. Didn't max out though Plus I've made PMS (virtual) of £6.97 :T If I get through the month under this strict budget, which is quite possible now I have a full inventory of the fridge/freezers/larder/stock cupboards, then I will have some "actual" PMS to add to my pot - I'm just not counting my chickens before they hatch I do have a very healthy looking inventory though so I should do ok

BTW: Sainsbury's have 240 Tetley T-bags half price @ £1.89 at the moment Not a brand I buy usually, but it did seem to be an offer too good to miss

Keep up the good work fellow PMS'ers

spendaholic

I'm doing my pin money as an ongoing thing to pay for those pots and stuff for the yard.

My gig budget is £10 a pop, and I aim at 2 gigs per week. Last night I only spent a fiver, and tonight I've decided to stay in. So, that's £15 towards my pot. I'm rounding it to the nearest £1 now, so put the odd 2p I had in a money box - one of the "shrapnel-saving" moneyboxes.

catznine

I am joining in this month! Need to pay the dental bills!:rolleyes:
So far this month I have cancelled one of our veg boxes and made do on what is in the freezers and garden saved £14.80
Saved 40p on a tub of marvel, bought at poundland instead of sainsburys and been given 3 x 4 pints of semi skim milk to put in our freezer!:j so that will be a saving of about £3 over the rest of the month!

total so far £18.20

I made some blueberry muffins today from store cupboard ingredients instead of buying them so maybe can add the saving of 40p onto the total.

dm1465

£7.00 put in the pot today from tips! Waiting for ebay auctions to end and will count that in as well.

catznine

Found a lottery scratch card (left over from Christmas) and won £1 so that's in the piggy bank! Bought 2 bags of anya potatoes (my favourite) for 30p each (normally £1.99 each! so a saving of £3.38 :j Got 40p of my soya yogurts using a coupon and saved £20 by buying a budgeted for kitchen trolley off ebay!
Total saved today £24.78

Queenie

WTG catz, dm and spendy!!! :T :T :T

Catz - that scratch card was a real bonus! I'd heard they have a "shelf life" when it comes to claiming and have thrown away a couple I found in a little used handbag - really should have at least *tried* to cash it in I suppose! I'll know in future, so thank you :T
I've made a saving this week (aside from the car :laugh: ) I was talked into joining a gym with my friend Saved £6 per month simply by showing my student card :j :j :j
Foodwise, nothing new saved because we're living from the storecupboard/pantry/freezer.
Keep up the good work fellow PMS'ers

JAMIEDODGER

7.50 so far for me, and that was just today:)

katherinedrex

My husband and 3 sons know only too well what PMS is in this house and all sons having steady girlfriends :eek:

Does it really stand for present money saving?? That's the nearest I can come up with. Can you give me the basis of the challenge please.