How to fall in love with saving money

The_White_Horse

i went to a vending machine today and it had 5p credit. no change. so I put in another 5p and pressed the change button - got a 10p!

That is 100% return on my investment for 1 seconds work. Has anyone had a more lucrative deal recently?

mark55man

The_White_Horse wrote: »

i went to a vending machine today and it had 5p credit. no change. so I put in another 5p and pressed the change button - got a 10p!

That is 100% return on my investment for 1 seconds work. Has anyone had a more lucrative deal recently?

Love that - not quite the same, but I put 70p in the vending machine (in lieu of lunch) to get a boost bar, because there was one dangling and I got two for one. doesn't always work but that was sweet (too sweet actually).


I think you win though as you ended up 5p up, and I ended up 70p down

cathybird

mark88man wrote: »

Love that - not quite the same, but I put 70p in the vending machine (in lieu of lunch) to get a boost bar, because there was one dangling and I got two for one. doesn't always work but that was sweet (too sweet actually).


I think you win though as you ended up 5p up, and I ended up 70p down

This happened to me recently with two Kit Kats, although the second one ended up dangling as well, so I had to rope in a friend to help me rock the vending machine back and forward in an undignified manner until it let the second Kit Kat go, and I then felt obliged to share the second Kit Kat with my friend. But I still felt I ended up ahead

fishfins

Hey Cathy, just popping in to say I'm working my way through your inspiring diary, really enjoying reading it!

My mum is the same with books, she has hundreds but really struggles to get rid of any. If that's what makes her happy though it's fine by me

cathybird

fishfins wrote: »

Hey Cathy, just popping in to say I'm working my way through your inspiring diary, really enjoying reading it!

My mum is the same with books, she has hundreds but really struggles to get rid of any. If that's what makes her happy though it's fine by me

Thanks fishfins Books make me happy too, not sure why. I couldn't live without them though.

cathybird

In Paris today, not very money saving but it is very nice. I got the Eurostar tickets through the MSE email on a very cheap deal so there's that. Great city, Paris.

Preeti12

Spend less money than you earn and save the difference, which means keeping the written log of the money that are being spent. You can also read suggestions given by Money Saving Expert on various websites.

WantToBeSE

Enjoy Paris, Cathy!

cathybird

Thanks WantToBeSE Paris is beautiful. I'm just heading out now - I'm going to spend a lot of time just walking by the Seine and round the city, so that at least is cheap. Back tomorrow. Being an optimist and hoping for signs of spring (blossom etc). Hope you and the new car are both well

YoungBusinessman

Have a good one, Cathy! I thought the only downside is generally folk are a lot ruder than in Britain! Pushing queues was a problem we seen everywhere but a good place to visit none the less. Was not mse at all when had 4 days over valentines there, worked out at £1,400. Least I can now say iv been though!