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sparklyfee

Moneysaving insomnia!! Does anyone else get this? Browsing the forums after all the talk of bank accounts etc.

I've been with Lloyds since I was 10!! Is that ridiculous? Feel I've been missing some tricks. So many forums and ideas for money saving.

I'm looking at:

sealed pot challenge
Bank accounts and cashback
Matched betting (not got time for this but interesting)
Debt free wannabe
PPI
Coupons

Was wondering, what are the best ways to save/make money that people have found? I really want to make a better life for my family money wise and I am getting to grips with the grocery shopping now :T but any advice or discussion would be great!!

vanilla_twist

sparklyfee wrote: »

Moneysaving insomnia!! Does anyone else get this? Browsing the forums after all the talk of bank accounts etc.

I've been with Lloyds since I was 10!! Is that ridiculous? Feel I've been missing some tricks. So many forums and ideas for money saving.

I'm looking at:

sealed pot challenge
Bank accounts and cashback
Matched betting (not got time for this but interesting)
Debt free wannabe
PPI
Coupons

Was wondering, what are the best ways to save/make money that people have found? I really want to make a better life for my family money wise and I am getting to grips with the grocery shopping now :T but any advice or discussion would be great!!

I usually read a few other forums. I do the sealed pot challenge (even though not registered).
I have one pot for £1 and £2 coins and another for bits and bobs. I am not really a cash person as I think harder about spending on my card but my bits and bobs pot is over half ful:eek: Because I so rarely use cash I try to put all coins in.
I estimate around £7 a week some more some less.

I also like the forum where they save either to buy a considered item or to pay off a debt. Piece of paper divided into 100 squares. Amount needed divided into 100.
so item costing £299 would be 100 x £2.99. Then quite often they use other decluttering challenges to sell unwanted bits to raise target.

I avidly follow the competition thread as love comping.
All the banking talk is very clever but I simply do not have cash assets needed to play this game yet.
I have sold alot on fb this week which has been great as all things stored in attic and garage. I now have 8 boxes of first edition books to try to sell on amazon.

Promised mum I would clear and catigories art room while she is away but thing I need to get rid of the debris of my life hanging around and I will then have a clearer head.

Many of us do not have the spare income to open lots of accounts although I do think first direct iss the one to start with.

For now I will stick with my sealed boxes and second purse (which I use when I buy glitches from my stash) this helps generate cash for ready to buy more glitches.

I was told when I joined here it would take me two years to get together an adequate stash and money freed up ready for next glitch. This is definately right and I am 19 months in now. I am hitting the 3v cards bigtime and try to divert all my spending into them for the cc points then into the vouchers for the shops I want to purchase from.

This is a long haul life time project which gets easier over time.

I am up as grumpy dgd has chicken pox and grumpy dd keeps updating me via text. Surely make sense for one of us to get some sleep.
Night
V x

Enjoy and do not worry about what you havent yet got to grips with. When you are ready help is alwasy available here

99p

Morning mad squad, just a heads up, the belvitas are now showing as £2.50 at sainsbobs:(. The mb is still not showing so let's hope they go half price at mrT.

elainemn

Good morning everyone. Just noticed the lemon cake is only £1.75 in Sainsbury.

streetlights

Good morning everybody, I hope you are well and have a fabulous Tuesday. Happy shopping elite.

I have been very interested in reading information about savings, this forum is wonderful.

wirehair

Good morning

Dizzy_Ditzy

Morning all

It's not raining! Even better, there is blue sky :j

It is a bit breezy though and that breeze is chilly :eek:

I'm enjoying reading all the bank account posts and I'd like to have a go but I don't have the kind of money that you're all talking about I could probably play with £500 rather than the 1-2k that I keep seeing popping out at me :rotfl:

David.

Morning All
The things I do to keep people happy :eek:

bubbs

Morning folks :wave:
Same her QOC bright but bloomin nippy.
Yes i have been reading about bank accounts but would get totally confused:rotfl::rotfl:

bubbs

David. wrote: »

Morning All
The things I do to keep people happy :eek

Surelyy would have been easier to grow the whole lot:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: