Remember you're a womble 2015

Bobarella

Used 3p roadkill to knock down my shopping spend today. Ok so not a huge impact but I don't remember the last time I didn't manage to bring my shopping down by a few pennies. Which as we all know, make pounds

nat21luv

Bobarella wrote: »

Natluv I think we should be reading your thread on wombling not mine, you sound like you have it down! Do you track your finds?

Im on various DFW challenges and have a diary so loosly track it on there. There are others that put me to shame, especially on the Elite thread!

Sox77

Bobarella wrote: »

Hi All

I am going to keep track from Jan 1st on the value I find in the main categories ...

Love to hear from others doing similar.

Bob

Hi Bob


Very happy to find this thread, we've been wombling for years (like Nat I have a fellow and a deputy wombler) but have this year decided to keep track of how much we womble.


We mainly only womble Tesco Receipts and occasionally McDonalds Coffee beans, pick up any road kill (no shame in free money) and ... well I think that's it.


We live in a smallish town so not often masses to be found and DH was actually refused in one Tesco nearby when he tried to add two receipts from the same date - so we steer clear of that one now! There's one nearer where the staff really don't mind adding any amount of receipts if they're empty, although we try and only add three or four at a time.


Anyway enough rambling, had 21points added today and have another 76 on various receipts in my purse but am only going to count them once added


Thanks for the thread, will have a look for yours too Nat.

Sox77

Sazzie23 wrote: »

Hi Bob

Loving the thread, I always pick the trolley with receipts left in for this reason, when price match was at its height I got several pounds off at Sainsbobs and Mr. T.

Oh we look for price match too, I once found one with £3 on, and it hadn't even been left in a trolley, it was screwed up and thrown on the floor. Karma for being a litterbug

Sox77

nat21luv wrote: »

My DS is turning 11 and has the saving bug, he scours the supermarket floors looking for money and in the space of a 5 minute trip he had found £1.60! He said the best spots are by the coin converter unit and at the end of tills.

My DS will be 11 this year and is a great, if not at all subtle, wombler I said he shouldn't tell anyone about it in case all his friends think he's odd, so it's good to know there's other deputies out there

Bobarella

nat21luv wrote: »

Im on various DFW challenges and have a diary so loosly track it on there. There are others that put me to shame, especially on the Elite thread!

Ooo where is that or is it roadkill rebels?

Bobarella

Sox77 wrote: »

My DS will be 11 this year and is a great, if not at all subtle, wombler I said he shouldn't tell anyone about it in case all his friends think he's odd, so it's good to know there's other deputies out there

Yeah it's awesome having a 6 year old. I imagine Fagan said similar mine has already got an expression for looking for coins 'putting on his shiny eyes' & has nicknamed himself The Bargain Avenger because he sees all the good YS stuff before me half the time. Oh the low life

nat21luv

Elite thread is on the Gone But Not Forgotten part of Grabbit thread.

My DS isnt ashamed to pick up money anymore, his friends threw loads of pennies in the playground and he walked around collecting them all. He was so proud when he came home and put it all in his money box! His dad is silly with money, he gave my DS £10 to get a list of items from the shop and told him to keep the change, but my DS is a chip of the ol' block and picked up the cheapest items possible and came away with all the items plus £7 in kept change

Bobarella

Sounds fascinating. Sorry to keep on but is that in debt free wannabee or old style?

Your son has it down I'd say. Now if only we can steer these boys away from the peer pressure trap that is teenage life they'll have it made

nat21luv

Neither. Scroll down a little further, its the shopping section, I forget what its called.