Student MoneySaving Club!

freebie_junkie

ames123 wrote: »

Don't worry i'm normally value stuff too! I haven't tried aldi, there is one but the lidl is literly across the road. I'll pop into aldi one day when i'm passing.

Oh and tesco vouchers, the ones they send you for 2.50 plus if you save them and don't spend them instore they ae worth 4x the value! Have a look on the tesco site.

yeah definately dont spend tesco vouchers instore, theyre worth 4 x in deals tokens. theres usually deals booklets instore you can pick up and have a look at. we usually use ours for holidays and meals out

freebie_junkie

aldi is good for fresh fruit and veg as they get it 2nd after morrisons, so it lasts a lot lonegr than tescos, asdas etc.

pixiedust_2

freebie_junkie wrote: »

aldi is good for fresh fruit and veg as they get it 2nd after morrisons, so it lasts a lot lonegr than tescos, asdas etc.

This must be a local thing - they're rubbish round here! lol

dreams_of_paradise

Just noticed the best student bank accounts, student funding and student loan articles have now been updated for 2007/08. Also, I think for the first time there is some info on Scottish student loans...

dreams_of_paradise

Ooh and try the new demotivator: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/protect/stop-spending-budgeting-tool

It's good but a little scary to see how much money you fritter away!

freebie_junkie

pixiedust wrote: »

This must be a local thing - they're rubbish round here! lol

its national- their buyers just pay more than soem of teh other supermarkets, only morrisosns pay more than aldi, so hence they get it first. i have noticed expecially things liek mushrooms, aldi ones will be ok for upto a week but tesco ones go off after 3 days.

caffinated_geek_2

I save movey on food by going to ever free meal event in the university calander. The religious soccietys will do about 1 free meal a week. Also companys who come in to uni to recrute people often have free buffets. Just sit throught the presentation. I take samdwich bags and take away left overs at the end. I know people who have left with 3 bottles of wine and enough sandwiches to last a week. Another tip is to buy reduced bread an hour before a supermarket closes then frezze it.

violetviolin

thank you for your tips everyone! here is something i just read here:

• Ten 12p texts a day: £438 a year
• A £1 bus ride, twice a day: £700 a year
• A Starbucks every day: £700 a year
• A takeaway meal twice a week: £2,000 a year
• Five pints of Carling every Friday and Saturday: £1,400 a year

makes you think! also even if you use martin's budgeting calculator to work out the costs per year and not termly, it's still useful because i only budgeted (stupidly) for rent for the 9 months or whatever that i was at uni, and have been really scraping by to pay my rent over the summer on the house that i have for this year, which has a 12 month contract - arghhhh

ames123_2

Yay this club is mentioned in the weekly email!

Another tip: join quidco. I joined yesterday. It's cashback on your shopping and there are also a few few things you can complete for money. I am a member of several cashback sites but haven't done them for ages. Think I will stick with this one now.

somethingaboutshopping

ames123 wrote: »

Yay this club is mentioned in the weekly email!

So we are! Yay the Student Money Saving Club! woo hoo :T