Remember you're a womble - 2016

Bobarella

Well I did not know that. I would never keep a wallet. Thats just wrong.

Bobarella

15p today for me (street finds) & quite a bit of food leftover from the buffett I catered for. Will claim a nominal £5 for that

sugarbaby125

My son kindly gave me his scratchcard with a £2 win

He also gave the waitress a £5 cash tip when we had lunch at Pizza Express as I had no ready cash in my purse and we are both aware that individual waiters and waitresses will have to put tips paid on debit and credit cards into a tip pool and almost certainly never receive them.

My son is a chef in a Hotel and they have a tip pooling system and he and the other staff are regularly cheated out of their tips unless they are given cash. They are supposed to receive their year's worth of card tips from each April to April year six month's after any qualifying year in December. If you join the company within a year, you are not eligible to receive any of your card tips for that year!!!! Last December the staff in his Hotel who were eligible were each given £20 as their share of their year's card tips!! :mad: They were totally ripped off! He has also worked for Pizza Express in the past and they have a similar tip system to this Hotel.

A bottle of sparkling water and a small carton of sweet popcorn bought for me at the Theatre Royal £5.85 by my son

#33 current total = £4161.13

Bobarella

Wow that is a swizz Sugarbaby

Florence_J

Used all my saved up Amazon vouchers from things like TopCashBack, Shopprize and Opinion Outpost to buy three birthday presents for free! (Saving £20.97)

Dizzy_Imp

The harvest has started in earnest...

11 kilos of Victoria plums from our second plum tree. Looking at the ones I froze from a few weeks ago, they were much darker purple and rounder, so I think they may be Czar variety. Stronger flavour too.

Only one local farm shop is currently selling Victorias for £3/K, so claiming a womble of £33. Also, swapped some eggs with my friend for an armful of rhubarb, a massive frilly lettuce and a big bunch of fresh rosemary, which I think I'd value at around £4.50 in total.

I have other wombles to report, but need to calculate my haul. Late summer/autumn is definitely my favourite time of year.

Bobarella

Florence_J wrote: »

Used all my saved up Amazon vouchers from things like TopCashBack, Shopprize and Opinion Outpost to buy three birthday presents for free! (Saving £20.97)

I love it when you can make gift giving cash neutral.

Bobarella

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

The harvest has started in earnest...

11 kilos of Victoria plums from our second plum tree. Looking at the ones I froze from a few weeks ago, they were much darker purple and rounder, so I think they may be Czar variety. Stronger flavour too.

Only one local farm shop is currently selling Victorias for £3/K, so claiming a womble of £33. Also, swapped some eggs with my friend for an armful of rhubarb, a massive frilly lettuce and a big bunch of fresh rosemary, which I think I'd value at around £4.50 in total.

I have other wombles to report, but need to calculate my haul. Late summer/autumn is definitely my favourite time of year.

How lovely to be able to do foodie swaps like that. Your score is amazing for the year already Dizzy:T

amber03

That's awful about the tips Sugarbaby, I usually pay by card but in future will pay by cash so hopefully it will go to the right people. My DS was a waiter for a few months and know how much of a difference it can make to their wages.

sugarbaby125

3p roadkill on my way home from work

I was given a free southern fried chicken drumstick when I was buying chicken and chips locally saving me £1

Wayne bought me a bottle of cold Heineken on our date last night £3

#33 current total = £4165.16