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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • crazy_cat_lady
    crazy_cat_lady Posts: 7,063 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I got £4.24 of savings on YS items at Mr M today :D
  • Good evening womblers

    retrospective wombles this week:
    2 x free sandwiches, fruit and crisps = £2.00
    5p found on the classroom floor = 5p
    Bought a new work blouse with a £20 tag, was £5 at the till (I love it when that happens) = £15
    Got £60 pair of shoes for DD's birthday for £52 with student discount = £8

    Didn't realise how much I had actually wombled so I'm really pleased with that.

    total wombled is = £25.05
  • pippy1971
    pippy1971 Posts: 146 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello! Can I join please? I'm always looking for dropped change, receipts with unclaimed points and shopping for bargains - I've always been rubbish at keeping a running total.

    Thank you :)
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :);)

    Great going with all the wombles :T

    Welcome pippy :):):):)

    Ye oldie womblies for the last 2 days..........

    £10 lunch & dinner
    £2 Swapped magazines
    Free £10 M n $ gift card top up

    Wishing you all a super day! :);)
    Saved Nitty Gritty £7440.75 [149%] / £5000-[Sep] £58.44:starmod: for the 'Save 12k in 2017' #157
    2017 Womble #35 £3463.27 ;)Sept NSDs 4/15:staradminCCCChl 9/12 months:D
    Sept PPChl#002 Pts 71
  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    £7.19 for me discount and free delivery at superdrug
  • pippy1971
    pippy1971 Posts: 146 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well, day one wombling total stands at a free yogurt and fruit at work (was going in the bin although not out of date until tomorrow, so gladly rescued it :D)

    Also found a 5p which will be going into the change jar towards my 365 penny a day challenge..
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    2p roadkill

    I bought 30 cooked chicken wings form Morrison's hot counter for £7 on offer and saved myself £2

    I bought Morrison's The Best piccolo tomatoes X 2 on offer reduced from £1.75 to £1.12 saving myself £1.26

    Wayne bought me 2 bottles of water last night at Karaoke £3

    I bought a new black leather Osprey purse for myself on eBay after my offer was accepted, which saved me £4.99 on the Buy it Now price

    #13 current price = £4063.08
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Great start Pippy! Wombling becomes very addictive...be warned :rotfl:

    Apologies Bob, but I haven't done my first of the month total yet. I promise to do it ASAP :o

    DH came home with a fleece blanket from work, which was a [STRIKE]bribe[/STRIKE] freebie from a sales rep. It's black, so will pick up all the pet hair, obviously, but until it becomes fur-encrusted, it will have pride of place on the sofa. Claiming £4 for this.

    I also rediscovered a £2 coin in a pocket of my handbag, but that was from egg sales already claimed. A brief flutter of joy though!
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £8,36 on YS items and 1p roadkill
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    One gym class provided by employer €5
    Orange from Reception €0,20
    One bottle of shampoo and one bottle of conditioner from a colleague €2 (she said it made her hair dry, even though it was labelled 'anti-frizz'. I'll try them, and if I don't like them, they'll be either handsoap, cleaning soap, or donated.)
    One child's apron from same colleague (a gimmick when she was buying a certain brand of apples) €0,20.
    Are you wombling, too, in '22? € 58,96 = £ 52.09Wombling in Restrictive Times (2021) € 2.138,82 = £ 1,813.15Wombabeluba 2020! € 453,22 = £ 403.842019's wi-wa-wombles € 2.244,20 = £ 1,909.46Wombling to wealth 2018 € 972,97 = £ 879.54Still a womble 2017 #25 € 7.116,68 = £ 6,309.50Wombling Free 2016 #2 € 3.484,31 = £ 3,104.59
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