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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    LuckyPenny wrote: »
    Sorry me again! Went to the post office today to pick up a 'sign for' letter and it was £20 worth of shopping vouchers after I complained about finding a stone in a tin of tomatoes.


    LPx

    Wow it's worth complaining :T

    I hadn't wombled anything this month other than 2p roadkill. Then I went to a discount food store and saved at least £100 :j for example they had a tub of ice cream normally retails at £3 and it was 25p :D so I'm adding that to my total
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    1 hopper bus journey yesterday and today worth £3

    Free Evening Standard newspaper 50p

    Poundland Bargains:


    4 X Paperback books £4 saved myself £27.96 :D

    2 X 150g packets of Sensations crisps £1 saved myself £1

    Morrisons Bargains:

    5 X snack packets of apple slices and seedless grapes £1.50 saved £1

    15 cooked chicken wings from the hot counter £3.50 saved £1

    3 X 100g bars of Milka chocolate £1.50 saved £1.38

    #13 current total = £6292.75
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hi folks :);)

    Great going with all the fantastic wombles :T:T:T

    Not been around much over the past few weeks and things have been hectic :wall:

    Anyway, I've still been wombling and am going to add the following wombles to my total for the past few weeks:

    Free £10 M n $ giftcard topup
    £25 Amaz0n giftcard top ups
    £100 - saving on a pushchair :D - I managed to buy one from our local charity shop for £10 making a huge saving :D;)
    £20 magazine swaps
    £175 selling unwanted stuff on the bay :D
    £140 - clothes donated to me by a friend :)
    Lunch & dinner £100

    Adding a modest £570 to my yearly total.

    Widhing you all a super wombling weekend :);):T
    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!
    Morning everyone

    £26 for me on e-bay :j
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    I'm on a roll - got the back payment on Married Tax Allowance today £423 - is this a Womble?

    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    LuckyPenny wrote: »
    I'm on a roll - got the back payment on Married Tax Allowance today £423 - is this a Womble?

    LP x

    Lucky Penny, yes it is. You have had a very fortuitous week. Happy wombling :D
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £18.00 on ys and dine in deals in M & S
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Can of fizzy pop from a colleague €0,50
    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
  • Ladykernow
    Ladykernow Posts: 286 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    10p off a £1 item in co-op today - student discount, my partner thought I was crazy for trying.
    10p roadkill today!
  • pippy1971
    pippy1971 Posts: 146 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well, since going away for my daughters birthday last weekend, I have been entirely un-MSE :( I have definitely fallen off the wagon.

    But as for wombling.... I have complained to my Energy supplier and got £50 credit on my bill. I have complained to my broadband provider and got £13.80 credit on my bill.

    Only 18p cash found, but I have found three receipts with clubcard points unclaimed.

    Also, my Dad took pity on me and paid for A1d1 shopping which was £54...

    Claimed £10 cashback on a cashback site.....

    Am going to work out a budget tonight get back on to debt reduction, will then catch up with what everyone else has been doing whilst I was away....
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