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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    £2.30 refund from Tesco for a ready meal that came out of the microwave not fit to eat

    This week's Online Grocery shop special offers, price reductions and free gift £40.45 :D

    Littlewoods Clearance on eBay Bargains:

    L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Le Khol in Blue £3.99 saved £3.99 :)

    Ladybird Girls Occasion Dress £12.99 saved £17.01 :)

    Rachel Hume for Very cut out back detail top £14.99 saved £30.01 :j

    Also got a £10 discount because I had spent over £30 and a P & P discount of £7.90 :D

    2 hopper bus journeys yesterday worth £3

    Free Evening Standard newspaper 50p

    Free Dress Circle ticket to see Tape Face at the Garrick Theatre worth £49 :T

    #13 current total = 6596.83
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Leftovers from a goodbye reception for a colleague: 20 slices of salami, 20 slices of cheese, about 40 small buns €5

    Leftover from business lunches today: salad for 2, bunch of grapes €1,20

    Free-after-rebate shampoo €4,89 - €0,79 (stamp) = € 4,10
    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
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Bought work shoes with50% off saves £20

    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • Free lunch on a training course today £5

    Free packets of biscuits - £1

    £6 in total not a bad day all in xxx
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :);)

    Super going with all the great wombles :T:T:T

    wombles for this week:

    Lunch & dinner £35
    Swapped magazines £2
    Qmee £9.80 (saved up iover the past few weeks :D)
    Nect0r points for surveys over the past few weeks 965 :D

    Wishing you all a blessed wombling weekend and week :);)
    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
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Haven't been able to post for a few days so an update.
    £12.46 on food
    £40.00 on a new microwave.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    £10 off cardigan and top in sale
    £1.10 Asda voucher today
    £2.70 free curry sauce jar
    £13.80

    LPx
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Haven't been able to post for a few days so an update.
    £12.46 on food
    £40.00 on a new microwave.

    How did you get a new microwave or was it a discount off one?
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • measely savings yesterday 24p on reduce pitas & crumpets!

    saved £3.20 on getting a couple of bits for madam's school uniform (feeling very virtuous as now only need to get shoes for when she starts school in Sept :) )

    £3.33 as was given some raspberries at the allotment and this is what it would have cost to have bought :)
    DF as at 30/12/16
    Wombling 2025: £87.12
    NSD March: YTD: 35
    Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
    GC annual £449.80/£4500
    Eating out budget: £55/£420
    Extra cash earned 2025: £195
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 27 June 2017 at 8:02AM
    €250 ecovouchers from work. This is a programme from the Belgian government to encourage employees to buy 'green' products, but it's optional, so I cannot count on it every year. This year they decided to do them, again (so far, they have every year, but, you know, optional).

    I used them to pay for a new bike (with my and dh's vouchers from last year). Added benefit: if I cycle to work, the re-imbursement per km will go up from €0,15 (car) to €0,23 (bicycle), and the new amount is completely untaxed, where the car re-imbursement was taxed if over €350 per year. The bicycle will have paid for itself in nine months, and I will gain money every time I cycle after that :)
    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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