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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
    I bought 6 X Paperback books in Poundland over the weekend and saved £38.94 :j

    eBay Bargains:

    BNWT M & S Autograph red and white dress with matching red cardigan £10.39 saved £19.61 :T

    BNWT Jasper Conran 'Junior J' girls red dress £11.40 saved £16.60 :T


    I got 2 free tickets to see MaMa Mia ar The Grand in Clapham Junction worth £10 :)

    1p roadkill on Saturday and 20p roadkill on Sunday

    Free Evening Standard and Metro newspapers on Saturday £1

    2 hopper bus journeys on Saturday worth £3 and also 2 hopper bu journeys on Sunday £3

    Morrisons Bargains:

    30 X cooked chicken wings from the hot counter saved £1.50

    2 X fruit snack pots saved 50p

    #13 current total = £6688.19
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning all:);)

    Super going with all the wombles :T:T:T Keep up the great work :p

    Wishing you all a super wombling 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
    My old one broke down and I got a new quite basic one (all I need) in a sale reduced from £70.00 to £30.00.
    Over past couple of days £13.49 on food (freezers are full again)
    £1,07 roadkill
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    1 apple from Reception €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
  • Siebrie wrote: »
    €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 :)

    how cool to live somewhere where the government are actually progressive about environmental issues. Very cool, very jealous!

    My old one broke down and I got a new quite basic one (all I need) in a sale reduced from £70.00 to £30.00.
    Over past couple of days £13.49 on food (freezers are full again)
    £1,07 roadkill

    I am assuming that means £1.07! :rotfl:
    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
  • Hi guys :) a few wombles today:

    £1.80 off of oat milk multi buy - I buy this each week so thinking am going to go and stock up. saving depending on where I get it from is 40-80p per litre

    £1.35 saved on ys avocados
    got madam's birthday gifts from TK Maxx and saved £15
    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
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,762 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    £50 Y0ug0v cashout in my bank account today.
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
    NSTurtle # 55 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢
    No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
    ******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    £9.53 cashback today

    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :);)

    Fantastic going with all the wombles and cashback folks :D

    Wishing you all an extra blessed wombling 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
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :);)

    Just popped in to declare a half yearly wombling total of : Womble #35 £3892.77 :D:p

    Wishing you all a super wombling day! :);):p
    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
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