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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge
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I bought 2 men's leather belts on eBay on buy one get one half price and saved £2.97
Poundland Bargains:
6 X Neutradol Solid saved £3
5 X Hardback books for myself Saved £75.95 :j
7 X children's books saved £33.93 :j
2 X shower caps in Superdrug on buy one get one half price offer saved £1.40
Free Metro newspaper 50p
1 hopper bus journey yesterday worth £1.50
This week's online grocery shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £31.51 :T
#13 current total = £6838.950 -
Good morning all


Ye olde wombles for yesterday are:
£5 Amaz0n gift voucher
£10 - Someone was throwing out 2 beautiful washing baskets, so I had those away :rotfl:
£5 Lunch & dinner
Wishing you all a super wombling weekend
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:DSept PPChl#002 Pts 71 0 -
TOTAL FOR JUNE £126.02
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Went to the cinema this morning to find all the people had been replaced with machines! Found out I had enough points on my loyalty card to take us for free. So popcorn, fruit juice and a film for three for £2.50.
Traded £15 of cl0bcards for £45 of vouchers and got £96 family membership of English Heritage for £51. Lots of free summer outings planned around various sites.
YHA Flash 25% off sale has started on selected hostels.4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******0 -
Been a while since I last posted.
€271.89 in wombles.
My wombles include €19 found in the public changing rooms in work.
€40 worth of vouchers from the supermarket.
A free pen worth €6
Medicine from the chemist that we used our points card to pay for. €7.89
A mat MIL was getting rid of, there was nothing wrong with it, she just got a new one. €199
YTD is €540.20PAYDBX 2020 - #01 Pd £15,029.29 / £13,140.66 - 114% 🎉
MFiT-T5 #36
3-6 mth EF #5 €2,445 / 11,100
Mortgage - PD 126,846.35/ 271,495.07 46.72%[ MF was Aug 2038 now Sept 2035 😲0 -
Good morning everyone


Great going with all the wombles :T:T:T
Had a lovely day of wombles yesterday - A friends little portable TV has been on the blink for a while. Anyway, someone was moving out down the road and left a Sony TV outside for the rubbish men! Nothing wrong with it and it works perfectly. My friend is chuffed to bits - going to claim £50 for the find

£2 Magazine swaps
£2 Cake
£5 Ama0n gift vouchers
£4.25 QMee cashoutSaved 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:DSept PPChl#002 Pts 71 0 -
2 Free tickets to see 'Whitney - Can I Be Me' at The House of Vans in Waterloo worth £9.98 on Friday and free popcorn for both of us worth £1.50 ( I was going to watch it at my local cinema where tickets are £4.99 with my daughter, when we realised The House of Vans was showing it for free)
2 hopper bus journeys on Friday worth £3
#13 current total = £6853.430 -
Hi Bob,
Year to date total = £6853.430 -
I've had a womble-tastic weekend:
£2.23 cashback
20p roadkill
£4.80 M&S 20% discount off school clothes
£95.00 got a beauty box for £10 on M&S website which should be £105
£4.20 Discount off M&S vouchers for the above purchases
£5.00 off a fleece for my husband (I know its summer but he'll wear it for years and it was a Father's Day gift).
£8.90 using wombled Costa points.
TOTAL £120.33 !!! LPxCompetition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]0 -
£1.98 Brand Guarantee Tescos
£4.95 on a milkshake OH bought for meDebt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments0
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