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  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    eBay Bargains:

    Black Patent Leather Van Dal Sandals £8.98 including P & P saving me £56.02 :T

    Next Signature girls dress for £19.50 including p & p saving me £15.50 :)

    Rocha John Rocha girls dress £9.50 saving me £13.50 :)

    Monsoon girls black top £6 free p & p saving me £14 :)

    M & S girls rose gold metallic top £9.98 including p & p saving me £10.02 :)


    Local Tesco shop saved me £4.67

    Hardback book from Poundland for myself saved me £11.99 :)

    1 hopper bus journey worth £1.50

    #13 current total = £7634.29
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £9.02 on YS items. There really is no room at all left in either freezer.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    I bought various items of clothing in the Boots sale for 2 of my great nieces and saved £43.97 and got free p & p worth £3.50
    :D
    Very Clearance Bargains via eBay:


    Embellished collar stripe skater girls dress saved £25.01 :)

    Drop waist sequinned girls dress saved £32.01 :T

    Premium prom night girls dress saved £39.01 :T

    Strap lace skater dress size 12 saved £68.41 :T

    Strappy black peplum top saved £19.01 :)

    Saved £15.80 on P & P costs by ordering multiple items in one order :)

    #13 current total = £7880.83
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £5.65 on YS items and 1p roadkill.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Some runner beans from my boss - 50p
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    2 free tickets to the Dreamgirls film event at The Grand in Clapham Junction worth £10 and 5 free glasses of soda water on the night worth £5 on Saturday night :)

    On Sunday I went for a meal at Pizza Express with my daughter, son and grandson and used £90 of Tesco Clubcard Boost Pizza Express vouchers to pay for the food :T

    1 hopper bus journey on Sunday worth £1.50

    1p roadkill

    My son was given a travel card for the week for his work experience in a Solicitors office worth £90 and he is being given lunch each day for the week worth £35 :T

    Superdrug Online Order:

    4 X 4 bars of Dove soaps £6 saved £2

    Free samples of Cetapmil 3 step healthy skin routine worth £3

    Free delivery worth £3

    eBay Bargains:

    Girls age 12-13 years M & S Autograph Black Cardigan £8.39 including p & p saving me £15.60 :)

    3 X Sanctuary Spa Mande Lular Body Scrub 200ml £5.95 saving me £8.05 compared to buying the same product in Boots on their 3 for 2 offer

    Next Velvet Plum Velvet Dress age 2-3 years £7 including p & p saving me £13 :)

    Next Signature Pink Special Occasion Dress age 12 years £19.50 including p & p saving me £10.45 :)

    M & S Autograph Red Cardigan age 2-3 years £4.15 saved £10.85 :)

    Monsoon Girls Pink Cardigan age 11-12 years £6.40 including P & p saving me £13.60 :)

    #13 current total = £8191.89
  • Morning - a few modest wombles £1.92 on 2 x ys packs wraps.

    used £50 te5co reward vouchers for a meal out last night (can't claim it as already did but it was a nice brucey bonus :-) )

    £4 saved buying madam's jogging bottoms for school pe kit in L1dl rather than one of the high street shops ;-)
    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
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £2.50 on a YS pork joint.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Forget to add £5.08 on 4 packets of nice tea (I do like nice tea).
    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!
    Hi all
    Its been a while. I've been mega busy with work, it has its positives because I get fed by the company and I don't get chance to spend my own money!
    I've got a week off work this week and I had a wombling time shopping with my daughter yesterday.


    £5 KFC loyalty voucher spent
    £3.50 saved on parking (I know where all the free parking spots are in town!)
    £1.65 lovely cashier in boots told me about an offer on the Lynx body spray
    £22.50 off a pair of shoes in the Clarks Sale for my daughter
    £30.00 off a pair of shoes in the Clarks Sale for me (its was buy one sale item, get another half price yesterday!)
    £3.75 off a clear cosmetic case in paperchase that I have been looking for, for a while.
    £4.99 off a pair of shorts for my daughter in New Look
    £20.00 off a dress in Next for me
    £17.00 off a top in Next for me
    £12.00 of another top in next for me
    £28.00 off a pair of trousers for me
    £2.00 of food from co-op on the way home.
    Woo a whopping £150.39 very happy with that!
    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
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