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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 = £7634.290 -
£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.0
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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

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 = £7880.830 -
£5.65 on YS items and 1p roadkill.Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.0
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Some runner beans from my boss - 50pDebt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
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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 = £8191.890 -
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: £1950 -
£2.50 on a YS pork joint.Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.0
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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.0
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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 xCompetition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]0
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