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  • whoop finally picked up the home gym. Going to claim £170 for it :)
    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
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    A good day today.

    Mr M0rris0ns gave me a free gift worth £1.18, plus had savings on my shopping of £10.62, plus had the bag return refund of 50p.

    Went to see my friend who gave me three books she was getting rid of, so £3. Also she is a product photographer and gave me 4 toilletries from a brand she had done work for, I checked out their retail value and all together they were worth £12!

    89p special offer on a packet of biscuits I bought for my friend.
    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
    Free Evening Standard newspaper on Saturday worth 50p

    Local Morrisons shop savings £2.54

    I paid for £120 of food at Pizza Express today with my Tesco Clubcard Pizza Express Boost vouchers :j

    2 hopper bus journeys worth £3

    #13 current total = £8579.69
  • On Tuesday I made use of the 342 offer on toys at @rgos - saved *£27.99* for 3 packs of 3 lol dolls (my lo is nuts about them!) she is currently saving any cash she gets until she gets enough to buy one. Now they are £6.20 rather than £8
    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
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    Quidco Cashback £3.87

    2 hopper bus journeys on Tuesday worth £3

    £20.80 for 2 train tickets paid for by my older son :T

    Van Dal Black Leather Boots from eBay £4.90 including P & P saving me £90.10 :j

    Free Evening Standard Newspaper on Tuesday 50p

    Free Metro Newspaper on Wednesday 50p

    Silver Screen Odeon ticket £3 saving me £6.25 on the normal price of an adult ticket

    Big Mac and Medium Fries £1.99 with voucher on my Oyster receipt saving me £2.17

    Weekly Online Grocery Shopping Savings £37.83 :T

    10 X Nivea for Men roll on deodorant reduced to £3.50 saving me £9 :)

    #13 current total = £8756.71
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £2.00 on cake and biscuits
    £3.48 on handwash
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    3 hopper bus journeys on Wednesday worth £4.50 and 2 hopper bus journeys on Thursday worth £3

    I got free delivery on my Superdrug order worth £3

    2 adult and 2 teen tickets for Vue Piccadilly free from the Tesco offer worth £48.80 minus the cost of the 6 qualifying Dettol products I bought for £5.91 gives me a saving of £42.89 :T

    Very Clearance Bargains Via eBay:

    V By Very Embellished Collar Stripe Skater Dress age 15 £6.99 saving me £25.01 :)

    V By Very Metallic Stripe Prom Dress Size 10 £5.59 saving me £68.41 :T

    V By Very Woven Back Jersey Vest Size 14 £3.99 saving me £13.01 :)

    V By Very Premium Prom Dress age 13 £9.99 saving me £35.01 :T

    Also saved £11.85 on P & P costs for this order :)


    Quidco Cashback £1.81

    #13 current total = £8965.20
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    edited 4 August 2017 at 8:53PM
    £12.50 saved on cinema tickets today
    £20.00 saved on a dress in M&S
    £5.00 Best Western Gift Voucher
    £7.00 Blue Rewards
    £44.50! LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    £3.48 on hand wash. We use loads so I'm stocking up while it's cheap.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Found a fiver on the floor in the shops :j
    Saved £17 on food shopping with offers and vouchers
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