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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    A fantastic YS haul tonight

    8 X packs of raspberries @ 15p each
    1 X pack of cherries @ 20p
    2 X pots of guacamole @ 15p each
    4 X tuna pasta bakes @ 25p each
    1 X pack of mashed potato @ 15p
    2 X packs of two custard slices @ 12p each

    A total spend of £3.09 saving myself £27.81 :T

    I'm still getting to grips with wombling (I thought it just meant found stuff, I can include this, can't I?)
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,760 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    £5 monthly bank bonus from Mr Halif4x
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
    NSTurtle # 55 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢
    No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
    ******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******
  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi Bobarella .Can I join?
    I have seen this thread "around",but never really followed it.But this year I wanted somewhere to record my roadkill finds.Reading the thread's intro,I think I would also enjoy keeping track of surveys,and savings.
    Today I found my first roadkill: a shiny £1 coin as my kids were buying their "friday treats" at the local store.
    Survey-wise,I do Pinecone surveys.Today,I earned £3 for one.
    Can't think of anything else wombly,but am going to start keeping track-wonder if there is room on my ticker thinking.gif.
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
    Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.50





  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    Hi Bobarella .Can I join?
    I have seen this thread "around",but never really followed it.But this year I wanted somewhere to record my roadkill finds.Reading the thread's intro,I think I would also enjoy keeping track of surveys,and savings.
    Today I found my first roadkill: a shiny £1 coin as my kids were buying their "friday treats" at the local store.
    Survey-wise,I do Pinecone surveys.Today,I earned £3 for one.
    Can't think of anything else wombly,but am going to start keeping track-wonder if there is room on my ticker thinking.gif.

    Of course, welcome aboard! And we'll done on the £1 find.
    " Your vibe attracts your tribe":D

    Debt neutral :) 27/03/17 from £40k:eek: in the hole 2012.
    Roadkill 17 £56.58 2016-£62.28 2015- £84.20)
    RYSAW17 £1900 2016 £2,535.16 2015 £1027.20
  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    f0xh0les wrote: »
    £5 monthly bank bonus from Mr Halif4x

    Nice!
    FatVonD wrote: »
    A fantastic YS haul tonight

    8 X packs of raspberries @ 15p each
    1 X pack of cherries @ 20p
    2 X pots of guacamole @ 15p each
    4 X tuna pasta bakes @ 25p each
    1 X pack of mashed potato @ 15p
    2 X packs of two custard slices @ 12p each

    A total spend of £3.09 saving myself £27.81 :T

    I'm still getting to grips with wombling (I thought it just meant found stuff, I can include this, can't I?)

    Of course you can. There is a genuine gap between what you could have spent and what you did spend, hence a womble:D
    f0xh0les wrote: »
    £1 Amaz0n voucher won , first this year!

    How did you do that Fox?
    " Your vibe attracts your tribe":D

    Debt neutral :) 27/03/17 from £40k:eek: in the hole 2012.
    Roadkill 17 £56.58 2016-£62.28 2015- £84.20)
    RYSAW17 £1900 2016 £2,535.16 2015 £1027.20
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Just booked our the return leg of our train tickets for our holiday in March. Coming back first class as there are only a few carriages and the train is always busy and noisy. Discount tickets were just released today and bagged two for £18.60 instead of £75.20 saving £56.60.

    Total savings now £106.62
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    25p For Tesc0 Views Survey

    Also 1celand are doing an offer where you get a free wok when you buy three Uncle Ben's products-the cheapest I saw was £1 for one of those little rice and curry lunch pots.

    Although this would have been an amazing womble I decided against taking up this offer but thought I would share the news.
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • Massa1982
    Massa1982 Posts: 81 Forumite
    Wombles so far this week, excluding the supermarket points as they will be redeemed later,

    Survey Payouts 2X£5
    YS savings to date £13.18 - OH is taking a big interest in this bit and is suitably expanding his taste buds.


    Total so far £23.18
    :pDesperately Determined to Destroy the Debts one at a time.. and Seriously Save for the Spectacular future.:p
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,760 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Bobarella wrote: »
    Nice


    How did you do that Fox?


    Gfk daily tv survey - what did you watch last night, just a tick box and if you liked it, same with radio - there is also a 'didn't watch' option. Then you get entered into a draw, tbh I win £1 - £10 most months for a minute's effort. Plus you get points for each day you do it, and can enter prize draws to win £10 e voucher / £100 cash etc. :beer::beer: worth doing.
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
    NSTurtle # 55 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢
    No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
    ******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******
  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    10p roadkill today!
    " Your vibe attracts your tribe":D

    Debt neutral :) 27/03/17 from £40k:eek: in the hole 2012.
    Roadkill 17 £56.58 2016-£62.28 2015- £84.20)
    RYSAW17 £1900 2016 £2,535.16 2015 £1027.20
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