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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • 2 hopper bus journeys on Saturday and Monday worth £6

    1 bottle of water bought for me at Karaoke worth £1

    Lift home from Karaoke saved me the £1.50 bus fare

    M & S Men's Autograph Shirt from eBay for £14.49 including P & P costs which saved me £20.01 :)

    #13 current total = £13,065.63
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
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    £25 for having a free eye test at Vision Express. I'm basing this price on what it said it was on their website for a full eye test.
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
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    This means I've reached my target of £2000 and I still have a little bit of the year left to go and womble some more.

    Thanks to all, past and present, who keep this thread alive :D
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    96p off on a supermarket offer
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • Congratulations Florence on reaching your £2000 target for this year early. :j:beer::D Keep Wombling :D
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    2 mandarins from Reception €0,20
    1 very ripe pineapple from Reception (it had been in the fridge for a week, getting browner and browner. I asked them when they were going to serve it to the staff, and they said I could take it home). It was so ripe that I had to cut half of it away before we could eat it :( €0,50

    1 chair massage €10


    Well done, Florence! Let's see what you can womble in the last five weeks of the year :)
    Are you wombling, too, in '22? € 58,96 = £ 52.09Wombling in Restrictive Times (2021) € 2.138,82 = £ 1,813.15Wombabeluba 2020! € 453,22 = £ 403.842019's wi-wa-wombles € 2.244,20 = £ 1,909.46Wombling to wealth 2018 € 972,97 = £ 879.54Still a womble 2017 #25 € 7.116,68 = £ 6,309.50Wombling Free 2016 #2 € 3.484,31 = £ 3,104.59
  • 1 hopper bus journey on Wednesday worth £1.50

    M & S Men's Supima Shirt from eBay for £10.19 including P & P which saved me £24.81 :T

    Box of Clementines from Morrisons for £2 which saved me £1.96

    2 X Ground Coriander from Morrisons saved me 20p


    Poundland Bargains:


    16 Rocky Caramel Bars X 2 for £1 saved me £3

    Terry's Chocolate Orange Segsations 250g for £1 saved me £1

    3 X 100ml Colgate Max Fresh toothpaste for £3 saved me £3


    4 X 40 wash boxes of Ariel Colour & Style from Asda £6 each saved me £8

    1 Litre of 3 Barells VSOP Brandy from Asda for £16 saved me £6.50

    1p roadkill on Thursday

    My Online Weekly Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £25.95 :T

    1 free ticket for me to see the documentary film West of The River Jordan at The Institute of Contemporary Arts which saved me £10 :)

    £3 Silver Screen Odeon cinema ticket to see Logan Lucky which saved me £6.25 on the standard adult ticket. I got a free cup of tea worth £1.90

    3 hopper bus journeys worth £4.50 on Thursday

    New Next Men's Jeans from eBay for £12.32 including P & P which saved me £5.68

    3 Extra Large Plenty Kitchen Rolls from Morrisons for £2.70 saving me £1.94

    5 X Cooked Cajun Drumsticks from Morrisons hot counter for £3 saved me 75p

    #13 current total = £13,172.58
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    10 years with the company!

    1 bottle of champagne, 1 bouquet, 1 pin with 2 tiny diamonds, and a certificate to hang on my wall :)
    €20 + €10 + €180 = €210 (GBP 190)

    One-time bonus to follow, will add when actually received.
    Are you wombling, too, in '22? € 58,96 = £ 52.09Wombling in Restrictive Times (2021) € 2.138,82 = £ 1,813.15Wombabeluba 2020! € 453,22 = £ 403.842019's wi-wa-wombles € 2.244,20 = £ 1,909.46Wombling to wealth 2018 € 972,97 = £ 879.54Still a womble 2017 #25 € 7.116,68 = £ 6,309.50Wombling Free 2016 #2 € 3.484,31 = £ 3,104.59
  • Siebrie wrote: »
    10 years with the company!

    1 bottle of champagne, 1 bouquet, 1 pin with 2 tiny diamonds, and a certificate to hang on my wall :)
    €20 + €10 + €180 = €210 (GBP 190)

    One-time bonus to follow, will add when actually received.

    Congratulations Siebre. :j:D:beer: What an achievement. :D You must be a highly valued employee. :D You do seem to have a really good employer though who looks after you when you are at work. Enjoy your champagne
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I really like my employer, and they usually take good care of their employees, but there have been a lot of lay-offs lately. I did a count, and there are only 7 colleagues out of 113 who have been here as long as me.

    Sushi from a colleague €12
    2 still wrapped hotel toothbrushes and tiny toothpastes €0,20
    Are you wombling, too, in '22? € 58,96 = £ 52.09Wombling in Restrictive Times (2021) € 2.138,82 = £ 1,813.15Wombabeluba 2020! € 453,22 = £ 403.842019's wi-wa-wombles € 2.244,20 = £ 1,909.46Wombling to wealth 2018 € 972,97 = £ 879.54Still a womble 2017 #25 € 7.116,68 = £ 6,309.50Wombling Free 2016 #2 € 3.484,31 = £ 3,104.59
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