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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge
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Department Christmas lunch €1 (it was a lovely independent hamburger restaurant, but €1 is what I usually spend on my lunch)
mandarin from a colleague €0,20
chair massage €10Are 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 = £ 3,104.590 -
Used my Greggs Reward on the app and got a free Vanilla Latte £1.75
£3 cashback topping up Costa card and Wombled one receipt in Costa worth 40pence.
LP xCompetition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]0 -
eBay Bargains:
A Suit Kurtis Men's coat via Littlewoods Clearance for £28.90 including P & P which saved me £141.10 :T
Adidas Men's Climate Top £12.20 including P & P which saved me £12.79
Blue Leather Osprey coin purse £7.40 including P & P which saved me £7.60
2 half price gift sets from Tesco in store saved me £14.25
Advance Virgin train ticket from London to Birmingham £11 saved me £43 and from Birmingham to London £8 saved me £26 :j
£1.69 Quidco cashback
2 hopper bus journeys on Friday worth £1.50
#13 current total = £14,460.120 -
Hello Everyone,
My Christmas wombles, but maybe not my last wombles of the year...
£15 - Numerous drinks bought for me over the last week.
£3 - Total of food we were given to take back after staying with inlaws.
£2.50 - Savings on half price Christmas Cards
£3 - Savings on half price Wrapping paper
£16 - Savings on sale items of clothing
TOTAL = £39.50Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments0 -
I saved £6 with special offers in M & S (Dec 23rd)

The Body Shop online order 2 X 250ml Satsuma Shower Gel 40% off code saved me £4 and I got free delivery worth £2.49 :T
Bank Account interest £4.89
1 hopper bus journey worth 75p (Dec 23rd)
December 24th My son bought a large boneless leg of lamb and a tray of pigs in blanket for me to cook for dinner for which I will claim £20 :T
1 hopper bus journey worth 75p (Dec 27th)
Meal at a restaurant which my son paid for my meal and a large bottle of water £18.99 :T
My weekly online grocery shop saved me £16.63 with special offers and price reductions (Dec 31st) :T
2 X The Body Shop 750ml Satsuma Shower Gel on sale saved £10, 40% off code saved me another £8 and a used a Love Your Body voucher for £5 and got free delivery worth £2.49 :T
2 friends bought me a bottle of water on my night out on New Yer's Eve worth £3 and another friend gave me a lift to the night out saving me the 75p bus fare
Final total for 2017 = £14,563.860 -
My final 2017 amount was £2195.92. In 2016 it was around £400-600 so I am very happy!Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments0
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