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  • muppets
    muppets Posts: 1,476 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Morning, my latest wombles since my last post

    €3 found in the public changing room in work.
    2 x 3/4 full shampoos found in public changing room in work. Approx value for amounts left €3.75 each for them = €7.50
    Cigarettes found in public changing room in work, which hubby smoked. = €3.77
    Buy 2 Danio yogurts for €2 instead of €3.84 saving
    = €1.84
    Packet of 4 chicken filetsbuy 2 get 1 free. Was more then we needed, so put in freezer and will use next month. saving =€9.35
    Feb wombles so far =25.46

    PAYDBX 2020 - #01 Pd £15,029.29 / £13,140.66 - 114% 🎉

    MFiT-T5 #36
    3-6 mth EF #5
    €2,445 / 11,100
    Mortgage - PD 126,846.35/ 271,495.07 46.72%[ MF was Aug 2038 now Sept 2035 😲
  • slim pickings for me yesterday

    £1.38 in wombled price guarantee receipts & 38p for 2 packs of ys fromage frais which I've stored in the freezer
    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
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,759 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Wombled 15 Cl0bcard points, walked in, no bargains, walked out again. £0 spends.
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
    NSTurtle # 55 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢🐢🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢
    No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
    ******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******
  • muppets
    muppets Posts: 1,476 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Another €2 found in the public changing rooms in work today.

    Feb wombles so far =27.46
    PAYDBX 2020 - #01 Pd £15,029.29 / £13,140.66 - 114% 🎉

    MFiT-T5 #36
    3-6 mth EF #5
    €2,445 / 11,100
    Mortgage - PD 126,846.35/ 271,495.07 46.72%[ MF was Aug 2038 now Sept 2035 😲
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    edited 15 February 2017 at 1:41PM
    Used my daughter's Oyster yesterday to go to Karaoke and saved myself £1.50 and I got a lift home in a friend's car and saved myself another £1.50 that I would have had to pay for bus fare

    #13 current total = £1264.08
  • £7.50 on YS mince in Iceland (50% off so quite a lot of it)
    lonely little 1p roadkill
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    I'm joining you on the lonley roadkill Tonisfriend 3p 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
  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    muppets wrote: »
    Morning, my latest wombles since my last post

    €3 found in the public changing room in work.
    2 x 3/4 full shampoos found in public changing room in work. Approx value for amounts left €3.75 each for them = €7.50
    Cigarettes found in public changing room in work, which hubby smoked. = €3.77
    Buy 2 Danio yogurts for €2 instead of €3.84 saving
    = €1.84
    Packet of 4 chicken filetsbuy 2 get 1 free. Was more then we needed, so put in freezer and will use next month. saving =€9.35
    Feb wombles so far =25.46


    Well done Muppets :T
    " 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
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hello everyone :wave:

    40p roadkill for me today and a super saving of £45.68 on my grocery shopping with vouchers, promotions and coupons, so I left the SM with a spring and a skip...

    £46.08 total for today

    :D
  • I bought 4 Sanctuary body products from Boots for £23 and got 2 free Sanctuary gift sets worth £25 :T

    I bought 6 Sanctuary bath and shower products from eBay for £9.98 with free P & P saving me at least £23.02 if I had bought these items from Boots :T

    #13 current total = £1312.10
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