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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :) Hope you are all well and have a blessed wombling day :);)
    Saved Nitty Gritty £7440.75 [149%] / £5000-[Sep] £58.44:starmod: for the 'Save 12k in 2017' #157
    2017 Womble #35 £3463.27 ;)Sept NSDs 4/15:staradminCCCChl 9/12 months:D    Sept PPChl#002 Pts 71
  • determined_new_ms
    determined_new_ms Posts: 7,867 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    £1.04 in ys items, 41 Mr T wombled receipt & 50 extra points for using the app to pay :)
    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
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    determined_new_ms wrote: »
    £1.04 in ys items, 41 Mr T wombled receipt & 50 extra points for using the app to pay :)

    Nice! :);)
    Saved Nitty Gritty £7440.75 [149%] / £5000-[Sep] £58.44:starmod: for the 'Save 12k in 2017' #157
    2017 Womble #35 £3463.27 ;)Sept NSDs 4/15:staradminCCCChl 9/12 months:D    Sept PPChl#002 Pts 71
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 11 March 2017 at 10:35AM
    Just a few ye oldie womblies so far today

    £0.55 newspaper
    £2 magazines
    £1.96 Qmee cashout
    £24.96 Bay sales
    £5 lunch and dinner

    Plus, I'm on for a 9th No Spend day

    Was up exceedingly early this morning and baked 6 cakes as well as doing some batch cooking. I've already given 3 cakes away this morning to friends together with a few new clothing items I wombled. :D

    Helped a friend with buying a new hoover. Between the two of us we managed to discount it from £79.99 to £25.99 plus cashback on top ;):p Thought of you bob with your wombled hoover - AWESOME! :T

    I'm on a challenge today to do yet another money makeover to see if I can spot any unnecessary spends and/or overspends on my budget spreadsheets. It's always worth a check :);)

    Hope everyone has a blessed wombling day
    Saved Nitty Gritty £7440.75 [149%] / £5000-[Sep] £58.44:starmod: for the 'Save 12k in 2017' #157
    2017 Womble #35 £3463.27 ;)Sept NSDs 4/15:staradminCCCChl 9/12 months:D    Sept PPChl#002 Pts 71
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    I saved £4.50 (the daily cap) by using my daughter's Oyster card to do a few errands today :)

    I bought myself a hardback book in Poundland which saved me £15.99 :T

    I bought 2 X 4 pairs of men's socks for £5 and 2 X 2 pairs of men's boxers for £8 in Sports Direct and saved myself £3 :)

    Free Evening Standard newspaper for which I claim 50p :)

    I bought 45 cooked chicken wings from the hot counter in Morrisons on offer and saved myself £3 :)

    #13 current total = £1947.78
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Hi
    Went into town today and used £3.15 of my boots loyalty points getting medicine for my poorly DD and £5.75 of my mostly Wombled Costa loyalty points.
    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    Jo_Blogs wrote: »
    How weird :undecided.......You don't think she was calling about a certain 'lovely new mop and bucket!' do you?!? :eek: :rotfl::rotfl:

    :rotfl::T very lol :)
    " 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
  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    £33.61 saved on hay fever tablets 120 tablets for £2.79 free delivery
  • Florence_J
    Florence_J Posts: 1,942 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    £3 saved on a 'buy one get one half price' deal in H0lland and Barrett

    £2.95 saved on meal deal in spoons

    £1 knocked off the cost of a CD in an independent record store, I didn't insist, they offered it as there was a tiny little inconvenience when I went to buy it.
    Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
    Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments
  • determined_new_ms
    determined_new_ms Posts: 7,867 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    whoop whoop was given 4 blackcurrent plants while at the allotment. Going to conservatively claim £30 :T
    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
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