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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!
    Hi folks :) Well done with the wombles today :)

    Nice going with the redcurrant bushes determined :D:D

    Ye oldie womblies so far for today:

    Bay sales £37.84

    Amaz0n gift voucher £0.50

    Today I decided to bite the bullet and give a vintage wooden picture frame the distressed look.
    It's turned out fab and I've saved myself at least £20, so decided to claim it as part of my creative wombles.

    I've also just come back from wombling some beautiful vintage / victorian / art nouveau ceramic tiles from a property that's being gutted a few doors down. I need to give them a gentle tile and grout mix clean and check them over, so I'm not sure what to claim at the moment, but will update later - What a womble! :D:D

    Hope everyone is having a blessed wombled 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
  • Bobarella
    Bobarella Posts: 10,824 Forumite
    Savvy Shopper! I've been Money Tipped!
    Jo_Blogs wrote: »
    Good morning everyone :) Hope you all have a blessed wombling day :);)

    Some nice wombles Bob :);) - You now have me craving a homemade fruit juice slush puppie - yummy:p

    What a good idea! :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
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    edited 15 March 2017 at 9:52PM
    Bought 60 dishwasher tabs for £9 reduced to £4.50 that were reduced in Asda. To be honest I would never have paid the full price anyway. I paid with an Asda price guarantee voucher so will just count that £3.26.

    £11 discount off gift vouchers through work site for Morrisons and Costa.

    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :)

    Hope you all have a blessed wombling day :);)
    Bobarella wrote: »
    What a good idea! :T
    Enjoy! :):p
    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
    forgot to say I found a woman's mag on sunday. Someone had obviously dropped it on the way back from the shop 99p for some trashy entertainment :)
    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
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    determined_new_ms wrote: »
    forgot to say I found a woman's mag on sunday. Someone had obviously dropped it on the way back from the shop 99p for some trashy entertainment :)

    Hmmm... that might be classed as an anti-womble...:rotfl:
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    Free Metro newspaper for which I will claim 50p

    2 hopper bus journeys to and from work yesterday worth £3

    My daughter paid for the whole family to have a Chinese takeaway £21.20 :D

    Offers and discounts for my weekly Tesco online grocery shop £13.77 :)

    #13 current total = £2012
  • Siebrie
    Siebrie Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi Bobarella, I was just wondering if the letter to 'Dear Jeremy' on 3 March in the Guardian is from you?
    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
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hi folks:-)

    Well done with the wombles today :-)

    Ye oldie womblies for today:

    Qm cashout £1.13
    SM surveys 385 Nect0 points
    M'sD treat - weekend away £250
    M'sD / birthday gift - ideapad saved £250 with vouchers, discount codes - Plus cashback
    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
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,762 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Siebrie wrote: »
    Hi Bobarella, I was just wondering if the letter to 'Dear Jeremy' on 3 March in the Guardian is from you?

    My F-I-L is a Jeremy too, I sent him his birthday gift and had a delivery confirmation yesterday to let me know it had been handed over in person to someone called Jermey!:eek: New name.

    Amaz0n vouchers £5 and £1 this week. Not wombling much as I am either covered in paint or brick dust, I'm doing diy instead of spending money. It is very boring. :rotfl:
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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