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Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

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  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
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    The communal area at the back of the block was a mess with litter so, since no one else was going to do it, I got out the litter pickers and bin bag and cleared it all up. Found a £5.00 note and a 1p. Think I might start doing it every day.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,766 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Where there's muck, Toni's friend, there's brass.
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 5 April 2017 at 9:17PM
    22p on YS onions (still firm - will last for ages) and 1p roadkill

    Ooh, lovely! Keep them in your tights (obviously not whilst wearing _pale_) and they last for months. Well done on your litter picking reward too. Well deserved!

    £3 from eggie sales
    £3 saved on some beautiful floral PJ bottoms that DH will loathe ;)
    £15 money off coupon used with Mr A
    £89 being claimed for a pair of glasses as they were BOGOF in Tesco and I was going to buy a more robust pair for day to day living. My "indestructible" titanium flexiframes have already been rebent, replaced and had new glass in, so a cheaper plastic pair were in order.
    £3.49 for a cream tea that my lovely friend treated me to today.

    And I won a bottle of wine at Tiny's preschool tea party raffle today...although I spent a fiver on tickets, so doesn't actually count lol

    Today's total is a fantabulous £113.49

    Ooh...need to update YTD...

    ETA...YTD total is £3400.99
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good morning everyone :)

    Great going with all the wombles :T

    Hope everyone has a super wombling day :);):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
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    You on earlies again Jo? :eek:

    Forgot to add the armful of baby leeks my friend gave me - £3 seems fair considering the quantity, and they're delicious!

    Happy wombling peeps x
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    £5 Morrisons loyalty point voucher
    £2.80 Costa points and 50p (25p each drink) for using our own cups

    LP x
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • LuckyPenny
    LuckyPenny Posts: 1,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Bob do we include work lunches?
    Competition wins £14,136.30[\COLOR]
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    Dizzy_Imp wrote: »
    You on earlies again Jo? :eek:

    Aye :eek: - I also woke up much earlier than I needed to :(:o

    Ye olde womblies afore tdaey

    £1.32 Qmee cashout
    £4.92 savings on YS shopping items

    Had some sales on the Bay and used most of that money to buy 3 fantastic clothes bundles saving myself a fortune on suits, shirts, jeans, trousers, and tops. I estimate a saving of at least £165, so I'm claiming that. It also means I still haven't spent any of my clothes budget for the year!

    £2 swapped some magazines
    10 Mn$ gift card top-up

    Hope everyone is ok and having blessed wombles :);)
    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
  • sistercas
    sistercas Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Downloaded the oc@do app and it gave me a £10 voucher off my shopping
    And as it was my 5 th shop they gave me a voucher for a bottle of champagne worth £19.99 . :j I won't count the champagne as I wouldn't have bought it normally , so I will just add the £10 :D
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    sistercas wrote: »
    Downloaded the oc@do app and it gave me a £10 voucher off my shopping
    And as it was my 5 th shop they gave me a voucher for a bottle of champagne worth £19.99 . :j I won't count the champagne as I wouldn't have bought it normally , so I will just add the £10 :D

    I think you could count it! You didn't have to pay for it, so a fabulous freebie :D

    I used an £18 Mr T voucher off my online food shop today which was a welcome reduction.

    5 eggs from my hens (50p) - but disappointing considering there are 19 girls! Too busy off exploring the paddock to come back to the henhouse to lay...either that or theres a clutch of eggs in the hedge somewhere :o

    £18.50 total.

    Anyone seen Bob?
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