Remember you're STILL a Womble - 2017 challenge

Bobarella

sistercas wrote: »

Went out for lunch yesterday and found a sharp piece of plastic in my dessert :eek:, told the waiter who investigated and found it came from the packaging , I got an apology and a free dessert saving £6.75

Not nice for you at the time I'm sure. My worst was a slug in a pie :eek:

pippy1971

Bobarella wrote: »

Not nice for you at the time I'm sure. My worst was a slug in a pie :eek:

That's my worst nightmare!! Were you sick? Makes me shudder just thinking about it....:eek:

I've been doing ok at wombling. Joined a couple of new cashback sites and got:

Save £10.00 when you spend £10 on beer, which basically made it free (made my OH very happy)

Free Fanta 2l

OH needs a new tyre on his car and used cashback site to get 5.25% (£1.83)

£2 cashback on Cat food

It is our wedding anniversary today and needed to do something cheap so took the children and my Dad down to Brighton for the day. It just cost us petrol money as my Dad paid for the food (fish and chips at cafe next to the beach).

Roadkill - just 5p since I last posted....

Hope you all have a good bank holiday Monday :j

LuckyPenny

Topped up a costa gift card (through work) site and got £3 off. Did Shopmium app today for the first time, hope to receive £1.72 into my bank.


LP x

determined_new_ms

Hi guys sorry I haven't been around for a while - my life got crazy busy over the last month or so and I've lost track of any wombles!

Highlights I can remember over the last week:


* £27.21 savings in ys sticker items on Friday
* was given another 3 raspberry canes at the allotment £9.99
* saved £21.51 as items we needed for camping this weekend happened to be in A1di when I was there
* my mil did a couple of 1/2 day childminding sessions so I could work claiming £35
* I was given builders piping to make my arch for growing squashes £20
* my allotment neighbours fixed my fence! will just claim a shed load of skills and kindness for that one

Ladykernow

1p roadkill.

Found some receipts, but were all 2016!

sugarbaby125

eBay Bargains:

M & S girls 2-3 years dress £10.90 including P & P saving me £14.09

Monsoon dress 2-3 years and M & S Autograph dress 2-3 years both cost me £10.30 including P & P saving me £62.69 :T

Usborne Touch Feely set of 3 books £12.99 saving me £7.98

#13 current total = £5464.73

Siebrie

One peach from Reception €0,20

One sports session, courtesy of employer (we sported outside our office building, in a little park area, and it was lovely) €5

Our car is not selling All we get is really low offers. It's a really nice car, but needs some work (new tires, new distribution belt, new condenser (dh had a collision a few years ago, and the front of the car needed to be replaced. Apparently, the garage did not notice that the condenser had a crack, and because I don't use the airconditioner (same 'block' as the condenser) I didn't notice that the liquid was leaking out). It's frustrating, because I never planned to sell this car, I wanted to drive it until it fell apart. I'm afraid we will have to accept one of the low offers and have €1.500 less than we expected.

Toni'sfriend

Sorry. Everything kind of fell apart over the last wee while and I've lost the plot as to where I am wombling wise.
Anyway, my neighbour won a hamper but didn't like/use what was in it so, apart from a bottle of champagne, she gave it to me. RRP is £150.00 so less the cost of the champagne £113.50.

Florence_J

I've been debating whether to declare this as a womble and have decided to do so.

I have recently attended my best friend's wedding. I was a bridesmaid and had the shoes and dress paid for by my friend, I was offered accommodation at her house so that I didn't have to spend on a hotel and her parents got me a pampering pack to use the night before and I received a bridesmaid goodie bag during the speeches.

All in all I think I that all these have added up to a saving of around £200 from what I thought the wedding was going to cost so I would like to declare that as a womble.

miss_empty_piggy

Good morning all

Got given a beautiful bottle of prosecco which is gold coloured bottle which (hopefully) I will save for a birthday present for someone. I also have received a beautiful bunch of flowers, 2 pieces of tiffin and a small bottle of gin from my students who are leaving to go to university. They are so lovely. Feel very touched. I'll claim a nominal £15.

MIL/FIL have been up to visit this weekend and they took me and the girls out for lunch and paid for the evening meal out also. it must have cost a fortune. £60 claimed for the 5 of us.

Having a lovely week off so far. The weather here is beautiful and I'm enjoying it so much. Good to hear about everyone's savings.

I spent all of last night trying to organise bouquets for the 8 bridesmaids. Think we are going to do fake flowers - only because it would break my heart to wake up to a load of dead flowers plus all that money wasted. I'm thinking single stems for them and a bunch for myself. Have decided to not do flowers in the church. We will be in there for approximately an hour and a half and I think churches are lovely as they are.

Any ideas/advice on cheap favours and bridesmaids presents?

I've had mixed opinions from various family/friends. One website said they are a tradition that needs to stop as "no-one cares" about them anymore.

sorry for the wedding talk - just want to have a lovely day without a massive financial hangover xxx