A new MSE action per week Challenge 2017

*Jellie*

Couple of ideas
Make Christmas cards week
Make birthday cards week
Recycle paper/card to make notebooks
Refashion something you no longer wear so you'll wear it
Plan different combinations of clothes and accessories to maximise clothes use
Try project 333/ a capsule wardrobe
Shop from your closet week

Lynno77

I like this thread! Am a single mum to a teen answer some of the ideas here are a way of life for me. Always looking for ways to boost cash so have decided a car boot is a good idea for us to become clutter free. I use Qmee quite a lot during work breaks so as to gain a bit, it's normally about 40p per survey but they soon add up. As for the grocery shopping, I always keep my carriers in the boot with a trolley coin for Aldi ☺

Queenofcolouringandtea

This seems like great idea. I have joined a Frugal challenge and need all the help I can get.

Can I join?

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suzeesu2000

Can i join too please? I need to get my life more sorted. Am already doing four of the challenges on here but i like this one, its like tasting a bit of cheese before buying lol.

Some good ideas already so going to think hard for first week of January, if i get off to a good start its more likely to last.

And i am sure you want to know, little kitty is sleeping next to me and has just had the biggest sleeping sigh ever lol, she must be one content kitty!

Florence_J

This sounds great, I would like to join too.

Igamogam

Interesting challenge. How about Cash only week

I started doing this a couple of years ago in that I worked out I needed £70 a week in cash for food shopping and stuck to this - once the cash was gone that was it for that week. The unexpected off shoot form this was that I suddenly had a lot of loose change which I stared putting into different pots - coppers in over size whiskey bottle, 20p box, a £2 box, a 5p tin,a picture 50p tin and a pound coin with dragons on box. When the various money boxes/tins are full they are emptied counted and bagged up.Then I either pay towards a CC or it goes towards a purchase such as new lap top paid for by saving £2 coins - who knew that money box held over £300 in £2 coins:eek: Another 'happy discovery' was that in among my picture 50p's I had 3 rare coins and netted almost £150 selling them:T

Needless to say I now only use cash for grocery buying - spend a lot less too;)

suzeesu2000

Thanks Aliwali for the ideas.

am stealing your no.13 for this week: [FONT=&quot]Daily rounding of bank account to savings week

so am going to do that right now!!
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Thora

May I join too!
I definitely need to start saving money as I'd like to move out with my boyfriend
in the mid-summer to autumn time.

And basically need all the help i can get

*Jellie*

I've sorted out my winter capsule wardrobe and started my sewing/ knitting plans.

MrsTinks

I love your list AliWali!

I think everyone can pick ideas or do their own, I might edit the first post to include the list and the participants if you like

I'll try to add new ideas from the weekly mails too so there are new things being added.

I did have an unscheduled extra brand reduction opportunity this week when I ended up with a horrid cold! Own-brand cold and flu meds are definitely cheaper and when you are DYYYYYYIIIINNNNGGG you don't care what's on the box lol So Week 1 for me was definitely Down Branding!

I also found a lovely hairdresser - I'll give her another couple of tries before I make my mind up for definite but I think over all there will be a saving hehehe More importantly she can fit me in easier than T&G where I have to try and line up both a colourist and a hairdresser I like at the same time which trust me is harder than it sounds when you work full time!!!