My Over 50's Spending Diary

sugarbaby125

Chanie the Terry's Chocolate Orange are sold all year round in Poundland but I was in Lidl doing a small shop. I am keeping the one I bought for Christmas.

2 bags of sweet and crunchy salad from Morrisons on 2 for £1 offer saved me 40p

3 X Epsom salts with Lavender in Poundland £3 which saved me £2.97 compared to the next cheapest price of £1.99 each in a local chemist

1 hopper bus journey 75p (19th Oct)

1 hopper bus journey 75p (21sr Oct)

4 hopper bus journeys £3 (20th Oct)

Free Metro newspaper 60p (22nd Oct)

The Body Shop Order:

1. Kings & Gentlemen's White Musk Fragrance Kit £25 reduced to £15 I saved £10

2. 2 X Mango Treats £6 each reduced to £3 each saved me £6

3. 2 X Strawberry Treats £6 each reduced to £3 each saved me £6

4. 2 X Colour Crush Lipsticks £10 each reduced to £2 each saved me £16

Free delivery saved me £2.49

I used a 35% off code which saved me another £10.85

I saved a total of £50.34 :j:D:T

My friend S bought me a bottle of water at Karaoke which saved me £1

My friend A gave me a lift home from Karoke in her car which saved me the 75p bus fare home

Free Evening Standard and Metro newspapers £1.20 (22nd Oct)

My friend T bought me a bottle of water at Karaoke which saved me £1.50 (21st Oct)

Current Total = £8920.88

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£11.56 Quidco Cashback :T

1 hopper bus journey 75p (24th Oct)

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £16.62

1 hopper bus journey 75p (26th Oct)

Free Evening Standard newspaper 60p (26th Oct)

2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (28th Oct)

My sister R paid for my entry fee to the club which saved me £5 and she also paid for a meal and 2 bottles of sparkling water for me in a local restaurant in Birmingham £10.99 :T

My nephew J came and picked me up from Birmingham New Street station on Friday 26th Oct and also drove me to the station on 28th Oct which saved me £36 in taxi fares :T

A man bought me a bottle of Canei in the club which saved me £2.50 and P bought me a bottle of water which saved me £1.20

My friend T and a male admirer bought me a bottle of water in the pub which saved me £3

My friend A gave me a lift home from Karaoke in her car which saved me the 75p bus fare home

Current Total = £9012.10

sugarbaby125

Free Metro newspapers 60p (30th Oct)

I got a Warm Home Discount from my Energy supplier £140 (30th Oct) :j:D:T

2 male friends each bought me a bottle of water at Karaoke which saved me £2 (30th Oct)

My friend A gave me a lift home from Karoke in her car which saved me the 75p bus fare

My daughter gave me £20 to wash, deep condition, dry and corn row her hair (31st Oct)

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £10.03 and I used a £10 Goodwill E-Coupon on this shopping (1st Nov) :T

1 hopper bus journey 75p (30th Oct)

Morrisons Bargains:

2 X 400g of seedless grapes reduced from £1.72 each to 86p each which saved me £1.72

Mr Kipling Halloween Fancies reduced to 50p which saved me 50p

1 Box of McVities Victoria Biscuits 600g reduced to £3 which saved me £2

I bought my outward journey Virgin advance train ticket to Birmingham for £9 and the return journey advance ticket to London for £8 which saved me £18 on the next cheapest available tickets

1 hopper bus journey 75p (1st Nov)

Current Total = £9219.20

sugarbaby125

1 hopper bus journey 75p (2nd Nov)

My friend A gave me a lift home in her car from the pub which saved me the 75p bus fare home (2nd Nov)

My friend A bought me a bottle of water in the wine bar £1 and she gave me a lift home in her car which saved me the 75p bus fare (3rd Nov)

My younger son gave me an early Christmas present of £150 :j:D:T

I bought a pair of Men's Supremacy Ash Black Tennis Shorts from eBay for £4.99 including P & P costs which saved me £29.99 :T

Current Total = £9402.44

sugarbaby125

My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £22.69 and a used my £10 goodwill E-coupon as my shopping arrived 3 hours late last week (8th Nov) :T:D

2 X 130g box of Orange Matchmakers half price from Poundland saved me £1 (8th Nov)

1 hopper bus journey 75p (8th Nov)

The Body Shop Order 13th Nov:

8 X 250ml Satsuma Shower Gel £5 each = £40 and 1 X 60ml = £2

Free Shea Shower Gel 250ml worth £5

I used my £5 Love Your Body voucher

I got free super saver deliver worth £2.49 because I had spent £25

I used a code to save 40% on this order which saved me £16.80

Lift home from Karaoke from my friend A in her car saved me the 75p bus fare home

Current Total = £9465.92

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Free Metro newspaper 60p (13th Nov)

1 hopper bus Journey 75p (13th Nov)

My Weekly Online Shopping special offers and price reductions this week saved me £32.53 (15th Nov) and I also used £20 of Goodwill e-coupons on this shopping :T

I bought my Virgin standard advance train ticket for travel from London to Birmingham with a 20% off code for £7.20 which saved me £26.80 :T

I bought 2 X Dove Nourishing Body Lotion 400ml from Superdrug on BOGOF offer and I also used £1 worth of points from my Superdrug Health & Beauty card saving myself £7.29

My friend B bought me a bottle of water at Karaoke £2 (18th Nov)

My friend A gave me a lift home in her car from Karaoke saving me the 75p bus fare home (18th Nov)

1 hopper bus Journey 75p (16th Nov)

3 hopper bus journeys £2.25 (18th Nov)

Poundland Bargains:

130g Box of Orange Matchmakers half price 50p saving me 50p

2 X Epsom Salts with Lavender £2 saving me £1.98 compared to the next cheapest price in a local chemist

3 hopper bus journeys £2.25 (19th Nov)

2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (20th Nov)

Silver Screen Odeon ticket £3 saving me £8 compared to a normal adult ticket and I got a free cup of tea worth £1.90

Boots Order:

4 X Tea Tree & Witchazel Night Gel 75ml Buy One Get One Half Price saved me £4.94

3 X Radox Muscle Soak 500ml for which I used 300 of my Advantage card points to buy which saved me £3

I got a copy of the Boots Health & Beauty magazine free because I am a Boots Advantage Card holder and this saved me £1

5 hopper bus journeys £3.75 (21st Nov)

Free Metro newspaper 60p (21st Nov)

My Weekly Online Shopping special offers and price reductions this week saved me £22.67 (22nd Nov) :T

Current Total: £9591.73

crv1963

sugarbabe125

You're doing great! 10k by the end of the year? 12k next as a target?

Well done

CRV

bugslet

Just to echo crv!

I have neither the patience nor the energy at the moment to pursue so much money saving, but I do pop by your thread from time to time and find it amazing how well you do.

When I retire next year, I'll definitely be applying some of your well thought out money saving ideas!

sugarbaby125

Thank you crv1963 and bugslet with a limited budget, I do try to enjoy some of the pleasures I love while trying to watch every penny and pound.

Money saving soon becomes a way of life and mindset

sugarbaby125

I did an Online/Telephone Market Research Study for which I was paid £40 :T

I did my daughter's hair and she gave me £20 (21st Nov)

Poundland Bargains:

Jacob's Mini Cheddars Christmas Caddy £1 I saved £1 compared to buying this product from Tesco

Jacob's Twiglets Christmas Caddy £1 I saved £1 compared to buying this product from Tesco

My sister J kindly gave me £50 because I am having such a hard time of it financially at the moment (24th Nov) :j:D:beer:

Free Metro newspaper 60p (23rd Nov)

5p roadkill (23rd Nov)

Current Total: £9703.84