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  • kangoora
    kangoora Posts: 1,193 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hello Teddy 23,

    I am afraid that I cannot take credit for the name roadkill, I first saw it on the Wombling thread 2 years ago. :D

    When I first saw roadkill I thought you'd managed to hit a pheasant or rabbit and dived out and put it in the pot, hence saving money :D

    Round me they are positively suicidal, especially early in the morning, I rarely go a morning drive without having to swerve or brake to miss one.
  • kangoora wrote: »
    When I first saw roadkill I thought you'd managed to hit a pheasant or rabbit and dived out and put it in the pot, hence saving money :D

    Round me they are positively suicidal, especially early in the morning, I rarely go a morning drive without having to swerve or brake to miss one.

    Kangoora you had me laughing out loud. I am a non driver. :rotfl:
  • frizz2
    frizz2 Posts: 90 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Sugarbaby 125, you are an inspiration!
  • bugslet
    bugslet Posts: 6,874 Forumite
    Hello Teddy 23,

    I am afraid that I cannot take credit for the name roadkill, I first saw it on the Wombling thread 2 years ago. :D

    I still think of it as roadkill as well, picked up 2p today. People use less cash than before, so I find my annual haul has gone down.:(
  • teedy23
    teedy23 Posts: 2,090 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    I haven't been out as much as usual, so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it lol.
    :T:jDabbler in all things moneysaving.Master of none:o

    Well except mastered my mortgage 5 yrs early :T:j
    Street finds for 2018 £26:49.
  • teedy23
    teedy23 Posts: 2,090 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Feeling much better now but sleep is all over the place. Hoping to gatecrash the college tomorrow, they were looking for models for blow dries, didn't think I would be well enough but feeling fitish so will just turn up hopefully and get gorgioused lol
    :T:jDabbler in all things moneysaving.Master of none:o

    Well except mastered my mortgage 5 yrs early :T:j
    Street finds for 2018 £26:49.
  • I bought a M & S Total Support Bra from eBay for £7.99 including P & P which saved me £10.01 compared to buying it from M & S online (21st Jan) :D

    3 hopper bus journeys £2.25 (21st Jan)

    Free Metro newspaper 60p (23rd Jan)

    2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (23rd Jan)

    2 punnets of grapes from East Street Market for £1.30 which saved me £1.70 compared to buying them on offer 2 for £3 in my local Morrisons

    Free Metro newspaper 60p (25th Jan)

    2 hopper bus journeys £1.50 (24th Jan)

    6 hopper bus journeys £4.50 (25th Jan)

    My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £14.60 this week (24th Jan) :D

    I got 3 giant cheese straws and 1 giant cookie for free from my monthly open mic poetry evening worth at least £4 (25th Jan) :D

    A small bottle of Canei was bought for me in the pub by a male admirer which saved me £6 :D

    My sister H paid for the Uber car to and from the pub on Saturday 26th Jan and Sunday 27th Jan on her Uber Account which was £28 in total for the 4 journeys :D

    My sister H bought me 2 bottles of water in the pub £3 (27th Jan) :D

    2 X Groupon vouchers used at Leilani restaurant for £44.40 which saved me £67.60 (27th Jan) :T

    Free Metro newspaper 60p (28th Jan)

    Poundland Bargains: (28th Jan) :T

    4 X Neutradol Gel £4 I saved £2 compared to buying these from Tesco

    A Pack of 8 X small bubble envelopes £1 compared to buying them from the local stationers for 65p each which saved me £4.20

    A Pack of 6 X Large bubble envelopes £1 compared to buying them from my local stationers for 85p each which saved me £4.10

    2 X L'oreal Color Riche Nail Polish which saved me £1.68 compared to the cheapest available price on eBay

    Lotus Biscoff Snack Pack £1 which saved me 49p compared to buying them from Tesco

    2 X 10 McVities Jaffa Cakes £1 which saved me £1 compared to buying them from Tesco

    5pk Cadbury's Caramel Cake Bars reduced to 50p which saved me 50p

    Cadbury's Triple Choc Roll reduced to 50p which saved me £1.50

    Cadbury's Twirl Bites reduced to 50p which saved me 50p

    2 X 130g Smaties Tubes reduced to 50p each which saved me £1

    1 hopper bus journey 75p (28th Jan)

    Current Total = £1304.28
  • chanie
    chanie Posts: 3,335 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Well done, sugar.

    I really like buying my fruit and veg from the market as it is so much cheaper. The only problem is that the market isn’t convenient to get to, so I don’t get to go very often.
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    chanie wrote: »
    Well done, sugar.

    I really like buying my fruit and veg from the market as it is so much cheaper. The only problem is that the market isn’t convenient to get to, so I don’t get to go very often.

    Chanie, I hardly ever buy fruit from East Street Market because the quality is usually too poor. I went through the punnets of grapes and I was able to find 2 punnets of grapes that were in very good condition.
  • sugarbaby125
    sugarbaby125 Posts: 3,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    3 hopper bus journeys £2.25 (29th Jan) :)

    My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £15.56 this week (31st Jan) :T:D

    Free Metro newspaper 60p (31st Jan)

    23p (20p + 1p + 2p) Roadkill (31st Jan)

    My January 10 Odeon Limitless Cinema tickets were worth £113.50 which saved me £93.51 on my £19.99 monthly direct debit payment :T:D:j

    I bought a hardback book for myself from Poundland which saved me £19 :D

    Current Total = £1435.43
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