Wombling our way to wealth in 2018 6 January 2018 at 10:37PM edited 6 March 2018 at 11:00AM in Debt-free wannabe challenges 80 replies 18.1K views

Siebrie

Our company seem to have discontinued the monthly chair massages


On the positive side: they have tested amenities, and now there are about 3 moving boxes full of all sorts of soaps, shower gels, shower caps, etc to pick through! I have wombled about €30 worth of these They were not all tiny bottles, some were half-litre size (R1tuals, even!).

Siebrie

My office is the best place to womble!


They are clearing out the Purchasing offices, and, because they have recently tested lots of items (think of pillows, duvets, flooring, tiling, etc.) there is much that is about to be discarded. The pillows and duvets will go to the storage in the basement and be given away as prizes, auctioned off, or donated, but smaller items are about to be thrown out. I now have:
- some more amenities
- 3 pillow cases, 1 of them anti-allergy
- several small towels and face clothes
- a pair of hotel slippers (we use them for guests)
- a bag with pencils and pens
- 2 small postman bags
€10


I missed out on a crate with all sorts of bottled drinks. I would have checked the drinks before opening them, but I really fancied the purple crate

Siebrie

40 loyalty points from wombled receipts
1 kaki fruit and 2 lychees from Reception €0,40


It's a good thing I'm wombling, because I hit a curb last night and had to have the tire replaced (and they are always changed 2 at the same time): €115, and my husband got a speeding ticket from our trip back home after New Year's €209!! (That's GBP 101 and 184!!)

Florence_J

Florence_J wrote: »

Hi Siebrie, thanks for starting this.

I have wombled £125.97 already this year.

£52.43 off Amazon order using vouchers
£22.99 Free P+P and using vouchers
£40.50 saving on sale item of clothing
£0.70 special offer price saving
£7.90 free cinema ticket through volunteering
£0.70 supermarket savings
£0.75 Morrison's returned bag incentive

In addition to these wombles I have also wombled...

£42.41 Saving on sale priced shoes compared to full price
£0.20 Savings on special offer cookies
£3 Drink bought for me
£4.78 wombled 2 sets of 3 new desserts being launched at mr T in a promotion, that's their full price retail value
£5 voucher for Lidl
£0.60 Discount on pizza in Lidl
£15.80 2 x Free Cinema Tickets through volunteering
£64.75 Free p+p on amazon order and used vouchers to only pay £1.65!

Siebrie

Well done!

5 slices of posh ham, leftovers from a business lunch, still under the wrapper €1
2 single serve butters €0,10

1 banana and 1 mountain orange from Reception €0,40

Also: about 130 company branded notebooks HR were throwing out and 8 black wooden photo frames (ca. 45x60cm) that HR were throwing out. I've been handing out the notebooks to every passer-by in the office, but still have about 130 left. Both notebooks and frames will be shipped to Africa.

Jelllibeanz

I wombled my first A$da receipt at the weekend and gained £0.71 in voucher form.
An apology voucher from Mr T to the tune of £5 in case the service I received over the Xmas period may have not been as expected.
Plus on Saturday we picked up 15 snack sized pizzas plus a host of other bits and pieces that were y/s that saved us £15.
Am putting all my receipts through my apps to maximise cash back - currently have almost enough to cash out £10 on three of them.
Shopmium has a bag of frozen fries for free for the next couple of days so will be off to A$da on the way home to pick them up.

Siebrie

free-after-rebate N1vea shampoo €4,27 (4,99 - 0,72 for the stamp)
free-after-rebate Fa deodorant €3,39 - oh no! GRRRRR! I just tried to enter the details into the website, but it's telling me it's the wrong barcode. I wasn't sure in the store, but it was displayed on the special '100% free' shelf with the ads all around it, and the cashier confirmed it was the correct deodorant, and he gave me the activation code. I should have followed my hunches and left it! Now I have to return it, because I'm not prepared to pay €3,39 (GBP 2.97) for a small bottle of spray deodorant!

Jelllibeanz

Spent my voucher in A$da this afternoon and picked up loads of y/s bits that will be great for the kids packed lunches and cats. Plus they had a clothing sale on. Ended up spending £66, but saving £45.


Did womble a few receipts, but none of them had enough items on them.


Looking forward to popping into MrT to spend my £5 voucher later on some y/s items. I love a yellow sticker!!


Have also managed to get a few coupons by applying for freebies. So have stashed them in my purse. Making a point of not buying them though unless I actually need them.

Siebrie

4 slices of ham, leftover from a business lunch, still under the wrapper E0,40
2 sandwiches, id. E1
2 'Thai' wraps, id., will be dh's lunch tomorrow E4,60

Siebrie

5 loyalty points on wombled receipts