June - Pin Money Savings Challenge

tru

spendaholic wrote:

And where are you in the alphabet? We're P, so we weren't one of the first wave of Tesco vouchers.

We're Y in the alphabet and live about a mile and a half from Moggins. Our vouchers arrived a couple of days ago. There must be some sort of system, dunno what it is though

catznine

I have just started using white vinegar in my washing in place of comfort and have to say that I am very impressed. Towels are losing their cardboard like texture and becoming softer with no trace of a "vinegar perfume" so hopefully I can add the cost of a bottle of comfort (a regular buy in this household) to my pms savings this month! It's half term so I hope to be able to look at the rest of the cleaning thread and save loads more

moggins

Got my Tesco vouchers this morning. Only £6 worth Still it's better than nothing. It will get better now I've trained dh to get his petrol from Tesco and put a keyfob card on his keyring. Now I have to put them somewhere safe so I don't lose them before December.

spendaholic

moggins wrote:

Got my Tesco vouchers this morning. Only £6 worth Still it's better than nothing. It will get better now I've trained dh to get his petrol from Tesco and put a keyfob card on his keyring. Now I have to put them somewhere safe so I don't lose them before December.

Misterholic's petrol accounts for a fair wedge of our vouchers.

And £6 isn't so bad. It means you're not overspending at Tesco! :T

debbym

Savings from May
Coupons 40p
Reduced £22.40
BOGOF's/multibuys £21.49

DD has just come down with chickenpox so for the first time in a long time Tescos online for the first part of this month - still think of the savings I'm making on petrol!

Plucked up the courage to try and make Laundry gloop so will be trying this on the daily load(s) tomorrow - if it is as good as Fairy tablets (need something soap based rather than detergent as ds gets rashes otherwise)then it will be a weekly saving of about £3-4.

Also refilled the liquid soap with cheap foam bath (21p/litre from Tesco) dh hasn't noticed so that's another £1 a week on average...

Well tried the Gloop and it worked really well on all but the spag bol my 1yo had smeared himself with (even though I pretreated with Vanish) will definitely be using it again for "normal dirt" !

Chipps

Also refilled the liquid soap with cheap foam bath (21p/litre from Tesco) dh hasn't noticed so that's another £1 a week on average...

Thats a good idea, thanks.

I must admit to not having counted pin money, quite often thats because it's not so much saving money & thus having it left in my purse, but spending as little as possible because there IS none in my purse! (if that makes sense!)
Although we do collect coins, & every so often I dig out the brown change from my purse & put it in a tin. Then make sure that it's bagged up & paid into savings account as soon as the bags are up to their quotas. I know that's not a lot at a time, but "every little helps" as one supermarket says.

bj-sailaway

This is a new thread to me, but I'm hooked, finish work soon, so will go home and study form.

On another note, can someone let me in on the OH, DD, DS abbreviations, I know my kids keep telling me I'm old now (40!) so any help to keep up-to date would be much appreciated!!!! Many thanks, June pin money - here I come!!!

moggins

OH - other half
DD - Dear/Dratted daughter
DS " Son

P.s. 40 is not old!!!!! Or so I keep telling myself now I've reached it

Rebob

Just been to Tesco and bought a loaf of fresh bread, a yoghurt, pkt of haslet, 2 tins of beans, 2 X 5 jam donuts and a box of ice lollies. Should have been £4.46. I paid £1.27! Bread and donuts 1/2 price and a 30p voucher for cakes, yoghurt and lollies free with vouchers, beans -10p voucher. Really proud !

elona

Well done rebob - I bet you felt great!