Keep calm and carry on....

South_coast

Loving the suggestions 🤣! I do top-up with bits from Sainsbury's and Asda that I can't get in Lidl, but I reckon 85%+ comes from there. And now people aren't going food shopping recreationally any more (ie they can go to other places now, so they're not just going food shopping so they can get out of the house) I can whip round reasonably quickly again with my little pull-along trolley and stick it through the self-checkout and be on my way 😀 

themadvix

Ahh, now a Lidl/Aldi with a self-checkout would make me much more inclined to pop in for odd bits - so frustrating when I have to queue for 15 mins for the one or two items I've gone in for!

Grogged

I love the smell of freshly saved money in Aldi/Lidl. 😁

For the few bits we can't get and occasionally go to Morries for it is just as expensive as a weekly shop, but with nearly nothing to show for it...🤔

South_coast

Grogged said:

I love the smell of freshly saved money in Aldi/Lidl. 😁

🤣🤣🤣

I ❤ having the self-checkouts Vix, they're what persuaded me to go back there after a lapse when I was fed up with exactly that - queuing behind people with heaving trolleys when I only had a handful of stuff! Lidl have got them in a couple round my way, so I think they're cottoning on

South_coast

Setting aside my love of Lidl 😍 and their self-checkouts 😍 the free money is continuing to rack up. Can't recall having a month as productive as this before. I'm in the midst of the S&S food diary, so had another £10 from them today, and I'm on the verge of being able to claim £5 from Vypr as well (hopefully tomorrow)! Next month will be way down, as I'll have hit cashout on everything this month!

Credit card is now down to £5,611.44 with a few payments currently in transit. It started out life at £10,056.97 on 1 May, so not too shabby 😀! Can't wait to be turning my attention back to the mortgage rather than paying for my savings!

newgirly

Blimey how rude! I’ve had my fair share of those types of comments from family too it’s very frustrating.

South_coast

At least people like that mean Lidl isn't clogged with people NG 😀!

£5 in from Vypr and despatched to the credit card 😀😀😀

South_coast

Plodding on with the free money, am so fed up of answering questions about home appliances!!!

Just cashed out a £5 Amazon voucher from i-Say. Don't think I'll carry on with them now, I've found them very frustrating (although I did seem to get to £5 fairly quickly 🤔) 

Have realised that once the mortgage is gone, I can reduce the EF to £5k to cover bills and food for 6 months. Sounds like that's the first £5k of the refurb fund sorted! Now just need to maintain the £10k EF I've currently got. Oh, and er...find a new job 😮!

debtfreeoneday

I really like is@y. Randomly counted up my earnings so far this year and it’s £60 so it’s been worth it. I’m 8 points away from my next voucher. 

South_coast

I just find it really frustrating that after I get declined for a survey it stays on my dashboard and I have to remember not to click on it again 🙁  Although they did pay me some loyalty points, which was nice as I didn't feel as though I'd earned them. Will definitely keep the account open until they've done the prize draw anyway!