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A lovely new £5 note fluttering along the road this morning. Not a soul in sight.11
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Went for a walk in the woods with a friend (between chazza shopping) and wombled a big bag of wood for the fire!
This is especially wonderful as my heating isn't working so I am reliant on the open fire and plug in rads this winter. Free wood is free heating! A big win!Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget!
Curtain pole installed in the living room
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Window quilts for landing window & french door
Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
Insulate front door
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Blind for the bathroom
Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
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Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
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Buy or make blind for kitchen11 -
The Coinstar gods were good to me on Saturday. Somebody had been collecting spare change in one of those tin £20 money boxes and come in to rip it open and cash in. I knew this because they left the opened box on top of the machine. I saw a glint in the return chute so quickly scooped it into my shopping bag. I thought I'd grabbed a few rejected Euro coins but they turned out to be £2 coins... seven of them!I need to think of something new here...8
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Omg RESULT!
edit to say - making Coinst@r a regular stop next time I go Mr A’sLancashire
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Found a fiver whilst cleaning up leaves on my drive.7
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Found a fiver in my handbag that I didn't know I had! Does that count?
Much needed. A tight month.Putting these winter preps here so I don't forget!
Curtain pole installed in the living room
Paint curtain pole
Window quilts for landing window & french door
Add shrink film to the kitchen door & insulate
Insulate front door
Bubble wrap windows & french door
Wash front door curtain
Blind for the bathroom
Find wrist warmers & the wool socks!
Wash heated throws
Wash duvet & wool blankets
Buy vest tops to go under clothes and PJs
Buy nets for bathroom and kitchen
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@Fruball - any unexpected windfall counts 😊👍🏻
Asked my OH to check the change chute on the Coinstar - no joy this time but it don’t hurt to check in passing 👍🏻😊Lancashire
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It's also worth looking on the floor by a Coinstar... Coins get dropped when loading the machine (or perhaps people look at what's been rejected and throw it aside). This weekend, the glint of silver at floor level caught my eye and bending down I could see more just under the front edge of the machine. Scooped it up quickly and counting at home - about £11! Might be a bit obvious to go back with a ruler to go deeper
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wouldn't the shop staff stop you? might think you are trying to break in!!! Nowt the matter with a quick look and scoop though!NBLondon said:It's also worth looking on the floor by a Coinstar... Coins get dropped when loading the machine (or perhaps people look at what's been rejected and throw it aside). This weekend, the glint of silver at floor level caught my eye and bending down I could see more just under the front edge of the machine. Scooped it up quickly and counting at home - about £11! Might be a bit obvious to go back with a ruler to go deeperI’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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🤣 I’d have a dig for £11 too! Absolute result! Don’t get stuck digging tho! Have a vision of the meme kid stuck in the grabber machine enclosure 🤣🤣Lancashire
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