Getting FIREd up 😀

edinburgher

South_coast said:

Petrol 138.9p 😀😀😀

That is decent, think I was 1p cheaper when I filled up today. Our fuel gauge isn't very accurate - got a bit of a fright when I was able to put 41.9l in a 45l tank!

Correction, Internet thinks it's 40-50l - that's a bit vague!

South_coast

No idea how big mine is, really should read the book (only had the car 5 years, no idea about half the features 😳)

ruby_eskimo

That's a good price for petrol.  I'm another one who's confused by the size of their petrol tank - supposed to be 45L but there's been a few times I've managed to get a lot more in than that...🤷‍♀️

SuperSecretSquirrel

Fuel tanks are funny shapes and capacities and the official value will be a nice rounded down number. It also excludes the filler neck capacity. You don't really need to know the capacity of your tank, just stop pumping on the first "click" and you'll be ok. Overfilling isn't recommended, that spare capacity allows for expansion.

South_coast

Ahhh, I never knew that about space for expansion (makes perfect sense though). I tend to go to the next round £ after the click (although I have been known to ram another £1 - or two - in if I go a penny over. May have to be less *nal about it in future if it means I won't explode 🤣!)

South_coast

Time for an Austerity April update....

Opening balance = £60.36

+£6.44 Prolific

-£0.50 pumping up car tyres  

+£5.30 Prolific

+£1.13 TopCashBack

+£0.01 charged less than I thought for broadband 🤣

+£1.87 TopCashBack

+£0.30 TopCashBack 🤣

-£22.15 birthday card/gift/postage

-£44.00 haircut

-£5.99 cod liver oil

-£20.00 Grand National bets 🫣

+£40.80 Grand National winnings 🐎🐎🐎

Current balance = £23.57 

All the expected spending is now done, and I'm left with money to spare 😅! I was well into minus numbers earlier this afternoon, but my horses came through for me 😀

Now, what to spend my leftover cash on....?

South_coast

+£5.39 Prolific, I'm on a roll!

South_coast

Grrr, will all the 35-44 year olds stop beating me to the surveys on One Poll please? 4 available this lunchtime and I got screened out of every one 🤣!

South_coast

Well, Austerity April is going spiffingly so far! After starting the month with £48.36 after clearing my credit card balance, I'm currently on £51.52 (and that's after spending £10 on something for work) 😀😀😀! I've also managed to pick off a couple of things from my "to buy" list at no cost: kitchen scales and night cream from Argos, using vouchers from Consumer Pulse and Shop & Scan (who knew Argos sold moisturiser 🤷‍♀️?); and spirulina from Amazon, again with vouchers earned from Shop & Scan. I've also sent £22.39 to my electricity account from ZipZero!

I'm looking forward to Marvellous May now....😀!

Baileys_Babe

South_coast said:

Well, Austerity April is going spiffingly so far! After starting the month with £48.36 after clearing my credit card balance, I'm currently on £51.52 (and that's after spending £10 on something for work) 😀😀😀! I've also managed to pick off a couple of things from my "to buy" list at no cost: kitchen scales and night cream from Argos, using vouchers from Consumer Pulse and Shop & Scan (who knew Argos sold moisturiser 🤷‍♀️?); and spirulina from Amazon, again with vouchers earned from Shop & Scan. I've also sent £22.39 to my electricity account from ZipZero!

I'm looking forward to Marvellous May now....😀!

I didn't know Argos sold skincare and make-up products, thanks for highlighting this, I plan to use some of my Consumer Pulse vouchers to buy stocking fillers 😃