MSE blog 2008

MushyPeas

Thanks for the good wishes ellejaytee - let me know when you start yours and I'll follow and encourage Reading everyone else's again has inspired me to restart mine!

MushyPeas

At home today, counting down the birth day for little one! Have made some savings today and taken an MSE approach to things:

• Shopped around and bought some items at Lidl £0.95 saving
• Online Asda shopping used codes (after delivery fee) £3.53 saving
• Bought niece's crimbo present online to pick up via cash back website and 20% off £3.20 saving
• Writing wedding thank you cards and enclosing Xmas cards in same envelope using stamps purchased pre-hike
• Bought present on Amazon via Nectar to collect points
• When I boiled kettle filled up a flask so saving another two kettle boils

So in real cash terms I've saved £7.68 today to add to mortgage chicken

MushyPeas

Not going out - which I guess saves money - but does cost in electricity bills for heating! Continuing to take an MSE approach to life, small things I've done last few days:

• Buying items on ebay via topcashback to get 33.3% back on some them and making sure account linked with Nectar points
• Filling up flasks so not boiling kettle as much
• Using up random food in cupboard for meals
• Eating ends of loaves as hubby doesn't like them
• Complained to Asda about shopping as one item they gave me was out of date in August!!! DH recons he'll eat it anyway so that's £5.35 refunded
• Chased a Nectar transaction that hadn't credited which is worth £0.17

In other news DH is viewing properties today for us to rent near where he works. At the moment his commute costs £500 a month and with me at home on maternity leave we might as well move... but our rental bill is going to increase by about £400!!! All whilst we have reduced income I do worry about money, it's going to be tight, but Walnut will be worth it

Total to add to mortgage chicken today £5.52 :T in chicken

MushyPeas

At home, clock is ticking to birth day!

Bit annoyed with myself yesterday, had been meaning to raise a complaint about last place I rented not getting all deposit back. Thought I had until 9th Jan to do, but it was 9th December so my own silly fault for missing deadline Oh well, onwards and upwards.

Today's small achievements:

• Chased topcashback about a claim that hadn't gone through, now activated so that's £6.50
• Ordered a baby matress online with 10% code so saved £1.94 (also this is for pram sister has lent us so not had to buy one saving £££££!)
• Ordered connectors for car baby seat (from sister 2) to fit on pram base (from sister 1) - £20 but much cheaper compared to cost of buying car seat and pram base from new!
• Searched online to get cheapest price for nursing bra I wanted.

Not sure when I should add cashbacks to my total, well I guess this is my diary so I'll just do it as I go along!

Today's savings of £8.44 yet to go in chicken

MushyPeas

Darn, can't find my notes about money saved last few days - but have done few surveys and made £1.76 to add to pot and tackled a frog which means should be able to invoice for £400 ish in New Year

Extra income of £1.76 yet to go in chicken

MushyPeas

Blimey it's been a while since I've been on here - I guess having a baby does that! Time to start up my savings log again and fill that chicken :-)

Today's shopping savings:

* Onya bags - found online code saved £1.88
* M&S code for money off lingerie £8.00
* Found replacement inner tubes for pushchair cheaper on Amazon than main stockist £3.02
* Politely requested Amazon give me my £25 Family voucher £25.00

Extra income of £37.90 yet to go in chicken