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The Second Purse Thread

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  • Coxy11
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    Excellent thank you @boultdj DH and I are going on Monday so I’ll take a look xx
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  • Coxy11
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    Second purse purchases yesterday in T’s:

    4 x Colgate pump toothpaste at £1.90 each. Buy back at £2 each. 

    Pack of 4 kitchen roll for £4.25. Buy back at £1.50 each. 

    2 boxes of 210 Yorkshire teabags at £5.79. Buy back at £6 each. Not the cheapest but I’m not able to get to B&M anytime soon (or wanting too!). Not sure if the 240 boxes are still available? 

    Purse now has just over £40 left. Stock totals just over £80. 


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  • Coxy11
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    Some more SP purchases. A couple of L’Oréal Men Expert deodorants on offer - DH picked these up when shopping the other day so they’ve been put into stock. I also ordered a box of 6 Brita filters today - this always catches me out as a big ticket purchase, so are now a designated SP item. 

    Purse has just over £8 left now. 
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  • mandco
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    Picked up 10 boxes of cake mix reduced to 35p in sains will buy back at £1
    5 tubes of toothpaste ds likes reduced to £1.50 normal price is £9  :o buy back at £2.50 
    10 bars of diarymilk winter wonderland chocolate ds likes reduced to 60p from £2 - buy back at £1 
    £18.50 spent buy back value £31 

    1 bottle Of soap powder, 2 packs of dreamies & a lip balm purchased from stocks = £11.50 back in 

    previous balance £23.36 as didn’t add anything in for dec -£18.50 = £4.86 + £11.50 =balance £16.36 + £30 to add for Jan = £46.36 

    this year do something that scares you for courage is not the absence of fear just the knowledge that some things are worth the risk
  • Coxy11
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    It's end of month for us today being payday, so I've totted up SP stock, what we've used this past month, and what new the new totals are:

    December purse starting balance £56.61
    Items bought for stock £55.64
    Amount leftover £0.97

    Stock items used during the month £63
    New January purse balance £63.97 plus £30 for this month £93.97
    Stock balance £80.50

    Am shopping tomorrow so will buy Yorkshire Teabags and also getting another bulk delivery of loo roll from Big River site. Also need to visit H0me Bargains or B&M for laundry tabs at some point this month.



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