Savings Record 2008

jamtart6

Inspired by Jo_b from last year I'm going to have a pop at recording all my savings and occasionally updating this thread to keep me focused. I've got a nice spreadsheet which should keep track of all my savings.

Up to now:

• Printer Ink Cartridge reduced from £26.99 to £1.00 = £25.99 savings

• 30 free photos from snapfish = Should have been £3.99 but just 99p delivery (plus 10% cashback on Egg card and 250 piggy points) = savings overall of £3.09 and effectively paying me 149 piggy points to take them

:T:T:T

MushyPeas

Good luck with your savings diary jamtart

jo_b_2

Good luck JT - hope 2008 is a great year for you! xx :j

jamtart6

So as not to have hundreds of posts when I make a minor saving I might do a weekly update or fortnightly one and obviously the big end of year one!!!

WEEK 1 OF 52

TOTAL SPENT: £47.46
TOTAL SAVED: £60.08

Best savings: Lexmark Cartridge reduced from £26.99 to £1.00 and National Geographic Subscription (for a gift) from £41.00 to £15.00

VOUCHERS & CASH FOR MONEY NEUTRAL CHALLENGE UP TO NOW:
ARGOS: £21.72
BOOTS CARD: £127
BOOTS VOUCHERS C/O PIGSBACK: £20
OTHER BOOTS VOUCHERS: £10
CD WOW : £1
QUIDCO: £15.56
EBAY: £0
MARKS & SPENCER: £0
OTHER CASH: £5 to come from Envirophone
TOLUNA: 18'000
HMV: £0
TESCO: 114 POINTS

kittenpea

Don't know if i am on the right thread or not but I will be keeping a money saving diary for this year week 1 of 52 total money saving so far

Monthly shopping £42.00 lots of whoops offers (filled the entire freezer) total saving £150

B&Q shopping for xmas decos and fixtures, loft insulation saving £20

Buying black out blinds from argos and cutter total saving £23.97

total save for the month £193.97

WOW all that through cheeky haggling and i have applied for a cash back credit card or too!!

jamtart6

hey! you hijacked my thread! ..its ok dear come on in and have a nice cup of tea! the more the merrier!!

well done sounds like you have done really well!

I seem to owe a lot of people money from xmas ... nothing major (<£50) but I don't like owing, so I will update my January spends asap.

My biggest saving this week is taking a pint of milk to work and saving £2.50 of 5 cups of tea by making it myself instead of going to the cafe. If I work 50 weeks of the year (and boo hoo I do ) thats....£177.50 (thanks to the Demotivator Tool from Martin!) which is 0.9 weeks of work a year.

MushyPeas

Yey £177.50 not wasted, that's fantastic! :T I wonder if you could save even more pennies by buying 4 pints of milk and putting into 1 milk cartons and freezing. Er I've done that before because sometimes I go to the supermarket and they only have 4 pinters AND you end up saving a few pence per pint. Maybe I'm penny pinching tooo much? :rotfl:

jamtart6

Good idea mushy!! I had to buy tea today as my milk had gone off. Its super hot in my office, and think the mini fridge is having a hard time - so just gonna take in a bit each day then none will be waster

Just seen how much money my ISA gets each month! its so encouraging! Its going to be great to be able to put in £3600 this year instead of just £3000

getting-sorted-sarah

Hey Jamtart! What about taking a flask? Then no milk would be wasted? Or doesn't tea work like that.... I'm a coffee person!

jamtart6

i always find tea tastes funny out of flasks...but good idea!!

jamtart6

WEEK 2 OF 52

TOTAL SPENT: £140.07
TOTAL SAVED: £133.68

Best savings: Time delay facial wipes - free with a voucher at Boots (I only got the voucher on an exchange) - they are worth £3.99 and great!

VOUCHERS & CASH FOR MONEY NEUTRAL CHALLENGE UP TO NOW:
ARGOS: £21.72
BOOTS CARD: £127
BOOTS VOUCHERS C/O PIGSBACK: £20
OTHER BOOTS VOUCHERS: £15
CD WOW : £1
QUIDCO: £15.56
EBAY: £0
MARKS & SPENCER: £0
OTHER CASH: £5 to come from Envirophone
TOLUNA: 18'600
HMV: £0
TESCO: 114 POINTS
WATERSTONES: 85p
ONEPOLL: £3.60 - new this week