July Pin Money Savings Challenge

Bogof_Babe

Thanks for the idea Rebob - I just wrote a load of waffle and lost it on trying to post, so the gist of it was...... can you direct me to the free eye test thread?

Just in case it is any use to anyone else in the family who is due for one.

Rebob

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=59732 Is where I got the link to the voucher.

Rebob

Just been totting up the small multi buy reductions reduced bread etc. Another £8.35 for my vpms. Giving a total of ...... drum roll please....£87.30!!!! Cannot believe that amount in just one week!!!!!

cozzie

Way To Go Rebob:T

anguk

Just totted my savings up so far and was pleasantly surprised:

money-off vouchers = £2.48
reduced and multi-buy reductions = £2.83
money off shopping using luncheon vouchers £4

Grand total = £9.31

I've had the luncheon vouchers for a while, got them for doing a survey at Pinecone so I used them at Sainsbury's this week! Great thing was when I got home from shopping there was an email from them for another survey!

omega_2

aPMS: Mystery Shopping Income £12.60 + 2.30p in savings in car parking fees
So, July aPMS stands at: £14.90.
vPMS: £14.62 (LVs, bogofs, coupons).

anguk: it's great watching it mount up, isn't it!

Well done for a great start to the month all you PMSers out there! :T

squeaky

It's a good job I use the calculator on my phone when I'm shopping - I nearly lost some PMS!

I bought a pack of kitchen rolls on BOGOF at £1.69 and thought wahay - £1.69 PMS and then I thought nah... I wouldn't have bought those ones except for the fact that there were on offer I'd have bought a different pack and two would have cost £2.50 so that made my real saving (to my mind) 81p which still ain't bad

Then I bought a pack of six soaps for the price for four - cost £1.99 PMS £1.00

When I finished at the checkout their total didn't agree with the one on my calculator (WHICH I NEVER WOULD HAVE REALISED BEFORE) by the BOGOF amount. Soon got that one changed 'cor blimey yes indeed

Plus, since I was shopping in the Co-op I got 21p towards my dividend (which I shall be earning interest on too!) AND since I'm saving the stamps for the pyrex dishes the lass gave me a couple extra so I got a free 2/5ths of three quid off my next dish - a nice big flan dish - so the extra stamps are worth £1.20 and my shopping one another 60p

So the whole shop was £6.71 and the PMS it earned me was £3.61

Not bad

spendaholic

My PMS received a mini-boost today, mostly when my shopping order arrived. I saved £10 in coupons, which more than made up for the £5.99 delivery charge, and I saved £1.33 in BOGOFFs and special offers. Because I'm using £50 as my weekly budget, anything below that is a saving. But because I'm still not using real cash, although I am using the debit card now instead of the credit card, all pin money savings are virtual. Today's vPMS = £10.52.

Rebob

spendaholic - noticed how well you have done with the debt! Keep it up!!!

cozzie

Another Saturday, another trip to Asda.

This week however, I have started shopping for a friend who lets me keep any savings I make with coupons/vouchers as payment for my efforts. So this week I made £9.38 in Pin, but, sadly there were loads of cakes on "whoops" and I just couldn't resist, which meant I blew the budget a bit - £45.19, oopsie!