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Wednesday 13/02/08 What small dfw thing have you done today???
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Hi,
DFW things for today:- Found 2p
- Woolworths – collected 2 x free 100g pks of cadbury’s mini eggs.
- Boots
Used vouchers:
100 points when you buy any boots cold & cough range (health club mailing)
£5 off no7 pc voucher
£5 off no7 pink voucher
free highlighter voucher
TOTAL TO PAY £7.94 and got GiftWithPurchase and 124 points back- Collected Bounty family essentials pack
- Used £1.80 in non store specific mocs
- Found 2 Tesco offer leaflets left in trolleys and used 2 x 75% off tesco coupons for Persil Non Bio 3kg (paid £1.49 each)
- Also used 75% off robinsons barley drink – paid something like 28p. (Asked at customer services and till if they had any more Tesco leaflets and was told no/ all gone yesterday.)
- Gave one of the Persil Non Bio 3kg to my mum (she always give me stuff)
- Got a till spit for 25 points when you spend over £1.20 on carbonated drinks
- Got 1 receipt with points added at customer services.
- Put washing on at 30 deg and hanging inside to dry
- Put a 40 deg wash on just to clean out the washing machine since I’ve not done it since we got the washing machine in May last year (well I put in one teatowel).
- Packaged and posted off ebay item sold last night.
- Got a cake tin from my mum as she isn’t going to use it (she got it from our cousin who was clearing out stuff before she left from her student accommodation).
- Got 2 x £4 booklets of Pinecone vouchers in the post.
Tesco points: 101 (£21.50, £19.50, £7.50, £21 & £5)
Boots points: £0.28
Pigsback points: 715 (4 xBoots£10 & 1 xPizzaHut£10, 2 x £10 clothing vouchers)
Mutual points: 3417 (redeemed 8250)
Rpoints:redeemed 28925 points)Cashbag:£8.91(£20)0 -
I have
- got form signed for hospital fund, should be £39 coming my way soon
- got £118 tax rebate
- going (possibly) for 2 for 1 meal in pizza express
- bought myself a new dress, but got student discount on it and justify it by the tax rebate, however, I didnt spend loads of money on my little boy, even thoough I got as far as the queue with the very cute clothes.0 -
i have eaten the food i batch baked on sunday.
i will update my online banking
i will tidy up so that i won't feel annoyed and try and spend money
had a NSD
will make OH valentines card and pressy tonight from stuff in the house0 -
I have:
Won £10 on bingo using a free bet;
Bet another £10 free bet on Rangers winning tonight (hmmmmm);
Done the piggies;
Gained 87 extra clubcard points using someone's crumpled receipt;
Eaten 1 baguette all day as it's two days till pay day!Almost debt-free, but certainly even with the Banks!0 -
Checked online banking
Tried Asda to see if it was cheaper than Tesco for weekly shop
Paid credit card minimum payment early (gets debt down quicker)
Checked to see if any surveys need doing (sadly none)
Stuck to my shopping budget in AsdaFinally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS0 -
bathgatebuyer wrote: »I have:
Eaten 1 baguette all day as it's two days till pay day!
You should have brought the Daily Record today as there was a voucher for a free softie or something from Greggs.
Tesco points: 101 (£21.50, £19.50, £7.50, £21 & £5)
Boots points: £0.28
Pigsback points: 715 (4 xBoots£10 & 1 xPizzaHut£10, 2 x £10 clothing vouchers)
Mutual points: 3417 (redeemed 8250)
Rpoints:redeemed 28925 points)Cashbag:£8.91(£20)0 -
Well i am on roll just now - well today anyway....Today I ......
Charged my phone at work
checked online banking to discover that my cheque from phone book delivery had cleared :j
Sold a book on amazon
sold a pair of shoes on ebay
took OH for a job interview - 3 weeks unemployed and nobody wants him :mad:
got my quote for Tesco home insurance which will last till mid May :j
Made an appointment at the dentist for next week since my free treatment ends the following week
done clicks
And something that isn't DFW, I volunteered to collect/issue for the Marie Curie Daffoldil campaign one saturday next month at my local super market.:AOfficial DFW nerd no 551 - proud to be dealing with my debts
Debts as of March 2014
Nationwide - £5745, Overdraft - £350,
Debts as of January 2015
Nationwide - £4997, Overdraft - £0:j0 -
I use the bags from the shopping for rubbish instead of buying black bags..thats a few quid a year0
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I have listed a few more things on ebay, have 83 items on at the minute, and 14 on amazon0
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