August Pin Money Savings Challenge

omega_2

brummiebabe - great start!

Another good week for both types (which goes some way to make up for a v. shaky Grocery Challenge month!).

Received £9.72 2nd income, a free freeview box (oh's colleague's emigrating and wouldn't accept any money for it!), and used £6.95s worth of coupons at the supermarket.

So: aPMS: £50.72
vPMS: approx. £53.98

brummiebabe

I'm so getting in to this now! Further VPM of £23.73 as used my Littlewoods commission to order a slow cooker! Kills 2 birds with 1 stone!! Now where are those slow cooker recipies....

Also did 1st on-line shop at Tesco 2nite , with delivery tomorrow. Some BOGOFs & other special offers. Used a voucher (£5 off) as spent only £50!! Will update tomorrow once been delivered!!

Rebob

Got a lovely suprise today. DH received £50 tesco vouchers with his wage slip through the post together with a tax rebate of £10 with him being on s.s.pay. Made more on the pin by using the vouchers to do a store cupboard type shop that with smaller fresh stuff shopping should last us a month or more! Bought giant bag of pasta, etc that does not go off. I am not doing the working out of how much I saved with buying bigger packs etc as I cannot be bothered but know that I bought more food and toiletries than I have ever done before for an outlay of £3.53! There were bags and bags of it. Dog food, loo rolls, toothpaste, 2 packs of daz on half price to dilute with soda crystals etc.

Bought a bithday gift for niece and another for a new baby in the family using paypal money from small sales on ebay too.

August virtual pin is now £94.45!!!

Really pleased that os is here to point out further savings at the moment with money so tight. Also been approved the other day for a Virgin cc to clear an old overdraft onto 0% so shall save £8 per month there too. Thanks to all!!!!!

brummiebabe

Total VPM is now....£48.22!!! Got toiletries from Boots (using Advantage Card points) saved £4.59. Tesco shop on-line, with BOGOFs, multibuys, various savings & one voucher added another £13.19!!!

BWZN93

I found £2 today! Im really pleased, I was rooting around under the chest of drawers to access the plug socket extension thingy, and it was just there. I know I havent lost a £2 coin, so someone else has, and its not in my actual pin jar.

Excellent!

Jo xx

johanne

this challenge really went out the window due to unplanned house move.. but ive been making sure i get the best bargains on all my house stuff.

However i found £5.34 in a coat i hadnt worn for a while... scrunched in a tesco reciept from March!! so must have been there since then.... and ive picked up 11p "pavement" money this month.. but i wont be putting down my figures till next month now probably.

Louisa_2

Can we start the next months challenge soon can we can we can we?

I am really fired up about this pin money malarkey and can't wait for my payday (only a virtual one unfortunately as I am on maternity leave and not getting any actual money ) so that I can start saving pins tee hee

Think I will set my target at £30 and if I manage it, it will go straight into my Christmas fund which at the moment is looking particularly sorry for itself. ie its empty.

Rebob

Deleted_User wrote:

Can we start the next months challenge soon can we can we can we?

I am really fired up about this pin money malarkey and can't wait for my payday (only a virtual one unfortunately as I am on maternity leave and not getting any actual money ) so that I can start saving pins tee hee

Think I will set my target at £30 and if I manage it, it will go straight into my Christmas fund which at the moment is looking particularly sorry for itself. ie its empty.

Why not try starting now and see how you get on? Bit of extra practice. You could keep it a virtual pin.

Louisa_2

Good point Rebob, no time like the present I suppose. With that in mind I am going to take the bus into town today instead of driving- will cost £2 return whereas the car would have been £7 fuel and £3 parking. A saving of £8 without really trying!

(although the reason I am going in is to pick up the professional photos we've just had done of our son. It was a "special" offer though so I hope I can stick to the £10 offer price without buying any others.)

Loadsabob

I've not managed to do this at all this month. I will have to start next month after all. I'm saving bits and pieces, but haven't kept track. Bits on bus fare, and getting a better deal on my cereal by looking in Iceland rather than Tesco...but nothing written down. Well done all those of you who are keeping track!