September Pin Money Savings Challenge

frosty

I have just finnished all my cash back offers....they are ready to post tomorrow...£3.86 cashback from pedigree chum,£2.18 from nescafe taste challenge, £1.96 jordons muesli taste challenge, £1.96 Bakers dog taste challenge,I am going to add this to my pin money for september.

brummiebabe

From shopping today: £4.71 on BOGOFs (food etc)

used £18 clubcard vouchers

got xmas pressies (pyjamas) for niece & family friend - BOGOF so saved further £4!


Virtual PIN money Grand total therefore £37.58!

Cheapskate

Only £6 toward target of £25 for this first month, but Christmas card making begins now (I sell quite a few), so things may improve soon! I've a lot of craft stuff to use up, so should do well - I hope! If anyone has any tips on how I can market cards a bit better (omega?) I'd love to know!

brummiebabe

Surprise PIN money - my son's nursery gave us a tub of kandoo wipes (which we normally use anyway) so saved around £3.50 (not sure of exact price!!) Will add to PIN money!:D

nicki_2

The other day I had to make an emergecy trip to pharmacy in Asda and I knew I would need cash to pay for the item. I withdrew £20 as I knew that what I wanted would cost at least £5 but I wasn't sure how much. It actually cost me £5.99 BUT I went shopping and had a look at the reduced sections. I ended up buying multiple packs of lipbalm (OH goes through them alot and quite often leaves them laying about - the other day he left one on the passenger seat in the car and it melted!), a new pair of gardening gloves for DD and a digging fork as I didn't have one. It all came to less than £20 so I put the change in my PIN tub.

Adding up the money in my PIN tub (and including the £13.56 refund on the credit card) we have :

Actual : £24.31
Virtual : £25.53+ (not sure of savings now...lost count!)

brummiebabe

BOGOFs/special deals/tesco voucher, all added up to £9.58 virtual PIN money today! This month's total therefore £50.66!!!:j

jo_b_2

jo_b wrote:

I'm going to join in with the PIN money challenge for the first time. I'm going to save mine up for a breadmaker! How Old Stylie is that?!

I've had a change of plan. I picked up a MR breadmaker in the Argos sale for £35 and my Mum has offered to pay for it as a birthday present for me (in Nov) so that's now up in the loft awaiting my birthday!

My pin money is now going towards the cost of a couple of meals out that I've had this month. (£38 to aim for). Any extra I will have to think of a new target!

Total Pin Money Savings so far:
Coupons: £10.81
BOGOFs: £30.90
Nectar vouchers: £5
Ciao Payment for Online Surveys: £5.50
A+L payment: £10
WHsmith Clubcard points spent: £1.18
Gift vouchers used: £17.99
Free sample of product to test: £1.96
Buying cheaper alternative products: 50p
Boots voucher: £4.50
Try Me Free cheques: £3.22

Current total is £84.56!!! :j

johanne

ive slipped this month so badly... havent been keeping reciepts or recording my savings at all.. but for the last 10 days im going to try and get back on the tracks in preperation for next month.

So yesterday i went shopping and picked up some bargains! :j

Went to Iceland and got

8 "extra large baps" for 52p down from £1.18
8 Kingsmill wholemeal barms for 39p down from 79p
small pack of fresh mince down to 50p from £1
Cucumber portion down to 17p from 35p
Bernard matthews boneless turkey joint (with pork sage and onion stuffing ) for £1.50 down from £3!

Then i used a £1 coupon in Tesco...to get 2 warbutons loaves for 28p!

Then i went to Kwik save and bought 3 lasagne.. saving 35p on multibuy offer.
Bought 8 sausage reduced to 12p! Saving 37p
And some dip was 11p reduced from 75p saving me 64p!

:j

So total pin money for yesterdays shop alone was £5.60! :money: :j

16011996

16011996 wrote:

i'm going to have a bash this month too, I'm aiming for £20 so will have to see how I get on.


woohoo upto £2.57 not stunning, but quite impressed as its only been a week. (edited to add total 6-9-5)

realised last night i'd passed £30 mark, very impressed. and yet i haven't felt i've been missing it from my purse.

squeaky

I'm getting close to twenty quid too. Would have passed it if I'd remembered to take my coupons to the shop with me last night!

:doh: