Have you saved money? Want to tell the world?

Tigerlilley1980

We savd a fortune on our wedding thnks to MSE. My wedding dress cost £65 from China and in total the whole day cost £1500.I got my flowers from Dunelm for £4.99 and jazzed them up with crystal pins. I made all my own table decorations, numbers and holders, invites etc.. It was the best day and everyone thought we had spent a fortune. We even got married at 4.30pm and didn't have a wedding breakfast and that cut the cost dramatically. Thanks MSE, Tiger x

Pn4343

My first venture out in the snow in the new year was today,11/01/2010.
Purchased Boots cleanser using Advantage card, family discount and No.7 voucher, saving £6.97 :j
Boots Optician, buy something for £5.00 get £20.00 0ff saved £20.00:j
Waitrose voucher spent in Tesco saved £10.00:j
Tesco nokia phone gave 1000 extra clubcard points possible gain of £37.00
Wow!!! Possible saving of £73.97:j:j:j:rotfl:
Thanks MSE:T

sdcards

I havn't saved any money yet.

emm1978

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I am delighted!! Thank you MSE....the letter arrived today from Alliance and Leicester refunding the £425 of bank charges I paid over a 3 month period earlier this year. I would never have persued it as fiercely if I hadn't been following the site.

I did my budget in/out spreadsheet and was pretty gutted when I saw the results ("forgot" to face up to major expenses like Christmas, insurance etc etc) but am def turing things around.

Downsize challenge in supermarkets working well, half-price vouchers for the (now infrequent) meal out, reclaiming CC charges, negotiating/bartering where I can,...

Don't know exactly how much I've saved in the last 4 months I've been really paying attention to my purse (which is THE number one thing to get in the right mindset, IMHO) but it is at least £600-800.

Thank you, thank you Martin!!!

DCR_2

Just saved £800! - changed gas & electric to same company, (npower to npower) different tariff, saving £315 and £30 cashback also house/contents insurance saving £474 (Britammia to AA).
Will tackle phones next!
As an OAP that's BIG money saving.:T
Thanks Martin

jkc_2

coming up to 900 this month
cut back on every thing
save
move to ebico lecy and gas

rictus123

Well the only thing i can save on is phone(tied until June) and van ( a wreck lol)

Martin_Roy

I have managed all expenses of my short courses by saving a little every month from my part time job's salary. Reached on this forum now , hope would get lot of tips to save and manage my money in a better ways

tomylee1

yes i save.

Fab26

My OH and I save lots of money on transport by cycling to and from work every day.
I make a menu from Sunday to Friday, so I know what to get from the supermarket (and minimize wasting food) so I cook dinner for me and my OH and make enough for lunch to take to work the next day and microwave. We treat ourselves on Fridays and Saturdays, but nothing too extravagant (or expensive!). We live with my parents and spent £200 on rent a month. It's hard sometimes because we are a young couple but we manage. It has actually made us stronger as a couple...Can't wait til get our place next year though!!:T