Wombling our way to wealth in 2018

Siebrie · 6 January 2018 at 10:37PM

We had a lot of fun on the Wombling in 2017 thread that was started by Bobarella, and I would like to keep track of my wombles again this year.

The rules are pretty flexible; for me, wombles are any products or services I get free, for others it also includes the discounts received. Found money is always a womble

Siebrie · 7 January 2018 at 10:44AM

First wombles of the year:
49 loyalty points from wombled receipts
Free-after-rebate toothpaste + cost of stamp €2,55

Siebrie · 9 January 2018 at 10:04PM

A mandarin, a banana and an orange from Reception (weekly fruit basket provided be the company) €0,60

Florence_J · 10 January 2018 at 3:23PM

Hi Siebrie, thanks for starting this.

I have wombled £125.97 already this year.

£52.43 off Amazon order using vouchers
£22.99 Free P+P and using vouchers
£40.50 saving on sale item of clothing
£0.70 special offer price saving
£7.90 free cinema ticket through volunteering
£0.70 supermarket savings
£0.75 Morrison's returned bag incentive

Siebrie · 11 January 2018 at 10:06AM

1 cent in Aldi (not a supermarket where I expected to find money on the floor!)
2 rabbits €50 (I was looking for pets for dds, and a lady in the village was giving them away for free. Last year, I only found one in a pet shop, where rabbits were sold for €25 each. Sadly, that one died within 5 weeks).

2 cans of fizzy drink from Eurostar, brought back by a colleague €1

I won't count this as a womble, but need to share my happiness somewhere

:
we have an annual maintenance contract for our central heating and hot water installation, which costs €195 (GBP172) per year. This year, because the installation is 5 years old, it needs to be audited (government requirement for all gas installations). Normal cost of audit: €149 excl VAT, cost because of maintenance contract: €40 excl VAT. Advantage: €100.
The maintenance guy replaced 2 parts, which would have cost us €450, but are free under the contract. If we had to call him out because of the defect parts, he would have charged about €160 for showing up and for the time he worked. He also gave us advice to possibly save €22 off our annual bill by making a slight change to our thermostat settings.
Total advantage: 100 + 450 + 160 + 22 = 732 - 195 (contract) = €537!! (GBP 475).

Jelllibeanz · 11 January 2018 at 2:15PM

I'm joining in as it would be good to keep a tally of exactly how much I have save so far. I especially enjoyed reading 2017's thread!

Yesterday I popped into B'n'M and picked up some bits and bobs that I can stash for birthdays and Christmas:
Huge candles reduced from £10 to £3 bought 2 = £14
Votive sets reduced from £5 to £1.50 bought 2 = £7

Y/S produce in Mr T for dinner
Fish pie mix reduced from £4.50 to £0.90 bought 2 = £7.20
Finest red potatoes reduced from £2 to £0.30 = £1.70
Runner beans reduced from £0.55 to £0.10 = £0.45
Loose broccoli reduced from £0.60 to £0.06 = £0.54

Students brought in chips for the staff to share as it's the last day of term £1.50 saved

And Mr J had a £13 refund voucher from travel company for train issues.

That makes..... £35.39
Happy days

Siebrie · 11 January 2018 at 4:11PM

Welcome!

Today is a good day for wombling: leftovers from a business lunch at the office - 5 focaccia with mozzarella/ham/bacon/salad (3 different fillings, 5 pieces of focaccia in total) + a small beetroot-lentil salad, will do for lunch tomorrow €1
piece of delicious cake €0,20
10 of these small single serve butter containers €0,50

Siebrie · 15 January 2018 at 10:47AM

free-with-voucher frozen riced cauliflower with Eastern spices/veg €1,99
23 loyalty points on wombled receipts

left-overs from a business lunch €1

Jelllibeanz · 16 January 2018 at 9:54AM

Last night I popped into the supermarket to pick up my y/s bits to top up the fridge. I ended up with two bags of produce and only a few bits that weren't y/s e.g. milk all for £26

Plus I picked up a couple of bits that had vouchers available through apps e.g. washing machine liquid was reduced from £3 to £2 as part of a special offer, but with the voucher claimed it was down to £1 for 26 washes

I did the same with a few other bits and so I now have £5 coming back to me. That made two bags for £21 and to cap it off a £48 saving!!!

Happy wombling

MoneysavingmadGem · 17 January 2018 at 12:33AM

Been staying with a friend last 2 weeks looking after them after an op so in exchange they have been feeding me!

But when I did pop to sains for milk I ended up with bagels £2 - down to 50p and teacakes £1.80 - 60p so enjoyed them as a change toasted for breakfast!

Siebrie · 17 January 2018 at 11:31AM

1cent coin on a supermarket floor
Biscuit tin with luxury biscuits as a ‘thank you’ from same supermarket (20 year anniversary) €2
Tiny pot of raisins and nuts put out by supermarket for taste testing €0,10
2 mini dried sausages from same for same €0,10
The nuts, raisins and sausages will be added to dds’ lunchboxes tomorrow

1 apple from Reception yesterday €0,20

Wombling our way to wealth in 2018

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