My Over 50's Spending Diary
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Beres Hammond Album CD Never Ending from eBay for £11.16 including P & P costs. Usual selling price is £20.98 so I saved £9.82 (9th Nov)
Free Metro and Evening Standard newspapers (11th Nov) £1.20
Lidl Bargains: (12th Nov)
4 X Cien fragrance free facial wipes at 45p each compared to a similar product from Poundland I saved myself £2.20
2 X Cien Herbal Bath Muscle Ease 750ml and 2 X Cien Herbal Bath Stress Relief 750ml at 55p each compared to 6 X Radox bath 500ml from Poundland, I saved myself £3.80
A punnet of white seedless grapes on offer for £1.24 compared to buying them from Tesco, I saved myself 76p
I used my Groupon voucher for a Caribbean 2 course meal with a cocktail for me and my daughter at Leilani restaurant and Lounge Bar which cost me £23 which saved me £44.80 on the menu total of £67.80 (12th Nov) :T
Free Evening Standard newspaper (12th Nov) 60p
My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £26.84 this week (14th Nov)
Boots Online Order Bargains: 14th Nov :T
2 x Boots Tea Tree & Witch Hazel foaming face wash 150ml on buy one get the 2nd half price offer at ££4 each, saved me £2
3 X Equazen Citrus Liquid 200ml on 3 for 2 offer at £12 each, saved me £12
4 x Dove Eseential Nourishing body lotion 250ml on half price offer cost me £9.36 and saved me £9.40
I received my £140 Warm Home Discount payment from my energy supplier today (14th Nov) :j:D
I bought a new Van Dal Black leather with white leather piping handbag from eBay for £15.39 including P & P costs and saved myself £64.61 compared to buying this handbag from the Van Dal website. (14th Nov)
Free Metro and Evening Standard newspapers (14th Nov) £1.20
Lidl Bargains: 14th Nov
2 X Cien Herbal Bath Muscle Ease 750ml and 2 X Cien Herbal Bath Stress Relief 750ml at 55p each compared to 6 X Radox bath 500ml from Poundland, I saved myself £3.80
4 X Cien Handwash 500ml at 65p each, compared to similar from Poundland I saved myself £1.40
Current Total = £8899.800 -
Great Lidl bargains.0
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sugarbaby125 wrote: »Chanie, it will not be long now before I can get even more Lidl bargains once the new Lidl store is completed in Camberwell
Lidl are taking over the world. Every spare plot of land in my area is being turned into a Lidl. A shop down the road shut a few month ago and I joked to OH that I bet it would be a Lidl. And lo and behold, it’s going to be Lidl.
At least it will be easier for you with a local store, sugar.0 -
Hi Chanie,
I do not mind if Lidl stores keep on opening throughout the UK. They are giving savvy customers what they want.0 -
Free Metro newspaper (15th Nov) 60p
My new Dell Inspiron laptop was reduced from £429.99 to £349.99 which saved me £80 (16th Nov) :j:D:T
Current Total = £8979.800 -
2 hopper bus journeys (10th Nov) £1.50
5 hopper bus journeys (11th Nov) £3.75
6 hopper bus journeys (12th Nov) £4.50
5 hopper bus journeys (14th Nov) £3.75
4 hopper bus journeys (15th Nov) £3
I bought a hardback book for myself from Poundland and saved myself £11.99 (18th Nov)
I bought myself a pair of Van Dal black with white piping patent leather sling back peep toe sandals from Van Dal UK. They were reduced from £70 to £29 and delivery was £4.95 but I got a 15% discount on this order as it was my 1st order of £4.35. I saved myself £40.40 (18th Nov)
3 hopper bus journeys (17th Nov) £2.25
Free Metro newspapers (18th & 19th Nov) £1.20
1 hopper bus journey (19th Nov) 75p
I heeled & soled my black leather Van Dal ankle boots and my local shoe mender gave me a £2 discount (18th Nov)
My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £31.27 this week (21st Nov)
1 hopper bus journey (20th Nov) 75p
Current Total = £9087.510 -
I saved £11.95 when I book a day return ticket to Andover, using my Disable Rail Card (22nd Nov)
I bought a 3 year Disabled rail card for £54 saving me £6 on the cost of 3 x 1 year disabled rail cards = 3 x £20 (22nd Nov)
My son in law bought me a savoury pastry and a Belgian bun (22nd Nov) £3.70
I bought myself Black Ballad Premium 12 months membership which is £69 compared to 12 monthly payments of £6.99 saving me £14.88 then I used a 40% off code on the £69 which saved me a further £27.60 so the year's membership only cost me £41.40. (23rd Nov)
As a Black Ballad Premium member I got a free ticket worth £20 to the Black Ballad & Nars Beauty event (23rd Nov)
Free Metro & Evening Standard newspapers (22nd Nov) £1.20
2 hopper bus journeys (22nd Nov) £1.50
I got a ticket to see A Christmas Carol for £10 which was worth £90 saving me £80 (25th Nov) :j:D:T
2 hopper bus journeys (23nd Nov) £1.50
6 hopper bus journeys (25th Nov) £4.50
4 hopper bus journeys (27th Nov) £3
I used a Groupon for a 2 course Caribbean meal with cocktails for 2 people at Leilani restaurant & Lounge Bar which cost me £23 saving me £44.80 on the menu prices for the meals and cocktails for my son and I. (26th Nov)
I got Delay Repay compensation from South Western Railway of £2.91 (28th Nov)
I used my Groupon for a Chiquito 2 course tex mex meal for 2 people which cost me £24.95 which saved me £21.51 on the menu price of our meals (27th Nov) My daughter paid for our drinks £9.98 and gave the waiter a £5 tip
I found 2p roadkill on my Housing Association Estate (27th Nov)
I saved £12.50 this month on my Talk Talk landline, fibre broadband and TV package (27th Nov)
My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers & price reductions saved me £55.18 this week (28th Nov) :T
Current Total = £9426.180 -
I got a ticket to see A Christmas Carol for £10 which was worth £90 saving me £80 (28th Nov) :T
3 hopper bus journeys (28th Nov) £2.25
Free Food I got at Blackfriars Vocal:
2 slices of sponge cake, 2 large sausage rolls, 2 butter scones, 1 cheese topped roll, 1 Belgian pastry, Large chocolate chip muffin, 2 small sponge cakes and 1 extra large cookie. I will claim £13.10 for this free food (29th Nov)
2 X boxes of Matchmakers from Poundland for 75p each compared to buying them on offer from Tesco at £1 each, I saved 50p (29th Nov)
Lidl Bargains: (29th Nov):
Sweet & crunchy salad 51p compared to Tesco for 79p I saved 28p
San Marzano tomatoes £1.39 compared to Tesco Finest tomatoes for £1.50 I saved 11p
Mixed peppers £1.22 compared to Tesco for £1.29 I saved 7p
A punnet of red seedless grapes 500g £1.24 compared to Tesco for £2 I saved 76p
2 X 30 metres of strong kitchen roll for £1.99 each = £3.98 compared to Tesco own brand at £3.40 each, I saved £2.82
75 metres of cling film for £1.19 compared to Tesco own brand for £2.50 I saved £1.31
3 X Cien Handwash 500ml for 59p each compared to a similar product from Poundland, I saved £1.23
Free Evening Standard newspaper (28th Nov) 60p
Free Metro newspaper (29th Nov) 60p
3 hopper bus journeys (28th Nov) £2.25
3 hopper bus journeys (29th Nov) £2.25
1 hopper bus journey (30th Nov) 75p
I watched 11 films in November at Odeon cinemas in London. The tickets would have cost me £137.50 minus the month's Odeon Limitless subscription £19.99 I saved myself £117.51 in November (1st Dec) :j
I bought myself 2 hardback books from Poundland which saved me £23.98 (2nd Dec)
Free Metro & Evening Standard newspapers (2nd Dec) £1.20
Free Metro newspaper (3rd Dec) 60p
Current Total = £9678.950 -
Lidl Bargains: (3rd Dec)
Chef Select chicken chow mien reduced from £1.89 to £1.32 I saved 57p
2 X Cien hand wash 500ml 59p each = £1.18 compared to a similar hand wash from Poundland which saved me 82p
5 X Large bananas 88p compared to the same from Tesco for £1 I saved 12p
Chef select chicken jalfrezi & pilau rice ready meal £1.79 c0ompared to Tesco own brand (3 for £6 offer) I saved 21p
Groupon Bargains: (4th Dec) :T
Slumberdown single 13.5 tog duvet for £13.69 including P & P costs compared to the usual retail price of £28.99 I saved £15.30
Perivale Double 5 piece bed set for £10.97 including P & P costs next cheapest on eBay for a similar set £18.99 I saved £8.02
2 x Men's Fuerdanni leather wallets in coffee and blue for £9.99 including P & P costs reduced from £80 to £8 saving me £72
Max Factor 3 piece make up set including Mascara, eyeliner and eye shadow brush for £13.98 including P & P costs current retail price on Boots for the mascara is £10.99 each, for the eyeliner is £4.99 each and the eye shadow brush on eBay is £2.59 each = £37.14 saving me £23.16
6 X Epsom salts for £6 from Poundland compared to from my local chemist for £1.99 each, I saved £5.94 (4th Dec)
I Bought 3 X Dove Essential Nourishing body lotion 400ml worth £18.87, 2 X No7 make up sharpeners worth £9.90 and a free No7 Festive Treats set worth £26 using my Boots Advantage points so I saved myself £54.77 (4th Dec) :T
Free Metro & Evening Standard newspapers (3rd Dec) £1.20
4 x Neutradol gel from Poundland £4 compared to buying thm from Tesco at £1.75 each I saved £3 (5th Dec)
I bought 6 issues of the magazine Red for £10 saving me £19.95 and I got a free £10 Marks & Spencer e-gift card (2nd Dec) :T
My Weekly Online Grocery Shopping special offers and price reductions saved me £49.03 this week (5th Dec) :T
I bought 6 Chinese ready meals from Morrisons currently on offer at £2 each usual price is £3 each saving me £6 (5th Dec)
2 hopper bus journeys (2nd Dec) £1.50
1 hopper bus journey (3rd Dec) 75p
3 hopper bus journey (4th Dec) £2.25
1 hopper bus journey (5th Dec) 75p
2 hopper bus journeys (6th Dec) £1.50
2 hopper bus journeys (7th Dec) £1.50
I bought 2 X Cadbury Roses pouches from Morrisons currently reduced from £4 each to £2.50 each, saving me £3 (6th Dec)
I bought 6 X Epsom Salts from Poundland £6 compared to buying them from a local chemist for £1.99 each, I saved £5.94 (9th Dec)
Groupon Bargains: (8th Dec) :T
Double Slumberdown 13.5 tog duvet £13.69 including P & P costs usual retail price is £28.99 I saved myself £15.30
10 X Maybelline nail polishes for £8.24 including P & P costs compared to usual selling price of £39.90 I saved myself £31.66
4 X Bourjois lipsticks £7.54 including P & P costs compared to buying them for £2.99 each from eBay I saved £4.42
Calvin Klein Obsession for Men 125ml £19.99 including P & P costs compared to the usual retail price of £40 I saved £20.01
Current total = £10,037.620
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