Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Earn/Save £2018 in 2018 - April

This month has been a much more challenging month in terms of saving/earning more money. Nevertheless, I persevered and managed the following savings/earnings:

1) I saved £23 this month, using vouchers for money off grocery shops at Tesco once again.

Money saved at Tesco this month - £23.

2) We didn't travel north this Easter to visit relatives for one reason or another. We therefore saved money on purchasing Easter eggs.

Savings on Easter gifts this month - £20

3) I sold several more items on eBay this month.

Total eBay earnings (after fees/postage) - £22.56

4) I managed to save some money on a 3 for 2 offer at Boots this month.  I needed some concealers, but was horrified to find that they've discontinued the Seventeen range, which were my favourite. I had to choose some alternatives, which were cheaper and one range offered 3 items for the price of two, so I saved £1.99. I just hope I like the products or it wasn't actually a saving at all. That's two ranges of concealer that I liked that have now gone out of production.  I'm not having much luck with this lately.

Money saved on Boots offer - £1.99

5) I bought a few plants at B&Q on a day when they had 20% off all outdoor plants and saved £2.28 and also saved a further £8 by buying some dahlia and peony tubers on clearance.

Total saved at B&Q - £10.28

6) I saved money on groceries using Waitrose money off £50 grocery shop vouchers as well this month.

Total money saved at Waitrose - £10.00

7) I saved £3.50 when I purchased two vegan lipsticks at Superdrug's Pop Up Vegan Beauty shop this month.  To be honest I didn't even know they were on offer when I bought them, so this was a bonus.

Total money saved at Superdrug this month - £3.50.

When added together these savings come to a total this month of  £91.33 and when added to the total so far this year of £596.92, the new current total on this challenge to date is £688.25.

As I expected, savings/earnings this month were not as good as in previous months, but I'm still just about on target and still plugging away, saving where I can.

6 comments:

  1. Great Post! Keep up the good content!

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  2. You are doing very well.

    God bless.

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    1. Thanks Jackie, but it is getting harder. If I get to £1000 this year I'll be happy.

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  3. Another good post, think back to last year, when you were posting of your overspends each month, you have come so very far. I am finding I can save simply by not being in any shops, but now I have stopped working I do find it easier to resist.

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    1. Thanks Marlene, it's true, when I look back there was a lot of very serious overspending. I can see that progress is being made and it's very satisfying.

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