Tip number
one: VOUCHERS
These are really really handy if you like to eat out a lot,
as just by going for one meal a week can cost anywhere from £50-£70 a month
depending on where you go. Yet a lot of the big chains frequently have special
offers on where if you just print out the vouchers and hand them over, you can
instantly cut a huge chunk of your bill! These can include, BOGOF, 50% or a
cheaper set menu. Most of the biggest chains such as Pizza Express, Zizzis, GBK
etc. offer the biggest discounts and have now expanded to using mobile phone
apps, so in some cases you don’t even need to print out the vouchers!! This was
particularly handy the other day when my friend and I had planned to go to a
restaurant (and had a voucher for it) but when we got there, it had a sign in
the window saying they had unexpectedly closed early for the day and so we were
stuck as neither one of us could really afford to pay full price for a meal…we
then luckily went onto the o2 priority app and they had an offer on there for
Zizzi, where you could get two courses for £10.95, so I got a calamari starter
(£5.95) and steak and mushroom salad (£11.95) for the bargain price of £10.95,
saving me a grand total of £6.95 :) woooo.
Obviously you could save more money by just not going out,
but if you love socialising/eating at least you can save money this way :)
Tip number
two: COUPONS/CODES
So Coupons are usually printed vouchers which either gives
you a certain amount off an item or gets you the item for free, and you hand
these over at the checkout (usually in supermarkets) and they take it off the
money for you. I love to use these but many of my friends feel
ashamed/embarrassed to use them, sometimes because they’re worried about what
the cashier thinks….Having worked in a supermarket before I can honestly tell
you they really don’t care…In an average 3 hour shift I used to serve anywhere
from 100-150 people and I would struggle to remember a single one….As long as
you’re not stupid with them and try and use 100 of them etc they really don’t
mind. You can often find these in supermarket leaflets/newsletters (or in
certain supermarkets such as Sainsburys they give them out at the till) and
they really do help to take money off your bill…every little helps and all!!
Codes also work like coupons, but they’re used online…you’ll
be surprised just how much money you save just by doing a quick Google search.
Like for example, I was shopping in Dorothy Perkins and they had these gorgeous
boots which I fell in love with, but unfortunately they were out of my size and
suggested I buy them online…So I went online added them to my basket, added my
student discount which took 15% off, then I did a quick Google search for
‘Dorothy Perkins codes’ and like the third or fourth vouchercode site down had
a 20% off + free delivery code which saved me an extra £10!! Not bad for a few
minutes searching :D so every time you’re about to buy something online, if you
just do a quick search and if you find something it can save you money, and if
not all you've wasted is a couple of minutes of your time.
But yes :) these tips won’t make you rich and may sound like
common sense but you’ll be surprised just how many people don’t do some of
these things. And these tips will definitely
save you some money, especially you were planning on buying certain things
anyway :)
That’s all for now unfortunately :( but my next blog will
involve talking about another money saving tip… FREEBIES :D as well as various
other updates on my life :)
xx
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