Where and how to get cashback and freebies

How to get Started!

  

The Main websites to get you started with and you can check regularly are:

Grocery Coupons:

http://www.supersavvyme.co.uk/tag/coupon

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/

http://beforeishop.co.uk/offers/grocery/

http://www.caringeveryday.co.uk/offers-coupons

http://newtocode.com/list-all-coupons.php

Freebies - sometimes there are coupons on here otherwise the latest freebies

http://www.magicfreebiesuk.co.uk/?srcn=news

http://www.latestfreestuff.co.uk/

http://www.freebiesiteuk.co.uk/

Paid Surveys & Product Testing:

BzzAgent: https://www.bzzagent.co.uk/ - you answer the questions and wait for an invite, you will then if chosen receive either a product to test, coupons or both 

Viewsbank: http://www.viewsbank.com/referral/777b132a you fill in surveys, mystery shopping and answer questions

Savvy Circle: http://www.supersavvyme.co.uk/ - you apply to test the product

Tesco Orchard: https://orchard.tesco.com/ - you answer the questions and wait for an invite, you will then if chosen receive either a product to test, coupons or both 

 Cashback Apps by uploading your Receipt:

These apps are available on the App Store and Marketplace, you can earn some extra money by doing your normal shopping

Top Cashback 

Clicksnap (quidco)

Checkout Smart

Shopitize

 How to use them:

1. Download the apps

2. Check what products are available for Cash back

3. Have a look online or in store for the best deal on the item (could be FREE at Asda but cost you 50p at Sainsburys)

4. Buy the exact item from your chosen store (will tell you what supermarkets are valid on the item)

5. Keep your receipt! Then open up the app when you have finished your shop and follow the on screen instructions

6. Once you've scanned the item (Shopitize) and receipt they will approve it and credit your account with them

7. Shopitize has a minimum £5 withdrawl (Paypal, BACS) and you scan your product and then upload your receipt

8. Click Snap is a monthly deposit (Paypal, BACS). 

If you are using checkoutsmart do not use clicksnap unless it is for items not on the other app as they are the same company and you will end up losing one or both. It happened to us when we first started out.

Cashback sites when shopping

Topcashback - http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/danta123?source=ps1

Quidco - http://www.quidco.com/user/624939/1823248/

Take advantage of using all you can to get a little back, that way you can get yourself or someone special a little treat, you won't get much but if your buying something anyway and you can get a little cashback for it why not?

I hope you all find this useful and that I have explained it well enough, thanks for reading much love tasha xx

July's Freebies and coupons

My husband was made redundant in June 2015 so money was a little tight, we were lucky we were prepared but things were and are still a little tight as he started his new job at the start of august 2015.

I was looking for ways we could save a bit of money on our shopping bill as in august alone it was my birthday, my daughters 6th birthday, husbands nieces birthday, we had alton towers booked and paid for and chessington booked and paid for way before hubby was made redundant (just needed petrol and food) and also school uniform for when my daughter goes back to school in September.

A post on facebook caught my eye where some people had managed to get complimentary coupons for giving honest feedback on a product or to the company itself whether it was a compliment or complaint.

It got me thinking about how I could use this without taking advantage, I thought about just doing a few companies to see what I could get to help with my bills.

I had a bad experience at Frankie and Benny's on fathers day so I put a complaint in (I won't go into the ins and outs) however they very nicely sent me a £20 voucher to use when we next visit.

I was accepted on my first supersavvyme campaign where me and my husband got to try something each I had the Braun Silk-epil 5 and hubby had the Braun Series 3 shaver.

I was accepted onto the bzzagent campaigne, where you get to try all 3 flavours of the new Jacob's cracker crisps with some coupons to pass out.

I received a few coupons allowing me to get a free product from yazoo.

I received 3 random flavour boxes of popz microwave popcorn.

A voucher to get a free pack of petit filous yogurts.

Vouchers from Tesco orchard to try the Tesco finest cheese.

Not in the picture a £5 Gu coupon and a set of goggles from zoggs (daughters broke in the first week).

We also got 2 £5 vouchers from build a bear for spending so much and having the loyalty scheme and because it was my daughters birthday we also had 2 £3 vouchers. So my daughter got £16 worth of build a bear clothes for free. You have to spend a certain amount to get the £5 voucher but my daughter had some money saved up and knew what she wanted to get.

I did find it a bit cheeky and embarrassing emailing companies asking for a freebie or a coupon but I was surprised with the generosity given, we were genuinely grateful as every little really helps at the moment.

If you havn't already take a look at bzzagent and supersavvy me for products to try and sometimes coupons and Tesco orchard for vouchers to try at Tesco, you do have some surveys etc to fill out but they are really easy and if you get something to try for it, it is definitely worth it, I have had some great stuff to trial thanks to the named companies above.

Also take a look at your loyalty cards/schemes to see if your entitled to anything or if you can build something up.

Thank you for reading, I hope this inspires you to try and save money for your family and helps you out a little bit, good luck and much love tasha xx

Birthday Sweet Cones

Birthday Sweet Cones

It was coming up to my daughters 6th birthday and we wanted to do something different, we have always done goodies bags and they have always been hit and miss if the child likes them or not, especially if the child is older than the others. So we got thinking about what we could do that also would not break the bank balance. We thought what child doesn't like sweets, yes the parents may get annoyed if their child gets hyper after eating them but once we hand the "goodie bag" or "sweet cone" over it is down to the parent if they let them have it, so we decided we would make a sweet cone based on our daughters favorites and what we thought the others would like too.

I started looking online at what I could get and straight away I found a large pack of 25 sweet cones for 99p free postage, bargain as they came with something to tie it up with too, they took approx a week to be delivered.

The next task was the sweets, we went around number shops and got them in 3 trips as we could not get everything we wanted on the first trip.

The sweets we used in order in the sweet cone were:

• Bubblegum (Blue) millions
• Smarties
• Haribo Starmix
• Rainbow drops
• Mini marshmallows
• Large marshmallows
• Frozen wrapped individual chocolate (hidden between the marshmallows)

It took us about 10 minutes to make them all up but we didn't have anywhere to put them, so I searched and I found a gift basket, we put them in the gift basket but thought there was something missing, I had a bit of curling ribbon so I added a bow around the top just to give it that little something extra.

They still looked a bit plain so I ordered some stickers with minions on which at the moment is my daughters favourite and added Thank you for coming to my party love Ebony xx. The stickers which my daughter put on really gave it that final touch and they were a big hit, every child who received one loved them. The parents were impressed too, they thought we bought them but we actually made them.

These were really easy to make and gave the party that bit of an extra touch, I will say be careful with them we did have one accident where one child hit something else with their sweet cone and millions went everywhere haha (we did offer to clean it up) otherwise a big success! 

You don't have to make these for a birthday, this could be made with your child/children just to have some fun by spending time making something with them, Easter, Valentine's day, Christmas, you could add one to your child/children's Christmas eve box if they have one or just a nice treat.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a big success with making your own sweet cones, much love tasha xx

Family Fun Day

I have been really busy lately, my daughter has done a lot with her dancing and swimming with classes as well as competitions and she is 4 nearly 5, i am so proud of her as she won her first trophy in a freestyle pair competition by coming 6th with her dance partner Josh. They did a fantastic job, it was Ebony’s first competition and Josh’s 2nd.

We took some time out and went to a family fun day, everything was free. There were bouncy castles, bouncy slides, climbing walls, free food such as candy floss, cakes, hot dogs and drinks, there was face painting, nail art and a load of other fun activities again all completely free. Ebony spent most of her time on the bouncy slides with her cousins.

There was a sumo wresting game where they had to wear proper sumo wresting outfits, it was absolutely hilarious watching them all. Well Ebony wanted a go and her cousin Jack had know one to wrestle, so they wrestled each other, a 4 year old sumo wrestling a 12 year old lmao! It was so funny, Ebony fell over before she even started, of course Jack took it easy on her and let her win sometimes as was to scared in case he hurt her but when he did take her down she couldn’t stop laughing.

We all had a great time, had our fair share of cakes and hot dogs and then some lol and then went shopping for an upcoming wedding as the dress I had ordered for Ebony wasn’t the colour I ordered and the top I ordered didn’t fit my boobs grrr! Storey of my life its either my boobs or my butt haha.

Thank you all for reading I will put the video up so you can see the sumo fight it was funny and love them both, It is great when you can have family fun, much love Tasha xxx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGb34kFwOAg