A few weeks ago whilst browsing Sainsbury’s (more like I left Tony to deal with Customer Service whilst I looked at pretty things), my eyes fell upon this absolute thing of beauty – a Kenwood K-mix. I will allow you to look at the photo for another moment before moving on.
I raced to get Tony to show him the ‘Mixer Of My Dreams’. And that’s when we discovered the price. The Kenwood KMX84 kMix Fire Cracker Kitchen Machine is for sale in Sainsbury’s for, wait for it…£399.99. Um.
Sigh. I absolutely adore my Kenwood mixer, but we’ve had it since I’ve been around, and I’m 25! My Dad reliably informs me that he thinks it is from the 1970s or the 1980s. Wow! I use my Kenwood so much, for making cakes, perfect icing, mashing potatoes and I’ve got fantastic attachments that grate and slice wonderfully. However, my Kenwood is old. In the last 2 years I’ve managed to break the spare Kenwood mixer, and every time I use my current one, I’m reminded of how old it is, simply by how LOUD(!!!!) it is. Whilst everyone lusts over a KitchenAid, I’m all about the Kenwood, having grown up with one. It had been vaguely in the back of my mind to start looking at a new Kenwood mixer, hoping that they’d be cheaper than a KitchenAid.
That’s where my new challenge was born! I am going to be the proud owner of a Kenwood K-Mix, even if it took me 5 years. And I wanted the Fire Cracker edition, despite the fact that the block coloured ones are cheaper. The reason I’ve chosen to stock up on Nectar points to buy this, despite it being a little (and trust me, only a little) cheaper on Amazon (but I’ve added it to my wishlist just in case), is that we’d get a staff discount in Sainsbury’s, and hopefully this would increase over the Christmas period, to a massive 20% off (fingers crossed). But that still leaves us needing a lot of money.
I decided that the best course of action, as well as continuing to earn extra money, is to start looking at ways to increase my Nectar points. I’ve done this in a variety of methods:
- Getting Tony a Nectar card on my account, so that he can earn some points on his purchases.
- Swotting up on places that give out Nectar points. You can view a list here on the Nectar website. Relevant to me is eBay, BP and of course, Sainsbury’s.
- Downloading the Nectar tool bar where you can earn 1 points for every 2 valid searches. The results displayed are great – there are no adverts above the search results, meaning that you get the results you were expecting. You can earn up to 100 Nectar points per month using this.
- Signing up to Nectar Adpoints. This is a bit more tedious – there are videos released weekly for you to watch – and you have to watch them as there are prompts throughout the video to check that you’re still watching. Once a video finishes there are often extra points to earn by answering a few questions and/or visiting the sponsor’s website. There’s a cap of 250 Nectar points per week from this, reset at 11.59PM every Sunday.
- Downloading the Nectar App and seeing the bonus offers available to me – usually buying a certain product to get extra points.
So far, so good. I’m not exactly rich, but I do have over £5 in saved up Nectar points. My Kenwood is still a long way away, but I’m determined to do whatever I can to make this beauty mine.
If you have any ideas for ways for me to increase my Nectar points then please do let me know! Is there anything in particular that you’re saving loyalty points for?
You are so good at finding all the bargains, wish I was as good!
Cxx
I have a very ancient Kenwood too! Mine was my great aunt’s and it’s still going strong (if noisy) after all these years! Good luck with your challenge.
My Nectar points are really healthy since buying dog insurance with Sainsburys and they now double everything earned, if you buy another insurance they double it again I believe.
Thanks so much for letting me know – we need to renew our home insurance this month, I’ll have to see if Sainsbury’s have any good offers