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Sealed Pot Challenge!!
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i cant wait to start this challenge!!
probably because of the fact that my purse is for once full to the brimm of a load of silver coins i cant even remem how i got sooo many??!! :rolleyes: lookin foward to saturday. :j and am also goin to go looking for a car as i spend far too much money on taxis and public transport. and i am fed up with waiting around like today i called a taxi said it would be 10 mins...15mins later i ring back they say yeah its jus round the corner its a vauxhall or woteva. BUT that was a complete lie!! another 15mins later a completely diff car turns up and then i have to give them £7.50 of my money!! its annoying when this sort of thing happens everyday! :mad: Due to budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel will be switched off.
Debt free Olympic challenger No.11
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I want to join too - I have a coppers pot, but I always forget to add to it until there's no room left in my purse for anything else! I'll try and turn this into a new habbit!
My aim will be to buy ALL of my christmas presents with whatever is in the pot. Anything left over? I'll spend the year thinking of something!0 -
Glad more ppl are joiningSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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I'm up to £30.08 :T.0
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babes21 it doesnt start till saturday lolSealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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Count me in and I'll aim for £100
Now I'm off to make a papier mache (sp?) pig pot out of a balloon so it sets on time and cannot be opened. Might even have a 'paint the pig' day.I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
Frugal living challenge - living on little in 2026 while frugalling towards retirement.0 -
I'll join!
Have one I can open at the moment, which is mainly used for my current project of living on X £ a day and putting what's left over in the piggy. Works nicely as a way of keeping my budget (making me wait a couple of days before buying small non-essentials so I've 'saved up' for it and can take the money from the piggy), but not very good for actual piggy-saving
I'll get a tin one, probably.
Goal: I'll save until it's full and then be pleasantly surprised
- Gryster
(Sneaking in from Norway because this forum seems so nice and useful)
Sealed pot challenge: 1/12-07 - 1/12-080 -
Great - Shall get my pot tomorrow and use it to treat my mum when she visits in Jan 2009 from Oz - Thanks :rudolf:0
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What a great idea, it should help with the cost of christmas next year, count me in.:j :j :j :j :j
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I just ordered me 450pound hight street vouchers from park for next xmas Sealed Pot dec 08 - dec 09 so far £27.67, Live off £4k Spent £330.20 GC £1,200 for 2009 Spent £50.78 PaD so far £650.07Debts: L/woods £154.00 C/One PAID O/D £649.90 Next £299.95 O/D PAID Gas £72.60 Electric £155.73 Mum £640.00 Orange £490.320
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