"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Lynsey · 8 October 2016 at 8:00PM

Evening all, hope all are well.

Potted £20 from a cashback site and another £10 from myself.
That puts me on £650 and it'll be tight to get that £700. If I can pot £20 or more this week, I'll have a chance.
This time next week we should be landing in Tenerife, if the plane is on time. The € rate is rubbish though and it will be a lot more expensive. Expecting it to cost £100 more than normal.

Be lucky if you're playing the rollover tonight.
If I win on my own, I'll donate £100 to each Sealed Pot member.
Don't bank on it though.

A few more bits put away for Xmas, including a turkey breast joint reduced in Morries for just over £2. I wasn't going to do turkey, but I will now. Just need some cheap pork.

Saver-upper · 9 October 2016 at 12:43PM

Well, you know how in May we moved back into our house after the extension?Well,it has been slow getting everything back into place,but the house is really looking lovely now.My OH is a hoarder,and all his [STRIKE]rubbish[/STRIKE] precious belongings were all throughout the house.He converted the new garage himself (and it looks beautiful-I am jealous:fully insulated,cladding on the wall,laminated floor,storage) for all his [STRIKE]tat[/STRIKE] precious belongings,3 computer tables .......

As much as having his [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE] precious belongings around the rest of the house has been driving me crazy,I didn't want to just chuck it out of the main part of the house into the garage,cos that would have just made him despondent about trying to sort through it,so I have let him keep it in boxes stacked untidily around the house.Then for about the last 4 weekends he has been moving stuff into the garage,and the rest of the house is suddenly having great swathes of space re-appear after 13 months:eek:,boxes full of stuff are going into the garage and empty boxes are coming out,as well as bath-towels that have been used for 13months to stop his mountains of [STRIKE]detritus[/STRIKE] precious belongings,scratching the walls.
Meanwhile,I have been doing some decluttering.Sold an under-counter freezer for £20 :j,which has gone into my pot today.
While OH was sorting stuff out yesterday,he let me count out 3 containers full of loose change he had found while clearing out the old garage for demolition. £204 sitting right there

.He also had £6 in 50p pieces left over,so I bought those off him,and potted that as well,so £26 potted today.Really pleased I am catching up a bit in the last couple of weeks,after a couple of very lean months.

mrs-moneypenny · 9 October 2016 at 6:11PM

Evening potters
Hope everyone is as well as can be, hugs to all who need them.

Managed to put £20 in my 1p a day pot, still working on the decorating but hoping upstairs will be finished soon.

Soon be opening day really looking forward to it.ive got a figure in mind that I'd like to give dd3 for her wedding present.

MrsShazbat · 9 October 2016 at 8:19PM

Well Mr C didn't appear unfortunately - although in all honesty I didn't expect him to. But we had a great night. I used Uber for the first time ever, and also went on one of the new London buses - my first trip on a London bus for about 30 years! But my friend and I still had a good evening at Letters Live; funny and poignant, with a slightly drunk but hilarious Noel Fielding among many others. Also met some fellow fans and Twitter friends. Bit miffed with Hotels.com though, emailing me as I was on my train with better deals than the one I was getting!! Don't expect to get anywhere with it but they're going to get an email about that. Coincidentally the hotel was at the end of the road that doubles for Baker Street in Sherlock so we did the fan thing this morning and had our photos taken outside the front door of "221B".

Put a load of change from my purse into the bottle but nothing into the sealed pot.

Florence_J · 9 October 2016 at 8:24PM

Over £2 was put in the pot today.

AntoMac · 10 October 2016 at 9:18PM

£10.05 potted for the week just gone, including another 5p roadkill picked up at football. Getting close to the finishing line now.

Westie983 · 10 October 2016 at 10:10PM

Westie983 wrote: »

Still here, no potting for me as I'm currently in hospital after a operaton but good that I haven't spent anything, as meals are included,

I hope to escape tomorrow my £1 & £2 coin pot needs feeding, nearly opening time.

haha I dont remember writing this, the magical power of morphine, I have potted £2 today into my pot,

Still no money spent but meals are not included now I'm back home, not long till opening time

Westie983

Frogletina · 11 October 2016 at 1:16AM

I was able to make good savings today.

I had a voucher for £6 off a £40 shop, a voucher for 50p off eggs, and some discounted posh toiletries and posh biscuits which will be saved as Christmas presents.

When I accounted for my purchases I counted the cost before discounts.

With other money from my holding purse I have managed to pot £21 today.

frogletina

TheCatsandDogsMother · 11 October 2016 at 1:27AM

I don't do well with the heat, I nearly passed out blowing the pool up, but it was worth it now that the puppies are laying in it and not panting as much. I am holding out for the colder weather although it is an excuse to eat more ice cream.
On another puppy someone went down the street yesterday letting all the pets out. Luckily mine didn't go far but it was a shock seeing the gate wide open. Poor next door still hasn't found their pet chicken.
I've managed to pot another $10 the pot is getting very heavy now.

benten69 · 11 October 2016 at 8:22AM

Good morning all, managed to pot another £10 since my last visit. Also just been away for work and have expenses to claim. Once I get it paid back I'll be putting it all into the pot, as the money has now left my account, so won't miss it if I save it instead of spending it when I do finally get it back.

"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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