"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 10"

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  • Frogletina
    Frogletina Posts: 3,862
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    Fivebyfive wrote: »
    Found 50p in change in a coat i haven't worn all year last night so that is also potted

    Just two days?...I'm surprised you didn't remember leaving it there :)

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  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    HoneyBee83 wrote: »
    Good afternoon all,
    Could I be added please?

    This is my first time doing the challenge, usually I save up the lose change but always end up counting it out and putting it in the bank.
    I am aiming for the 1p extra a day...tho thinking about it, it could get difficult when I to day 200...but will see how I go.
    I believe the end amount will be £677.95 (??)so that will be my first challenge! Days 1,2 and 3 DONE. 6p saved lol

    Welcome honeybee
    Our lovely Sue will be along to give you a number for your sig soon.

    Read the first post and get potting.

    I did the same challenge that you are doing last year but after a while I decided to round up the amount I potted each week to £20 as there are some big amounts at the end of the year.
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  • iammumtoone
    iammumtoone Posts: 6,377
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    I bought my sealed pot today :j:j

    its one of those that you have to use a tin opener to get into. I have transferred all the money and added two £2 coins I had plus some pennies.

    DS keeps telling me he will find a way into it :rotfl:
  • 32b3in2013
    32b3in2013 Posts: 2,440
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    Evening

    90p potted today.

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  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,213
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    edited 4 January 2017 at 3:41PM
    HoneyBee83 wrote: »
    Good afternoon all,
    Could I be added please?

    This is my first time doing the challenge, usually I save up the lose change but always end up counting it out and putting it in the bank.
    I am aiming for the 1p extra a day...tho thinking about it, it could get difficult when I to day 200...but will see how I go.
    I believe the end amount will be £677.95 (??)so that will be my first challenge! Days 1,2 and 3 DONE. 6p saved lol
    Sounds like the penny challenge, the other way you can do it, is to write 1p - £3.65 onto paper or posit notes and then just pick one out a day, and pot that amount, by the end of the year you will have £667.95 but you don't have the worry of having to find all the higher amounts in December, as they are random, or you could reverse it by paying in £3.65, £3.64, £3.63, £3.62, = £14.54 (up to today)...

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    Just a thought.


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    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • owlet
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    Morning potters! Yesterday I potted £5 in £1 coin tin, £3+ in odd sods tin & a nice new fiver in the £5 envelope . That makes up a bit for not potting over Christmas fortnight!

    My odd sods tin is full ���� - it's a smallish tin but I'm still ridiculously happy lol. New tin in situ & now need to find somewhere to put the full tin where I won't forget in November! !!!
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  • HoneyBee83
    HoneyBee83 Posts: 361 Forumite
    Westie983 wrote: »
    Sounds like the penny challenge, the other way you can do it, is to write 1p - £3.65 onto paper or posit notes and then just pick one out a day, and pot that amount, by the end of the year you will have £667.95 but you don't have the worry of having to find all the higher amounts in December, as they are random, or you could reverse it by paying in £3.65, £3.64, £3.63, £3.62, = £14.54 (up to today)...

    Just a thought.

    Westie983

    Hi Westie983,
    That sounds like a great idea!
    I did start to wonder about sticking £3 odd in a day at the end of the year. I actually might start again and just not put in the last 4 days amounts. Thank you!!
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  • jakes-mum
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    edited 4 January 2017 at 11:00AM
    Morning Potterssssssssssssss

    Well its a miserable day down here in the south, cloudy and rainy and just ugh so i'm staying in the warm and watching Disney videos :D

    Re: the 1p a day challenge, you could do it so that you pay 1p day 1, £3.65 day 2, 2p day 3, £3.64 day 4 etc. This works out at £58.40 for the month of January, and each months savings would be roughly the same (give or take depending on number of days in the month). Anyone on quite a strict budget might like the security of knowing what they have to put aside each month :)

    DH and I have decided that we are seriously going to put our backs into the Disney saving fund now and have devised a plan of drawing out our 'going out for lunch' money at the beginning of each month (which will now be brought down to £75) and that money is for our meals out or the odd 'cant be arrised to cook, lets get a pizza' nights. Once the money in the envelope is gone we cant have any more meals out till next payday :eek: Any money left in said envelope a end of month (we're so optimistic :rotfl:) will go in the pot for Disney spending :D

    We are also looking at the food budgeting as we seem to have fallen into a bit of a blase state of mind over the weekly food shop and its not good! Obv, our budget will always be a bit higher than others as DS's bread alone costs me £6 a week BUT if I stop being a lazy moo and actually start baking again, theres no reason why I cant make his cakes and biscuits rather than paying Mr T for them!

    Now do I actually have any pennies for my pot today? . . . I do! a whole 50p in the pot this morning :D, need to sort out a coppers pot as I seem to be walking round with a large amount of coppers now since I decided not to pot them, so if I have a seperate tub and change them up every so often before putting in the big pot I get the best of both worlds :D
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  • e4rub
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    Hi potters
    Banked my first full tin today, a whopping £186!!!!! Siggy updated Sue x

    Hope you all had a nice Christmas and a good new year

    Emily x
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  • MLE007
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    Afternoon potters - plastic fiver gone in today :)
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