Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 11

MrsShazbat · 6 November 2017 at 11:34PM

Y'know how I was bemoaning a lack of £2s.... I was given FOUR tonight while shopping, 3 of which in the same handful of change! :rotfl: I also spotted a £1 coin roadkill in Clinton's so pocketed that as well, all of which has gone in the pot.

Saver-upper · 7 November 2017 at 1:51AM

I have set aside another £30 that I was paid today.(I am not normally paid in cash,but occasionally it happens-often with,eg,a 94yo customer not confident with online banking,or new customer who hasn't got around to settign up online payments yet).
I really am hoping to bank my SPC 10 funds,and buy new pots tomorrow,though partner is making noises about driving our car to work (because I have a day off),so I might not get to shops/banks tomorrwo afterall.We shall see.....

mrs-moneypenny · 7 November 2017 at 8:50AM

Morning potters.
I've started my new pot off, £22 of £2 coins that were in my just opened one plus added two that were in my purse so £26 potted

Lost2 · 7 November 2017 at 9:57AM

wow potters have done really well :j
and a nice new thread

Florence_J · 7 November 2017 at 11:36AM

Budgets and Bills have been sorted.

I'm out of the starting blocks with £4.92 in the tin, yahoo!

jakes-mum · 7 November 2017 at 12:20PM

Saver-upper wrote: »

Hey,Jakes Mum.Jakes Mum!Jaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkes Muuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

If anyone sees Jakes mum,I need to know.......

how did you do your potting with notes for SPC 10?I have just spent 6 hours (:eek::eek::eek::eek:) counting up my coins,recounting my coins,bagging my coins,recounting my coins,re-bagging my coins............Of course,everytime I count the final tally,it comes to a different amount.THENNNNNNNN as I was carrying my bagged up coins to put them away until I can bank them,a couple of bags spilt,so another few bags were re-packed and re-counted :eek::rotfl:.
So,do you have a holding pot where you throw the coins until you have enough to bag up and put into the bank,then exchange for notes at the bank.Do you spend coins on self-serve tils and replace the equivalent with notes from the ATM?What do I need to do?
Hours counting,the smell of dirty coins wont leave my hands,and I know the bank will give me a different SPC total than what I have declared .

I'm hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee :rotfl:

I found not potting coppers made it 100 x easier, I row up my coins in piles, everything in £1 piles except 50p and above (makes it easier to make sure your bags are correct). Bag up what I can , then with what I have left over I take the oddments to the bank too (just in case I have miss counted) and if I haven't I change up some of the oddments into other coins to make more full bags.

Sooo, this year I had £9 odd in 20p's so I changed up some of the extra 10p's I had into 20p's to make another full bag

I am lucky that Barcla*ys will take all my change in one go and are happy to swap up one coin for another to give me as many full bags as possible

I do make sure I don't go down there at lunchtime though :rotfl:

siju · 7 November 2017 at 2:03PM

How lovely this new thread is.....lots of old 'faces' and many new ones too

Many thanks to you Sue-UU for all your continued hard work. I've just spent some time catching up with all the posts, things are moving quickly.

In potting news I have £5.30 to pop in my pot today. Have a good week everyone. :j

charlies_tribe · 7 November 2017 at 2:28PM

Could I join you all please?

Years ago when we just had the 1 or 2 children little, our change pots used to cover their Christmas. Now we have the 5, 3 of them being teens, I don't think the change pot this year would buy them all a selection box each.

I've got a metal, tin opener tin somewhere, will find it out until my big jar has been emptied of this year's money.

Sue-UU · 7 November 2017 at 3:10PM

Just to take me to the top of the next page because of a couple of problems.

20p for the pot!!

Sue-UU · 7 November 2017 at 3:15PM

We are delighted to have you with us, charlies tribe. A VERY warm welcome to you! It's lovely to have you with us. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoying the banter. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on the 3rd post of page 1. Please read through post 1 as it'll let you know exactly what to do with the challenge. PS. We always empty our pots and declare our savings in November, please make a note of this year's date: 1st Nov 2018.

Please also subscribe to the thread by clicking on "Thread Tools" (lower green bar) and clicking "Subscribe to this thread"...or you may lose us! To put your SPC No on, go to "Quick Links" (right side of top green bar), click and then click on "Edit Signature" and you're away.

*Please pop your number on your sig, it really helps me.

Good morning all SPCers, have a really good Tuesday - if you can get free of this rain!! Keep popping onto SPC 11 SPCers as it makes such a huge difference to us all!! :dance:
To all those SPC members who aren't well or who are low in any way, here are some {{{{hugs}}}} to help you through and get you well soon. :grinheart

It sounds as though you've got everything planned for your potting, get-me-outta-this-mess, all the very best with it. For Heavens sake keep a lookout for people and posts when you’ve got your head down looking for roadkill!!!!!!

helsbell wrote: »

Sorry to be a pain, but I think I might be No. 062 already.

That’s fine helsbell, I’ll remove the latter one but please don’t forget, it's the original No 062 that you are and where you will be staying! Am I right in thinking you also go under the name of get-me-outta-this-mess? If so, which is your current CORRECT USERNAME?! It's imperative we have you listed correctly under one name!!!!

Yes, I understand what you mean, mrs-moneypenny, and yes, I remember your Daughter’s Wedding being saved for and I can understand with the cost of Weddings why you didn’t include that, but I just wanted you to be able to include your overtime for your kitchen into your SPC savings as the others do. Still, if you’re going to put on your siggy every so often you will then include it when you declare!!! Brilliant! BTW. A cracking sum saved already - in £2 coins too!!!! :j Jakes-mum will be seeing red!!!! :rotfl:

An excellent find with the £1 found in Cl!ntons, MrsShazbat!!! Great news about the 4 x £2 coins too, there you are you see - it’s not always jakes-mum alone who gets them!!!!!! :j

Not to worry if you’re unable get to the bank until tomorrow, Saver-upper, just be sure to keep it safe! Well done with the £30 saved already!!! :j

Hiya Lost, lovely to see you over here on SPC 11! What’s this then no cash....?! :cool:

So pleased to see you’ve got your budget and your bills all sorted, Florence, so you’re away with your savings now, very well done!!

It sounds to me as though you have all businesses in your town wrapped around your little finger, jakes-mum!

Thank you so much, siju, you're so very kind. Very well done with your potting!

Sue xx

Opening date for SPC 11 will be 1st November 2018

Anyone wishing to join us, it's NEVER too late, so please just ask, you'll be made very welcome.

Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 11

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