Sealed Pot Challenge 2 "The Return"

Sue-UU

A very warm welcome to the thread and to MSE ATWHITZEND!!! I do hope you'll soon get your finances back on track after the BR. Good to 'meet' you. Enjoy yourself on here as soon as you're able to save. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on post 1 of page 1, read through posts 1 & 2 as it'll help you with queries.

sparky0107 wrote:

Sue, have you tried throwing your 'puter across the room? It doesn't fix it but it sure feels good, when the darn thing is playing up :rotfl:

I'm getting close to that sparky! I defragged it today and ran the AV but nothing. The defrag seemed to help for a while but then the problem came back again and if I'm writing an e-mail the blessed cursor takes off on a trip, taking words, sentences with it while they shoot into oblivion!!!! My advice to you way back about kicking it often goes through my mind, but as yet am refraining - in case I hurt me blooming foot!!!! :rotfl:

snickers0607 wrote:

I love this challenge - I am so proud of myself for not wasting money in January and saving it - thanks everyone for the chat and keeping me motivated - I really appreciate it :T

That was so good to read snickers, keep it up!!:j .....Well done on your great achievement Kel, that took real determination and willpower! :TGood luck with the future for you all! .....Many congratulations on baby William's arrival rara!!! :jReally good news Rachel! Thanks for letting us know now things are calming down a bit for you. Take good care. Congratulations to you on young Aiden too Pips Mum, I hope you're feeling much better now!. .....Well done on your win Skippycat! A good idea on how you've invested it!:D.....Glad you're ok now Surfbabe! I've also got UA thyroid and mine's been up the creak a lot lately, though Doc has no idea why.:( I'm uk based, just had the PC playing me up terribly lately, though I do suffer a little with insomnia. Don't worry I can cope with nosiness, but we'll use the words curious and caring instead though!;) You be sure to look after yourself!! .....Good to see you again WER, don't worry about how little you put in, it all helps and is better than nowt! There are always great benefits to having NS days, I usually have 6 per week unless it's once or twice for odds at the village shop, so you're not alone.:D ....Great idea re fining yourself for thrown away food Flat Eric! .....In answer to your question rancid, I don't keep any note of money saved as I like the surprise, but each to his/her own!

Have a good, and hopefully profitable where possible, week everyone. Some of us are saving high amounts, some quite small or not at all, but whatever you save, it's something you wouldn't have had otherwise, so be proud whatever you get! :T


Sue PS. For any new friends wishing to join us, please just ask and I'll be with you ASAP.

xxbabyxflutterbyxx

Thanks SUE and other people that have been so supportive about my "past" it really helps make me feel better when somebody actually acknowleges me in a good way, it always feels like everything is negative, so thankyou x

As far as the pot is concerned, nothing in for today but paydays tomorrow and Tuesday so I am hoping for the odd coin or two.

x

sparky0107

Morning everyone,
Hope everyone is well this morning, and from reading some of your posts I can see some have had good news!

Pips mum, CONGRATULATIONS on the arrival of baby Aidan :j , yet another addition to the MSE/sealed pot family, hope you teach him from an early age to be good with dosh lol

Moneysavingfamilycomp, brilliant news of your windfall, make sure you find your CD's and brush up on your Italian, if I was going the only word I would need is vino lol :rotfl:

Hales, well done on your first road change find, hopefully the first of many, the trick is to follow school kids, but not look like a stalker lol :rotfl:

Sue, hope you get your 'puter sorted out soon, it's very annoying when technology doesn't work the way it's supposed to :mad: , I can't believe they're still banging on the door wanting to join our gang, we must be doing something right!

sparky0107

Peter Kay One Liners


2) When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.

3) I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

4) I was doing some decorating, so I got out my step-ladder. I don't get on with my real ladder.

5) I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

6) A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Bypass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened criminals.

7) Well I was bullied at school, called all kinds of different names. But one day I turned to my bullies and said 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me', and it worked! >From there on it was sticks and stones all the way.

8) My Dad used to say 'always fight fire with fire', which is probably why he got thrown out of the fire brigade.

9) S*x is like playing bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.

10) I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?'
I said 'No, six should be enough.'

11) If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?

12) I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

13) You know that look women get when they want s*x? No, me neither

14) Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

15) I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

16) Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before

PETER KAY'S UNIVERSAL TRUTHS

1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.

2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.

3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronised with a complete stranger.

4) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.

5) You're never quite sure whether it's against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden.

6) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.

7) You never know where to look when eating a banana.

8) You always feel a bit scared when stroking horses.

9) The smaller the monkey the more it looks like it would kill you at the first given opportunity.

10) Every bloke has at some stage while taking a pee, flushed half way through and then raced against the flush.

11) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee.

12) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.

13) Old ladies can eat more than you think.

14) You can't respect a man who carries a dog.

15) Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has had their arm broken by a swan.

16) You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir paint with.

17) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

SOME GREAT QUESTIONS BROUGHT TO YOU BY PETER KAY


1) Why does your gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed?

2) If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?

3) Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

4) Is it possible to brush your teeth without wiggling your bottom?

5) Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say, 'My name is Peter and I am an alcoholic'?

6) Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?

7) Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

8) Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries' have a 'use by' date?

9) Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp no one would eat?

10) Is French kissing in France just called kissing?

11) Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out'?

12) What do people in China call their good quality plates?

13) Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

14) What do you call male ballerinas?

15) Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?

16) If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

17) If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

18) Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure.

frenchconnection200

Excellent Monday morning humour Sparky and all so true.
After not having a sniff of a £2 coin for a couple of weeks ended up with 5 this weekend so that's £10 in the pot.
Must confess I nearly cracked this weekend and started to remove the tape that's ensuring its sealed, 10 year old DS asked me what on earth I was doing and that stopped me in my tracks. Can't resist peering through the slot though!!

sparky0107

frenchconnection200 wrote: »

Excellent Monday morning humour Sparky and all so true.
After not having a sniff of a £2 coin for a couple of weeks ended up with 5 this weekend so that's £10 in the pot.
Must confess I nearly cracked this weekend and started to remove the tape that's ensuring its sealed, 10 year old DS asked me what on earth I was doing and that stopped me in my tracks. Can't resist peering through the slot though!!

frenchy,
I hope you know that stunty and I have been handing out lines and making people stand in the naughty corner, for daring to open their pots lol , good for you on the £2 coins, I haven't had any for about a week now

frenchconnection200

sparky0107 wrote: »

frenchy,
I hope you know that stunty and I have been handing out lines and making people stand in the naughty corner, for daring to open their pots lol , good for you on the £2 coins, I haven't had any for about a week now

It was the thought of the naughty corner that made me reseal my pot!! Plus the look of disgust on DS's face helped.

Greenbynature

Morning all
another £1 in the tin today!

xxbabyxflutterbyxx

Morning! Another £1.20 in the pot this morning (still have the £3.50 to replace tomorrow that OH used :@) Also had a sale on Ebay yesterday so made about £6 after P&P woop!

ATWHITZEND

Thank you to moneysavingfamilycomp and to sue-uu for making me feel very welcome. I look forward to speaking to you real soon.