20p savers club

sweet_chicken

got another 2 today!! :j

piglet6

Yippee - it works!

Haven't seen hide nor hair of a £2 coin since joining that particular thread, though - so am very grateful for this thread as its really helping to keep me motivated...and there seem to be more 20ps in circulation at the moment!

Cheers Miseter!!

Piglet

daisykate124

I want to join to!

Will have a look in my purse and see what i have and update my signature

winkasgirl

Hi everyone - only joined last week - I love this site!

I too have saved 20p's for a few years now and save them in a little smiling frog money pot. When its full it holds about £15 and then I change them at the bank. I keep doing this until i've got about £50. We have always used them for me and hubby to go out and have a really nice meal at a lovely hotel or restaurant and its like having a free meal. Its become second nature to me now to put 20p's in my frog!

I also save my bits of change in a 3litre vodka jar (yes the vodka was lovely too). The last time we emptied it (the kids count the change) there was £121 in there and I banked it in the kids account. It's nearly full again and I will bank it again - our savings goal .......... a weekend at the Alton Towers Hotel/Center Parcs.

By doing this it encourages my boys to save their own money too. They see the 'pennies pot' as I call it, in their account, they see the interest added and get to have a 'free' holiday when we get to goal.

Does anyone else do this?

piglet6

At work for 11 hours today so no spending for me (so no new 20ps!). Like the idea of a "free" treat winkasgirl - might inspire me to try for that. At the moment, I'm not sure what I'm saving 20p coins for - want to choose something specific because I think it will mean more then (I like the idea that I'm saving £2s for my holiday spending) - ideally I'd like a "cheap-ish" treat for me (Is that greedy? Probably...!!!).

Any ideas?!

Piglet

LookingAhead

piglet6 wrote:

At work for 11 hours today so no spending for me (so no new 20ps!). Like the idea of a "free" treat winkasgirl - might inspire me to try for that. At the moment, I'm not sure what I'm saving 20p coins for - want to choose something specific because I think it will mean more then (I like the idea that I'm saving £2s for my holiday spending) - ideally I'd like a "cheap-ish" treat for me (Is that greedy? Probably...!!!).

Any ideas?!

Piglet

-How about an accessory that you normally wouldn't buy as it would seem a bit extravagant?
-Or have a manicure/eyebrow wax/<insert appropriate/desired treatment here!> by a beautician who works from home as they seem to be cheaper?
-A lovely bottle of body lotion & shower gel?
-An expensive pair of sexy knickers! :rotfl:

Personally I'm saving mine just to bank and chip away at overdraft however I really want some of the Dove "cherry blossom" (I think it was called that) shower gel that I saw in Sainsburys but I couldn't justify putting it in the weekly grocery trolley....so that may be on the cards...! Oh and for some reason as well I want some Macleans Detox toothpaste! :rotfl:

BertieMeldrew

Pls include me in. I'd like to claim backdated entry since I've been saving 20p coins for years... I have them in a one gallon whisky bottle (empty except for the coins :beer: ).

About three years ago it was around a third full and my mate counted them for me... it contained, from memory, around £300. It's now over half full so, I guess, contains £450.

However, I must confess to "cheating". I was getting a little frustrated at how slowly it was growing so a couple of months ago I also started including 10p coins!

Does that disqualify my membership or offer me just "associated" membership? Please be lenient with me

piglet6

Hiya LookingAhead

Thanks for the reply - you're right, actually - I can think of a bubble bath I fancied but refused to put in the trolley last week, so maybe I'll go for that (or maybe I'll just dream of the sexy knickers!!!!!).

I like the idea of a manicure, too (although I hate the idea of somebody charging me to file my nails, so maybe I'll save for a fancy bottle of new nail varnish and do it myself!!).

"Macleans detox toothpaste"...not seen that yet, but I'll keep an eye out for it and consider it - never say never...!!

Piglet

piglet6

Blimey BertieMeldrew - I think that awards you something akin to "God" status - £300 is amazing...the mere thought of £450 makes me bow down and worship!!!!

Including 10p coins doesn't disqualify you at all - it just reinforces your monmeysavingexpert-ness!!!

Piglet

piglet6

"monmeysavingexpert-ness" - clearly I can't spell this late at night - sorry!!!

Piglet