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"Sealed Pot Challenge 3"

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  • cydney65
    cydney65 Posts: 830 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Stoptober Survivor
    edited 6 December 2009 at 7:36PM
    Thanks for my number Sue :T

    Have converted the coffee jar to a sealed pot with the aid of a drill, a screwdriver, a pair of scissors and some duct tape yay :j very MSE :money:

    Some odds and ends in the pot from the purse today, while trying to sort out the refund for the xmas dinner I had organised for the neighbours, before the floods put paid to it! I'm trying to get a better grip on my money but I've found it really difficult with the refund cheque going into my account. I keep losing track of my real balance-daft or what :o. I'll be glad when it's all sorted.

    Onwards and upwards

    CydneyX
    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 no. 15 £0/6949
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Sod it, going to put my tenner I won from the lottery into my sealed pot (well it's a VW campervan money box!) as well as the spare change I've just found in the bottom of my bag. So that's £13.29 added to the pot now!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • Anothe £2.04 for me todey :T I reckon I am over a tenner already - woo hoo, makes my £500 target look a bit more realistic.
    £34,547 (Dec 07); Current debt: £zilch (Debt free December 2010)
    Sealed Pot #389 (2010=£133)
  • teeni
    teeni Posts: 1,193 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi All I am back for this year, was very pleased with last years attempt and saved £210.09

    Hope to beat it this year.
  • Hi there, can i join this year please. I would like to aim for £500 for Christmas 2010 xx
    Wins in 2013 - Jan - Heinz No Noise Ketchup.
  • keza
    keza Posts: 1,311 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Hi all! i put £4.40 in my pot over the weekend - change from a visit up town xmas shopping! regent street was RAMMED!!!!:eek:

    Havent really been out since as have a stinking horrible head cold :( had it since friday nite and still getting worse, hopefully it will turnaround tomoro!

    Hope everyones ok!! xxx
    Current Mortgage balance - £363,785.35/£420,000 (highest point Oct 2022).
  • samace83
    samace83 Posts: 256 Forumite
    only an extra 5p added since lunchtime! :( nevermind eh?
    And Sue, I'm sure I can supply surplus bottles should it be necessary :D the more the merrier!
    Sam x
    Smile and the world smiles with you....and if the world won't then I will :A
    Debt Free Date - 15.12.2014
  • keza wrote: »
    Hi all! i put £4.40 in my pot over the weekend - change from a visit up town xmas shopping! regent street was RAMMED!!!!:eek:

    An absolute living hell wasn't it?? I think it is actually worse when it is pedestrianised. I was there too, twice :eek: on Saturday

    I hope you start feeling better soon.
    £34,547 (Dec 07); Current debt: £zilch (Debt free December 2010)
    Sealed Pot #389 (2010=£133)
  • elizabunny
    elizabunny Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    Evening all!

    33p in the pottery piggy today:j courtesey of DHs pockets:D
    Sealed Pot Challenge 7 Member 022 :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin
    5:2 Diet started 28/1/2013 only 13lbs lost due to Xmas 2013 blip.
  • pammyj74
    pammyj74 Posts: 3,290 Forumite
    This is going to be difficult for me cos I dont use cash very often, went shopping today and used debit card but have a couple of pound coins in my purse which I am going to put in today :)
    MPs left feb '08 276- Dec 13 36 :T MB Jan 10 ~ £82,377 Dec 13 ~ £29987
    EMFD was Feb 32 :eek: NOW Dec 2013 its Dec 2016
    MF new target Dec 16 REACHED!! :j
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